Ticket Sales for Independent Bands and Venues
Check out TicketLeap is you want to start pre-selling your own online tickets without needing to put up with Ticketmaster. You can sell tickets online, at the door with a Virtual Box Office or over the phone. Venues should think about encouraging bands to do this as a potential way to make a little more money. You will always have a minimum set of people guaranteed to come.
GulfstreamTV Soulfound Channel
http://www.gulfstream.tv/channels/soulfoundtv.htm
At the link posted above, you will be able to find the largest live video footage library of Soulfound shows outside of YouTube. GulfstreamTV is a bad ass new company trying to inject some life into the Tampa Bay scene. Go support!
Keep Your Attitude in Check
Attitude is an important component to keep in check as your band starts to have some pull. Acting like a whiny diva is a surefire way to get yourself banned from venues, overlooked by promoters and despised by local media. If you are an unsigned or independent act, you have no place thinking that you are better than anyone else by making other’s lives annoying. Just because you have some catchy tunes and your friends like them doesn’t mean jack squat.
People in the music business have enough ego on their own and will not want to put up with yours, unless you truly are God’s gift to music and are selling lots and lots of records. If you are hassle to deal with or have too many demands, chances are they won’t want to work with you. The rule of thumb is: unless you have something that they need, don’t act like it. If your band brings 400 people to a show, then you have grounds to demand from the venue. If your band brings 10, you don’t. So don’t be a jerk about no sound check, bad on stage sound or crappy pay outs.
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Honeycut Drums Releases New Nano Series Snare Drum
Florida-based custom drum manufacturer Honeycut Drums announces the release of a new line of snare drums made from metal shells. The “Nano” line is lightweight, powerful and can be used both on stage or in the studio. To place a custom order, go to www.myspace.com/honeycutdrums.
