I am completely interrupting this train of though about music theory. Sorry.
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Jk. No I'm not.
Anyway, I've got a question for discussion: live shows and local music scenes.
How active are some of you in yours? How often do you play shows around the area?
Question for the big M: How does one go about dealing with debuting in their local scene?
My band has our first show ever coming up this week and as excited as I am for it, I am also terrified by this. Being the young, spry musician that I am, I'm involved with a local punk/post-rock/hardcore scene. It's really tight nit and just about everyone who is heavily involved go to shows and knows each other. I am one of those people. Now, my band mates aren't super immersed in the scene as much as I am. I've played shows before and have shared my soundcloud with others and for the most part people have responded well with my solo work. Most of the songs my band has have been written by me lyrically and instrumentally my drummer and I have worked shopped some stuff together. So far our songs are killer and I feel like the crowd will love us(if not then, too bad. I've already booked more shows.). HOWEVER, I'm not sure if I should spread the word about my band or not. I don't want to be too cocky and build up hype and set us up to flop, but at the same time, I'M REALLY FREAKING HYPED AND WANT TO TELL EVERYONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RAD. In the end I know that I'll probs just keep quiet about the band and just wait and see what happens, but I was just wonder how one should go about debuting.
....
Jk. No I'm not.
Anyway, I've got a question for discussion: live shows and local music scenes.
How active are some of you in yours? How often do you play shows around the area?
Question for the big M: How does one go about dealing with debuting in their local scene?
My band has our first show ever coming up this week and as excited as I am for it, I am also terrified by this. Being the young, spry musician that I am, I'm involved with a local punk/post-rock/hardcore scene. It's really tight nit and just about everyone who is heavily involved go to shows and knows each other. I am one of those people. Now, my band mates aren't super immersed in the scene as much as I am. I've played shows before and have shared my soundcloud with others and for the most part people have responded well with my solo work. Most of the songs my band has have been written by me lyrically and instrumentally my drummer and I have worked shopped some stuff together. So far our songs are killer and I feel like the crowd will love us(if not then, too bad. I've already booked more shows.). HOWEVER, I'm not sure if I should spread the word about my band or not. I don't want to be too cocky and build up hype and set us up to flop, but at the same time, I'M REALLY FREAKING HYPED AND WANT TO TELL EVERYONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RAD. In the end I know that I'll probs just keep quiet about the band and just wait and see what happens, but I was just wonder how one should go about debuting.
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