If you have the heart, soul, mind set, and detail for the visual of the true "On-Stage Performer", along with the ability to really play, this may be the opportunity for you. You certainly are familiar with the "Song and Dance" performer, and that may describe you. This is a totally unique opportunity to be a "Play and Dance" performer. We are a professional on-stage musical performance entertainment company, and if you also sing or play additional instruments, we may incorporate those capabilities as well. Do you wish you had the opportunity to combine your talents rather than just being the "Stage Performer", or just being the "Musician"? If you do, you may be the performer we are looking for.
- 24 years old from Long Island, NY willing to relocate.
- Endorsed by Pork Pie Drums and Silverfox Drumsticks
- Have shared the stage with Fallout Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Silverstein, Bayside, Sparks The Rescue, All Time Low, Valencia, The Academy Is..., From First to Last, etc...and a number of others.
- Toured the United States countless number of times including 15 dates on Warped this Summer.
- Have done studio work with various artists from around the country.
- Have handled all the "business" type things in all previous bands including, booking, speaking with lawyers, management, making phone
calls, etc.
The band has shows already booked through December 2010 and plays primarily in the Philadelphia market. Each member of the band currently holds a day job so this is part-time opportunity. The band gigs mostly on weekends on an average of about 2 times per month.
The right candidate is a talented musician who is looking to enjoy themselves playing with a great band and making some extra cash. We perform for the pleasure of re-creating excellent music with other Beatles fans and have a strong reputation as one of the best-sounding Beatles groups in the Delaware Valley.
The band rehearses south of the Philadelphia airport in PA. We are looking to fill this slot before the end of 2009. Interested candidates will be asked to audition. Please respond asap with your interest and for more information about the group.
Yes, y es, it does. Because sleeping feels good, eating, feels good, and going to the bathroom
or "go ing" anywhere, generally feels good. Except after hot sauce.
ulcers, u nderware, and a speaking toilet would agree.
Pretend, P lease, for a moment, that even this posting for a bass player makes any sense. With each post there is
less and l ess optimism of finding what you want. It gets less interesting, more boring, more pointless feeling
and thats not a ll, I don't like repeating myself.
you're probabl y wondering why there is so many sentences that seem to go nowhere and mention
b arely anything about what we're looking for in a bassist
a sound we could be loosely identified with or
s ome influences that may be something we have in common or you may be wondering if we are actually a group of
s erious but laid back musicians, ages 23-25, that would actually be a pleasure to work with
I am a drummer and I have a guitarist, we are both still learning/developing the stamina to play the music we love... We can play deathmetal and had written a song(just the two of us), but ditched it in order to pursue more complex material. Anyway before we start to write anything, we'd like to find a really gnarly bassist to play with. We'd prefer someone who plays fingerstyle bass on some level... or at least a finger player. No pick players please, unless you really know a whole lot of scales and are really good with arpeggios. Basically we want a bassist who can do a lot of arpeggios and understands where we wanna go as a band. Ideally, a bassist who can play leads is what we want. Possibly, even share duties as our main lead-player. Please be within the ages of 21 and 30 and have a ride/practice (smaller) equipment, as our practice place is quite small.
Our influences range from oldschool deathmetal like Atheist, Death, Brutality, Malevolent Creation and some others... to tech death shit like Spawn of Possession, Gorod, Necrophagist, Decrepit Birth, Odious Mortem, Sickening Horror, Obscura... and some others. We're also both huge Hate Eternal fans.
I'm assuming by "show band" on a "hotel circuit" you're playing covers rather than originals. Your goal then isn't to promote your music; you are, as you say, "providing a service."
(please don't take that as me trying to putting you down - props for getting paid well to travel the country and play music!)
I agree with you that hobo'ing from town to town with the intention of playing covers for no money would be kinda silly. But, if I had a batch of original songs that no one outside my city had heard yet, my impetus is different - I'm trying to sell a product, not provide a service. My goal is to build a following in each city, which can blossom enough to garner me paying gigs later down the road. Think of them almost as sales calls - and there's a long line of now-famous musicians who got started doing just that.
Also, if you're an unknown, I'd wager to say that playing 4 or 5 songs at the right open mic (room full of musicians) can probably get you more contacts than a full set to a general audience. Same as alternative venues - why hit a club if your potential audience (again I'm thinking the DIY punk thing) would be more receptive to, say, a VA hall or squat house? Those places can get packed under the right circumstances. That's just good marketing.
