The Bricks With Which You Will Build Your Palace...

There are an awful lot of bands out there who spend their time thinking about the future. They imagine everything they’ve ever wanted, but fail to give themselves fully to what’s already in front of them. It’s like the minimum wage worker who says to himself that he’ll start to care when he gets paid more. Meanwhile, the fact that he doesn’t commit himself to his work will keep him stuck where he is.

I see it out here in L.A. a lot. Bands will play clubs like the Whisky and the Roxy before they’re ready to. They call on every last one of their fans to do them a favor and come out to the show to help make them look good for whomever they think may be watching. What ends up happening is that their fans fight through traffic to spend $15 to park, $15 to get in and $7 for a beer. For that kind of money, you’d better put on a show. Generally what happens though is that the club doesn’t care about the band, the sound guy doesn’t know who they are and there are 5 other bands on the bill, so they end up going on late and/or getting their set cut short and playing a show that’s worth $5 in front of people who payed a lot more.

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Start Your Own Scene

I hear a lot of people complain that their band can’t really get anywhere because there’s not much of a scene where they live. However I don’t see a lot of people doing anything about it. If there’s going to be a scene, someone needs to have the vision and initiative to start it. So if you don’t have a booming scene where you live – start your own! Here’s how: The first thing that you need to do is to scout out at least one good venue. What you want to look for are venues that are:

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