most other social networking places at least seem to try to let you update your content
from somewhere else - ping.fm lets you post a blog onto facebook from ping.fm - a tweet can become a blog (or a note) on facebook. there are methods to take a rss feed from your own website and turn that feed into a blog/note on facebook.

Myspace doesn't let you do that. I hope they do, and soon. Until then, no blogs here.
I want to write something once and publish it everywhere.

There are methods to publish gig dates on myspace through artistdata.com
fill in your info on artistdata.com, and artistdata.com will send your gig dates to myspace, but also pollstar, jambase, and a ton of other online gig databases. If you're just doing myspace now, I don't think it's really a time saver, but you will be getting your message out to many more places for the same time spent.

So, myspace isn't completely uncooperative.

The Underwater Live DVD ISO 4/15/07 Crocodile Rock Allentown, PA

The Underwater Live DVD ISO 4/15/07 Crocodile Rock Allentown, PA
Songs
1) Render
2) Incomplete
3) Bring Me You
4) Echo
5) Losing Me
6) Red White & Blind
7) Every Road

Audio
LPCM 1536

Video High Quality around 7m per sec

I got a new server for webmusicvideo.com, and all the old video which used to work, then didn't, now works again. Tell me if any of these
old videos don't work. I'll figure out what's up. Got a bunch of new video coming as well, and a complete redesign of the webmusicvideo site, but
the old site will still be available. The new webmusicvideo site will be cool. You should check it out, but not yet, although it's up and running
without most of the coolest features.




6gig |
All Mighty Senators |
Amy Simpson |
Andrew McCutcheon & Periphery |
Andy Scheinman |
Angela Sterling Forest |
Anthrophobia |
Archer |
Atomic Jazz |
A Utopian Skyline |
Aztek Trip |
Baby Fat |
Badwrench |
Bamboo Igloo |
Barby Holder |
Bead |
Big Dave and the Ultrasonics |
Big Neon Glitter |
Big Tubba Mista |
Blindside |
Bloom Box |
Blue Grace |
Bo Bim |
Boil |
Bonepony |
Bon Fuhrer |
Boogiehawg |
Brave The Day |
Breaking Benjamin |
Bubba |
Bully |
Cara's Mosiac |
Charm School Confidential |
Cherry Twister |
Choda Farm |
Cider |
The Clarks |
Cloud Party |
Clove |
Clubber |
Columbo |
The Commercials |
Conehead Buddha |
Cosmetic |
Dan Kibler |
Dann Otemiller and Dave SanSoucie |
Darcie Miner |
D'arey October |
Dave Venet |
Dead 50's |
Dead Leaves |
Delusions of Grandeur |
Deviation Theory |
Dunston Ashe |
East Side Dave and the Mountain Folk Band |
Eden Park |
Efatha |
Elliott |
Emily's Toybox |
Empty Promises |
Eureka Bone |
Farewell Hope |
Feable Weiner |
Fist |
Full Effect |
Function 45 |
Funkin' Do Me |
Funny Money |
Fuzzbubble |
Gel |
Great Mutant Skywheel |
Green Eggs and Spam |
Halestorm |
Halfast Frank |
Half Tempted |
Handsome Uncle Johnny |
Hexbelt |
Hierosonic |
Hired Guns |
The Howlers |
Huffamoose |
Idle Ride |
Into the Woods |
Jah Works |
Jeffrey Gaines |
Jennifer Marie |
The Jellybricks |
Jerry Joseph |
Jet Silver |
Jimmie's Chicken Shack |
Jimmy D. & Rosey |
Jim Rhoads |
Jim Stout |
John Faye Power Trip |
Johnny Action Figure |
Juiced |
Julian Fist |
Julie Schreiber |
Jump The Gun |
Junior |
Katie Did |
Kelly Bell |
King Konga |
Krypton City Blues Revue |
Lake Trout |
Landslide |
Live Alien Broadcast |
Liquid Sex Decay |
Lisa Barter |
Lotus Blue |
Lubin Dollys |
Luvkit |
Maggi, Pierce and EJ |
Martini Bros. |
Mary Jo Bramble |
Mary Prankster |
Meatbee |
Mercy River |
Middleton Brothers |
Mightyhead |
Mike Dugan |
Mongoloidian Glow |
Monovox |
Mr. Kahn |
Mudcat Jones / Recovery |
Munch |
Mystic Toad |
Mystic Vibes |
Natural Distance |
Nectar |
New Invisible Joy |
The Nightmare Scenario |
Nowhere Quick |
Off the Wagon |
Orbit Dog |
Organic Voodoo Machine |
Orion 321 |
Out Of Line |
Partial Post |
Pat Garrett and Suzy Dalton |
Perforated Head |
Pill Shovel |
Playn Jayn |
Poker Face |
The Polins |
Polyester |
Poptart Monkeys |
Post Vintage |
Psycho Candy |
Quentin Jones |
Radio Caroline |
RANA |
Real 2 Real |
Rebel Amish Radio |
The Regulars / Glenn Hamilton |
Riot Act |
Ripe |
Robby Roadsteamer |
Rocket 88 |
Rosematter |
Running From Dharma |
The Rutabagas |
Scott Keck Band |
Sho 'Nuff |
Slo-Mo |
Smak 9 |
Son of Bubba |
Sound Universoul |
Soveren |
Spellbound |
Spinebelt |
Star Radio |
Stealing Pennies |
Steve Reso |
The Strangemen |
Stone Jug |
Stu and Keri Lynn Huggens |
Stuk |
Styles Murphy |
Suffrajett |
Switch |
Tea |
Team Shorty |
Tony Perry 3 |
Uncle Otter |
The Underwater |
Underoath |
UUU |
Velcro Mary |
Venus Envi |
Voxology |
Waste of Time |
The Wiseguys |
The Witnesses |
Wolfpac |
Wondercrush |
The Wonder Stuff |
Woodstew |
Wrench |
Zach Myers |
Zero Gravity