And, well, maybe you're not as interested with Kerouac et al as I am, but I find the idea of hitting the road with a guitar sort of romantic. So long as I made it home in one piece, I wouldn't be embarrassed at all that I did it (and I would if I didn't have the commitments at home that I do).
But I guess the reason I'm flogging this dead horse is because it just struck me as snobby to pick apart this small, inconsequential part of their post and split hairs about it. I really don't know why it bristled you so much (says the guy who's spent half his day crafting replies about it).They're putting themselves and their music out there - why slag them for it? Don't most of the cooler heads on CL keep saying to just work harder? Sounds like hard work to me.
And yeah, I whipped out the dictionary entries because your post said the word "derived from" your definition - actually the situation is reversed.
Our extensive library and repertoire of music ranging from baroque to today's music gives us the opportunity to offer a wide variety of musical styles for your event.
Our beautiful music instruments project their intriguing sound well in churches, ceremony halls, private homes, and even outside. This makes it possible for you to enjoy our music at your event in whatever setting it may take place.
Wow! All the students need to do is learn the songs and practice...and get as many friends and family members as possible to attend the party!
This program has been an enormous success and the participants all love it. Many have done it several times. Not only is it great fun, but there is so much to be learned from being part of a musical "team"....playing in a band is different than playing alone.
So excuse me for taking exception to a group of musicians, traveling around parts of the U.S. in a small vehicle, looking for free places to sleep, playing coffee houses and calling this a tour.
I play in a show band playing a hotel lounge circuit around the country - I don't call it a tour. In this business, when someone says their on tour, it has a much different connotation. Major acts playing major rooms, halls, theaters such as playing the Borgata, the Trocadero, The Tower, even playing a college circuit, that is a paying salary gig situation, with rooms and food per diam compensating the members of the band and support staff is a reality of a touring situation.
I would be embarrassed to say I am on a music tour playing coffee houses, not getting paid for my services, and having to beg for places to sleep - just doesn't have the same meaning as in a 'touring' situation'.
But excuse me for be harsh or unfair.
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re: tour.... my $$$ (Right here)
Date: 2009-11-10, 2:16PM EST
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That's some interesting etymology there, friend.
Here's where the word comes from:
from Old French: a turn, from Latin tornus a lathe, from Greek tornos; compare turn]
or:
[Middle English, a turn, from Old French (influenced by tourner, to turn about), from Latin tornus, lathe; see turn.]
nothing about management, letter-ranked rooms or other CL buzzwords there...
Applicable definitions include:
1. A trip with visits to various places of interest for business, pleasure, or instruction.
2. (Performing Arts / Theatre) (Business / Marketing) to perform (a show) or promote (a product) in several different places.
So, if I understand correctly:
1) one cannot be on a "tour" without management (DIY punk acts need not apply)
2) one must play a theater, A room or B room to be considered as a "touring" band (C-rooms and alternative venues don't count)
3) coffee houses, despite the staggering number of folk (or almost any, really) musicians who play at them, do not count as tour-worthy venues.
And, by inference:
4) You wouldn't have a problem with them bringing the kid cross-country if a "legitimate management company" was booking them in "theaters, A rooms or possibly C rooms."
Just curious, what would you call it if someone made a CD and planned a cross-country trip where they played in as many cities as possible while trying to promote themself and sell their album? And, why do you care?
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You call this touring. This is not a touring band situation. The term 'tour' is derived from legitimate management companies supporting and promoting legitimate national acts playing theaters, A rooms, and possibly some B rooms - but not playing open mics / coffee houses cross country. Where are the children protection agencies?
Regarding the below CL post.......................this is a disgrace.
Enjoy the laid-back vibe in this beautifully redecorated bar/restaurant, featuring extensive whiskey, scotch, wine and beer lists, a delicious new menu, absinthe(!!!), and cool, friendly people!!
There is a full PA, a DRUM KIT, 2 mics, and a piano... solo artists and bands are more than welcome. Come and play, this and every TUESDAY!!!
nothing about management, letter-ranked rooms or other CL buzzwords there...
Applicable definitions include:
1. A trip with visits to various places of interest for business, pleasure, or instruction.
2. (Performing Arts / Theatre) (Business / Marketing) to perform (a show) or promote (a product) in several different places.
So, if I understand correctly:
1) one cannot be on a "tour" without management (DIY punk acts need not apply)
2) one must play a theater, A room or B room to be considered as a "touring" band (C-rooms and alternative venues don't count)
3) coffee houses, despite the staggering number of folk (or almost any, really) musicians who play at them, do not count as tour-worthy venues.
And, by inference:
4) You wouldn't have a problem with them bringing the kid cross-country if a "legitimate management company" was booking them in "theaters, A rooms or possibly C rooms."
