Tuesday, July 24, 2012

On Stage 20 - Them That Need It Most

A continuing series of insights from the stage at the local club level...


20. Unsigned touring bands need everything they can get: the road is expensive, gas moreso, and everything is unpredictable when you're a thousand miles from home. Ever since ubik.s first tour, when so many bands we played with deferred their show money to us (greatly assisting our road life), we've always responded in kind-- we give our share of the door money to the guys from way, way out of town. They need it more than we do.


  
Even limited to my experiences, this list is nowhere near complete.  I planted it as one of the first pages when I began this blog with the very first handful of points from the quickest surface skim of my gray matter.  It will continue to grow.

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