I dig this Snocap thing. You can grab the code of a band you like who has a snocap and sell their mp3s (Share this store). Just click on that share this store, the code pops up, and you can paste that code into your myspace.

In the future, i think, you'll be able to get a cut of the sales, by signing up with snocap yourself, and you can pick the songs you want to sell. For now, it's just the ability to paste the stores of bands, and you don't get a cut.

Buy stock in snocap.

Check out this video



and this video



They're youtube videos. one thing that i've found about youtube is that it does provide a small method for getting your stuff seen.

Most Linked - Music - Today, This Week, This Month.
It doesn't take a ton of links to get on that list. When you're on that list, you do get some random, curiousity hits. Both those 2 videos are currently on the most linked, music, this week list. I've found that after the first day, the video is off the today list, the first week, off the week list, the first month, off the month list. So, if you want to drive new random people to your video, be prepared to drive your myspace people to your youtube video as soon as your youtube video goes up.

Gig Swap w/ The Underwater.

The Underwater has 3 good dates they want to trade out.
11/22 - Wednesday - Day before Thanksgiving - Fletcher's in Baltimore (2 or 3 spots available)
11/24 - Friday - Day after Thankgiving - Gullifty's in Harrisburg (Camp Hill) (one or 2 spots available)
11/25 - Saturday - Murph's in York (one spot available)

The Feds from Dallas, TX are on all 3 of those dates. The Upwelling from NYC is
on some (all?) of those dates.

The Underwater draws between 200-300 in these markets.

The Underwater will consider a wide variety of dates for trade.

The Underwater has a good place to stay for 3-4 days.

11/3 in CT burbs would be good - they have NJ on thursday, and LI on saturday

The weekend 11/9-11/11 upstate NY, northern PA would be good. Looking for Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Ithaca, Binghampton, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, Erie.

If you could line up 3 shows in upstate NY that weekend - maybe Buffalo, Syacuse, Albany, and bring up The Underwater, The Feds and The Upwelling, if you were good, you fit with the other bands, you drew pretty well, you could probably have all 3 of those shows if you wanted em.

The weekend 11/30-12/2 new england would be good upstate NY, northern PA would be good. Looking for Boston, maybe Portland, Providence, Hartford, Northampton.

If you could line up 3 shows in new england, maybe Boston, Providence, Hartford, and bring up The Underwater,
The Feds and The Upwelling, if you were good, you fit with the other bands, you drew pretty well,
you could probably have all 3 of those shows if you wanted em.

That's just the ideal situation. Pretty much anything interesting would be considered. If you're a really great band from outside the area, on tour,
and needing a good show, and can help The Underwater out later, that would be
great, because The Underwater really likes playing with great bands. The Underwater really likes networking with other bands, hanging out with, broing down
with, hanging at the Shady Dell with, so if you're into that too, that's i

Check out the links, you might be really interested when you hear how good all the bands are.

Links
The Underwater http://myspace.com/theunderwater
The Feds http://myspace.com/thefeds
The Upwelling http://myspace.com/theupwelling


I'm checking this message board, so you can respond here, you can contact The Underwater at their myspace, you could email me, Jim Lott, at parocks@parocks.com