Just curious, what would you call it if someone made a CD and planned a cross-country trip where they played in as many cities as possible while trying to promote themself and sell their album? And, why do you care?
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You call this touring. This is not a touring band situation. The term 'tour' is derived from legitimate management companies supporting and promoting legitimate national acts playing theaters, A rooms, and possibly some B rooms - but not playing open mics / coffee houses cross country. Where are the children protection agencies?
So if your interested and want to come down and jam, respond back to me with your name, age, myspace/facebooks, whatever you may have. Any previous bands you were in and samples would be a huge help also. Send me some of your influences and what you are looking for in a band and we can see what happens.
So if your interested and want to come down and jam, respond back to me with your name, age, myspace/facebooks, whatever you may have. Any previous bands you were in and samples would be a huge help also. Send me some of your influences and what you are looking for in a band and we can see what happens.
I am pretty flexible. My last band was a Less Than Jake cover band. How's that for a specific niche of fans?
Before that, I was a guest trumpter for a band called Tap Out, which has officially disbanded: www.myspace.com/tapout
Aside from playing ska, I have a lot of other band experience:
-marching bands (make for good band camp stories)
-parade bands
-pep bands
-jazz bands
-musicals (Cabaret was fun!)
-cover bands (typically punk rock/ska)
Like I said, I am flexible. I imitate by ear.
Ideally, I'd like to be in a cover band, since I don't write music and I can practice songs on my own. But if you already have music and an open spot, hit me up.
The Love It Band - everyone please read! :) (Philadelphia, PA)
Date: 2009-11-10, 10:05AM EST
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I received my Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from The University of the Arts in 2005, and have studied and worked with acclaimed guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. I'm currently working on an instrumental album to be self-released in early 2010.
College credentials aside, please check out a few clips of my playing here: http://www.youtube.com/user/larkinguitar It's good to know your teacher can play, right? I can provide a demo sampler of my upcoming CD upon request... I am well versed in theory and composition and am very technically proficient, and have all the knowledge and insight necessary to help you take your own playing to the next level.
Student references are also available upon request.
I'm also available to teach weekdays and Saturdays at the Music and Arts Center in Exton, PA, and on Thursdays at Hunt's Music Annex in Woodlyn, PA. (E-mail for rates and details...)
Things you could learn:
- Advanced modal and tonal concepts; Know the modes of major, harmonic and melodic minor COLD, and understand them not just as patterns but as the unique tonalities they are
- Re-harmonization
- Advanced syncopation; polyrhythms; odd-time signatures; offset phrases
- Melody and phrasing
- Full fretboard coverage; connecting patterns and weaving in and out of positions, and integrating arpeggios
- Chromatic playing and effective use of passing tones
- Advanced techniques such as hybrid picking, economy and sweep picking, multi-finger right-hand tapping, creative use of harmonics and open strings
- Scale/chord theory and improvisation concepts
- Use of irregular note groupings (quintuplets, septuplets, nanotuplets, etc.)
- Song-writing (including song analysis and exercises)
- Learning to practice and perform with songs and backing tracks
I have played with Randy Travis, String Cheese Incident, G. Love, Blues Traveler, Leftover Salmon etc... I name drop solely to let you know that I am a pro and I'm that I'm pretty good at what I do!
I'm open to all kinds of music. I have a BFA in music performance and I can read and write lead sheets!
Welcome to the 1st Next Up Music Foundation Talent Showcase!
We are excited about our featured artists and judges and would like to extend the opportunity to you to perform in our showcase. Our showcase is open to children 12-17 (singers, groups) and adults 18-30 (singers, groups, and bands).
We have a three step process for our show participants:
Children:
Step 1: Submit an ORIGINAL or COVER song (you singing someone else’s song) via mp3, myspace link, or youtube video link to nextupsubmissions@gmail.com. Please place "Child - Name" in the subject line of email.
Adults
Step 1: Submit an ORIGINAL song via mp3, myspace link, or youtube video link to nextupsubmissions@gmail.com. Please place "Adult - Name" in the subject line of email.
Bands
Step 1: Submit an ORIGINAL song via mp3, myspace link, or youtube video link to nextupsubmissions@gmail.com. Please place "Band - Name" in the subject line of email.
Step 2: You will perform at the showcase and a first place winner and runner-up will be chosen for each division
There is a $200 registration fee due on the night of the event but you will be given 30 tickets to sell at $15/each which could net you a $250 profit. Please respond ASAP as the mandatory meeting and ticket distribution will take place tomorrow night at the Marriott Hotel on 12th and Market Street at 9pm.
