Gigging

Artist Management According to Flo and Eddie

Sometimes going old skool can be putting your best foot forward.When presenting your package to the world, don’t poo-poo the traditional press kit. Since EPKs (electronic press kits) have...

Touring: Attention to the Basics

It may seem silly, but even a brief touring gig can really take it out of you... While I adjusted my internal clock to run on American Eastern Standard Time after a 15-day tour in Germany,...

Gigging Right: Playing with Tracks

So your drummer quit, your bass player has taken up yoga and... won't learn the songs, and you can't find a keyboard player willing to drive to your gigs? Never fear. No musician likes to admit...

If you're not part of the solution...

How was your weekend? Here's a quick synopsis of mine: So, If someone said to me, "Jake, if you drive to Temecula (100 miles from my humble abode) I'll give you twenty-five bucks...

Live and Direct: Mayhem - The 2011 Hard Rock Tour of the Year!

Hands down – The "Hardest & Heaviest" Tour of 2011 is MAYHEM! MEGADETH, DISTURBED, GODSMACK, DETHKLOK, MACHINEHEAD & more tore up the Country againas the Hard Rock/Metal fans ate it up...

Live and Direct! Mayhem - The 2012 Hard Rock Tour Of TheYear!

Hands down – The HARDEST & HEAVIEST TOUR of 2012 is MAYHEM!MEGADETH, DISTURBED, GODSMACK, DETHKLOK, MACHINEHEAD & more tore up the Country againas the Hard Rock/Metal fans ate it up! From non...

On Tour with Blondie: Jim Roese's $400 Teleprompter

You might think some of the world's top touring artists have money to burn on tour. You'd be wrong. So when someone like Debbie Harry needs a teleprompter on the Blondie tour, instead of...

Soundcheck RIGHT!

You get a great gig - and you show up, unload, and start going to town on setup. And at some point, a sound guy approaches you to ask ... if you’re ready for sound check. And here is where so...

NEWS: Mobile AL Bar Ordinance Worries Local Music Venues

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) — October 5, 2011 — A Mobile music venue is speaking out against an ordinance the Mobile City Council passed Tuesday. The council voted that no one under 21-years-old will...