[atlantaprog] Re: Attendance Policy for CJ's-- 'fair and balanced'

I also agree with Matt, Wade and Steve-- there has to be a stick as well as
a carrot.  Everyone has a 'good excuse' not to attend but if no one from
your band is showing up why should your band play?  Not that I think I have
a vote in this-- Matt set this gig up and he makes the rules.  After all,
any band can try to get a gig on their own at Jake's if they want.

On a related note-- I'm willing to put up fliers in East Atlanta and L5P-- 
does anyone have a suggestion on how far in advance to do it?  When I did
some for the Rogue Fest it was pretty early and I noticed most of them had
been torn or blown down by the time of the gig.  How much lead time is
optimal for band flyers in general?

Brian


Brian


> Hi all,
>
> I agree with Wade completely on this CJ's thing.  When I forwarded
Matthew's
> original post to the rest of MOF the unanimous response was "that's a
pretty
> smart way to try and guarantee the Club keeps this going", along with
"Sure,
> at least one band member a month's no big deal".
>
> That said, the promotion is the critical other aspect to make this work.
It
> will stagnate into nothingness if the sole crowd each month is only a
single
> member of each band that's on the rotating roster of performers.  Good to
> see the ARIA website updated, but it really does come down to each band
> doing whatever they can to promote the entire series as an ongoing monthly
> event, regardless of whether that band is performing or not.
>
> This is quite literally "exactly" what we all talked about wanting to try
> and achieve at the inception of ARIA.  Well, here it is...  time for us to
> all step up to the plate.
>
> Steve
> www.manonfireband.com
>
>
> > From: "Wade S" <cobwebstrange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: Attendance Policy for CJ's
> > Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:22:51 +0000
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> > I completely agree with Matthew on this one and I think Matthew is way
too
> > nice of a guy to say something this blunt, so I will:
> >
> > If the members of A.R.I.A. aren't going to make time to be at these
shows
> > then it is absolutely ridiculous to expect anyone else to be there.
> >
> > It's frustrating to me that asking one member of each band to show up
each
> > month if they want their band to play is being met with any kind of
> > resistance at all.  When we have played Cobweb Strange shows, if you
guys
> > aren't there then it's pretty empty.  When I'm at your shows, it's the
> same
> > deal.  No one from Cobweb Strange can be at the shows because we have
gigs
> > as McFly on Thursdays, so Cobweb Strange should NOT be put on the bill
if
> we
> > DO end up with a night off.  If I have a night off, I'll be there
> supporting
> > whoever is playing (all four of us would probably be there), but if
> someone
> > from Band XYZ has been there supporting this thing every month, they
> should
> > be up on stage that night, not us.  It seems logical to me.  If EVERYONE
> in
> > your band can make time to play at the shows, I would think that ONE of
> you
> > could make time to be there to support everyone else.  Matthew is only
> > asking for ONE person from your band ONE night a month.  If you can't do
> > that, fine, show up to support the other bands when you can and let
people
> > who support the event regularly perform.
> >
> > As for other promotion, I really do hope that everyone in this group
helps
> > to promote the events by whatever means possible - regardless of whether
> or
> > not they are playing.  However, even if we put out 10,000 flyers, have a
> > dedicated website, get an article in the Creative Loafing and send
emails
> to
> > all of our email lists, I think it's totally unrealistic to expect
enough
> > people to show up to keep this thing going who aren't either Band /
> A.R.I.A.
> > members or friends of one of the bands playing.  We put on a two day
> > festival this year ON A WEEKEND and I suspect that there weren't 20
people
> > there who weren't either band members, A.R.I.A. members or friends and
> > family of one of the bands performing.  Does anyone really expect that
> there
> > will be a significant number of people out on a Thursday just to see
just
> > two of us because they saw a flyer?  If you really think Matthew's plan
is
> > unrealistically harsh because you, a fan of this music and a member of
> this
> > community, don't think that one member of your band can be at each show,
> how
> > can you possibly expect someone with less of an interest in our
community
> to
> > support these events?
> >
> > -Wade
>
>
>

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