Prize Package
Free Vocal Consultation ~ $200
3 Song Recording Package at Renaissance Music Studios (Philadelphia, PA) ~ $1200
Photo Shoot (two wardrobe changes) ~ $300
A&R consultation & Review via Renaissance Music Group ~ $300
Press Release from Be Seen Communications and various other media outlets ~ $200
When you first start playing any instrument do not waste valuable time and money.
Do not BARGIN shop for a guitar teacher. You GET what you pay for!
And your results or lack there of will show it!
Learning correctly from the start and building necessary foundation skills will save you from forming debilitating bad habits and techniques.
Bad Technique leads most to great frustration and giving up the instrument.
If your guitar playing and study is currently in a rut? Let me help you change that. All students have a personal, organized practice system to follow that works towards achieving their individual goals, exposing their weak points and making them strengths.
Are you leaving lessons more confused than when you came, due to disorganized, hap-hazard teaching methods?
In my studio you will Focus on:
- Technique Exercises,
- Music Theory,
- Scales,
- Arpeggios,
- Chords,
- Sight-reading,
- Ear training
+ and their applications to Improvisation and Composition. +
Learn to play ANYTHING! I teach most styles of music.
Lessons are individually tailored to meet each students specific needs.
Students are shown how to play the songs they wish to learn note for note exactly as the artist played them.
Of course, simplified versions are presented to beginners if the original music is too complex.
Special CD's of the material studied are created in my recording studio allowing the student to practice along with the music at different speeds while still maintaining the original pitch of the music.
Ear training exercises, modal, scale, arpeggio, improvising, and many other "extras" are also given to students on CD to study with.
This creates a working MUSICAL environment for the student where theoretical playing concepts can be put to immediate, practical use.
Original post:
"Looking to put together an album of bands that play in the Philadelphia area.
Looking for around 15 unsigned rock/alternative bands to record original singles that will be featured on a compilation album to be released during the spring of next year.
Each band will pay $350. The bands will receive studio time in a professional recording studio after which they will receive one mastered recorded song and have their track added to the compilation album that will be released in the spring along with 40 copies of the album to sell or distribute as they please.
Looking for serious bands with polished material, please respond with any questions and a link or mp3 of an example of your original music."
So recap in other words.....fork out $350, wait for the other 14 bands to do the same and then do the recording, bust your balls selling your lousy 40 copies for $10 tops to make $50 (if you can hustle them all) and put a sample song of your music out. Now do the math.....15bands x 40 cd's each =600 cd's which cost at most $1200 to print. Now...$350 x 15= $5,250 - $1,200 = $4,050. This last number is the amount whoever is producing this cd will make and you get how much for doing all the work? Oh yeah, maybe $50. Fucking jerk offs. Save yourself the trouble and record a song yourself, print 40 copies on your computer and give them out. Easier, cheaper, faster.
The open mic at Tritone happens EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT and is open to all styles and genres. A stand out performer is selected each night and invited back to a 'standout performer night' with the opportunity to win recording time and an online radio interview courtesy of South Street Sounds and Volta Radio.
"Performers of all stripes are invited to strut their artistic stuff in front of a crowd that's as diverse as the acts. Everyone from comedians to heavy metal guitarists to rappers take their turn on stage, where The Absolute Zeros are on hand to provide a backline for anyone who wants it" Philadelphia City Search
Like it says above, all are welcome! Backline provided for bands (drummers, please bring cymbals, snare, hi hat clutch and any additional hardware you may require...we have a shell kit, hi hat stand, two boom stands, throne and snare stand). One guitar amp and one bass amp provided. If that weren't enough, we now have a facebook page and youtube page for the open mic. Come on out and maybe you'll get a photo or video of your performance added to the pages. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Philadelphia-PA/Tritone-Open-Mic/126815902858?ref=ts and www.youtube.com/tritonetuesopenmic
Tritone Open Mic
Hosted by The Absolute Zeros (www.myspace.com/theabsolutezeros)
1508 South Street
Philadelphia, PA
www.tritonebar.com
NO COVER CHARGE
21+ unless w/parent or legal guardian
Sign up - 7:30 PM (performances begin around 8:30 PM) - Get there early. The list has been filling up quickly the last few weeks.
10 minutes/2 songs
good rock drummer wanted for philly based pop/rock band. sharp timing, good with coming up with catchy beats.
dedicated individuals a must!! reply with links to your playing if interested audtioning now...
www.myspace.com/tvsound
* Location: phila
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
