[atlantaprog] Re: making it happen: talk or action?

"how about someone collecting everyone's
kits and presenting them together?  Who will do any/all of this, etc"
I for one would LOVE to try this....I'd be glad to make it my mission in life 
right now!  I've already started an email and a list...and yes Veronica, 
Brandyhouse AND Smith's are both on it.  :-)

I say LET'S MOVE OUT MEN (and progbabes also);)lol   oh my...Alex (z-bop) is 
rubbing off on me;)lol

I really want this to happen!  I'm in....


PEACE
Beth
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Veronica Hughes 
  To: atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:01 AM
  Subject: [atlantaprog] making it happen: talk or action?


  I'd like to find a monthly venue as much as the next band.  Believe me, I'm
  really sick of being mostly ignored by the regular venues and having to
  compete with the all the endless bands in Atlanta that all sound just like
  Hoobastank.  We're a rock band and we have to have a rock venue.  We just
  don't "qualify" as being the hottest thing in town, even though we work
  hard for our shows like everyone else, (sometimes harder from what I've
  seen) and yes, people even like us.  That can be said for all of you guys
  too, so basically we're all in the exact same boat.  I'd like to know if
  there's a plan of action to find a venue that will have us once a month?
  Can we start a discussion about the possibilities?  Like, we already agree
  on contacting a venue about this, but have we talked about who, when, and
  how?  Maybe there's a good way to do this.  Maybe we might need a
  "collective promo package" to pitch to Jakes and others, as a means to get
  ourselves promoted together with a "theme?"  Has anyone considered the
  Brandy House?  How about Smith's?   They have theme nights sometimes.  If
  we don't have a collective package, how about someone collecting everyone's
  kits and presenting them together?  Who will do any/all of this, etc.?
  Let's swap war stories about good and bad venues and good and bad booking
  agents to help figure out a better approach, and what venues to just avoid.
   It's just like being self employed.  You have to go after business, it's
  probably not just going to come to you, and you can't give up after a few
  failures.  I'll be the first to admit Atlanta totally sucks for it's live
  music. Every other city I have ever been to has much more appreciation for
  live music than this town for some god-forsaken reason (can you identify
  with the frustration here?) but here we all are, and we banded together for
  a reason: self promotion, did we not?  Let's talk about plans of action.


  At 03:31 PM 07/16/2003 -0400, you wrote:
  >I still think we need to find a venue that would let prog/art rock bands
  play once a week...that could start the ball rolling...I know I as a
  booking and promoting agent sure wish that Atlanta was more open about
  their booking and paid the bands more.  I think it sucks that venues are
  afraid to let bands like Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and others of
  "different" styles play!  Its just sad.  I think if we all work together we
  could get something going like NEWears (I do believe that Allen brought
  this up recently)....I'd love to see this happen in the Atlanta area!  Wade
  and Matthew have started it for us and Allen is ready and willing to get
  things moving...we all just have to pitch in!  :-)
  >Thanks!
  >
  >PEACE 
  >Beth

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