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Apr 5        -    A Utopian Skyline, Sanction 18 /21
Apr 6     -    (5p) Grantham Road, Wayne Supergenius
Apr 6        -    (9p)I.R.B.
Apr 7        -    Sugarcoat
Apr 8        -    The Glorious Filaments
Apr 12    -    Jerry Joseph
Apr 13    -    (5p) Grantham Road, Case 150
Apr 13    -    (9p)I.R.B.
Apr 14    -    Maria Forgotten, Once Romanced
Apr 15    -    Parrot Beach
Apr 19    -    Lotus Blue, Espenshade 18 /21
Apr 20    -    (5p) Grantham Road, Darcie Miner
Apr 20    -      (9p)I.R.B.
Apr 21    -    Grandview, Amarie Coma
Apr 22    -    Lead Foot
Apr 26    -    The Underwater 18 /21
Apr 27    -    (5p) Grantham Road, Trespassengers  
Apr 27    -    (9p)The Clarks
Apr 28    -    From Dissension, Spinebelt, Cyphilis
Apr 29    -    Dan Kibler, Peabody, The Jellybricks
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CHAMPION SHIP - LEMOYNE, PA (ALL AGES)
http://www.championshippa.com
Apr 7        -    Against All Authority, The Code, Brain Failure, Crime In Stereo, bail
out
Apr 8        -    Have Heart, Harder The Fight, Efforts Made, Mark Twain, At All Costs
(early show)
Apr 8        -    Strength For A Reason, Black Eyes For Bad Guys, The Nine Orders of Angels,
Rocking Back and Forth... (late show)
Apr 9        -    I Object, Bete Noire, Human Nature, Super Buick
Apr 10    -    Harry and the Potters, Raise Up Roof Beams, Nathaniel Hohol
Apr 13    -    Bo Bim, The Frantic, The Gorgonites, Trees, Dan Weaver
Apr 14    -    None More Black, Cult Classics, LA Villains, Giving Chase, Downside
Risk
Apr 15    -    Undefined, A Bitter End, Side Effect of Reality, A Late Night Serenade,
Tears of Autumn
Apr 18    -    Socratic (drive thru), House of Fools (drive thru), Park, Rosematter,
Dark Lit Skies,
Nathaniel Hohol
Apr 21    -    Utopian Skyline, Movies With Heroes, Pandora's Music Box
Apr 22    -    Malice 420, Ninetail, Blackout Frenzy, Effigy, Survival Theory
Apr 24    -    Blacklisted, Rise and Fall, Guns Up, Iron Age, Hostages, Steel Nation
Apr 27    -    The Black Dahlia Murder, From a Second Story Window, Dead to Fall, Ed
Gein, Today I Wait
Apr 28    -    Turmoil, The First Step, Van Damage, Fired Up, Century
Apr 29    -    Haste the Day, An Early Ending, Amarie Coma, A Fatal Moment
Apr 30    -    Clit 45, Career Soldiers, The Naked Skanks, Corrupted Youth
May 2        -    KYLESA!, Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, Human Nature, Under Rage, BSOM, Quills
May 6        -    Outbreak, Miles Away, Police & Thieves, Rotten Borough, Wreckanize
May 8        -    The Red Chord, First Blood, Ed Gein, Dim the Lights, Dklimb
May 10    -    Old Haunts, Audible, Via Audio
May 14    -    Hot Cross, Balboa, This or the Apocalypse, The Frontline, Forced Forward,
Countdown to Zero Hour
May 27    -    Emanuel, The Audition, My American Heart, Lorene Drive
Jun 1        -    Phobia, Mouth Sewn Shut, Cult Classics, Last Sunset, Defleshuary
Jun 2        -    Ruiner, An Early Ending, Up the Fury, Counting the Days, Mark Twain
Jun 9        -    LOJ, War Hungry, Hammer Bros., Colin of Arabia, Shipwrecked, And Down
goes Frazier,
Hollywood
Jun 10    -    Common Enemy, The Twats, Posion Donuts, Ambergris
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APPALACHIAN BREWING CO. - HARRISBURG, PA
http://www.abcbrew.com
Apr 7        -    Spotus, Alchemy
Apr 8        -    Future Rock
Apr 14    -    Aphrodesia
Apr 15    -    Trespassengers
Apr 20    -    Hot Buttered Rum String Band
Apr 21    -    Eric Tweed, Baitley
Apr 22    -    Orooni
Apr 28    -    Pnuma Trio, Quagmire Swim Team
Apr 29    -    Ten Mile Tide
May 5        -    Project/Object featuring Ike Willis     
May 6        -    Lake Trout     
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FREE SPIRIT REC CENTER - LANDISBURG, PA
http://freespiritreccenter.com
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SHAKEYS - HERSHEY, PA
http://www.shakeyssportsbar.com
Apr 7        -    Green Eggs
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THE MARTINI BROS.       
http://martinibros.com
http://myspace.com/martinibros
Apr 8        -    Glad Crab - Dallastown, PA
Apr 29    -    Fat Daddy's - York, PA
May 4        -    Sierra Madre - Camp Hill, PA
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THE UNDERWATER
http://www.theunderwater.net
http://myspace.com/theunderwater
Apr 26    -    Gulliftys - Camp Hill, PA 18 /21
May 5        -    Fletcher's - Baltimore, MD w/ Taken, Rezin
May 12    -    Dragonfly - Harrisburg, PA
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BO BIM
http://www.bobim.net
http://www.myspace.com/bobim
Apr 13    -    Champion Ship - Lemoyne, PA w/ Trees
Apr 14    -    Historic Blue Star - Lancaster, PA w/ Kingsfoil, Flatbed Ford
Apr 15    -    Mr. Beery's - Bethpage, NY
Apr 21    -    Pontiac Grille - Philadelphia, PA w/ The Frantic
Apr 22    -    Millersville University - Millersville, PA
Apr 28    -    Murph's Other Bar - York, PA
May 5        -    Lower Paxton Youth Center - Harrisburg, PA w/ A Utopian Skyline
May 6        -    Appalachian Brewing Co - Harrisburg, PA w/ Lake Trout (FREE)
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HALESTORM      
http://halestormrocks.com
http://myspace.com/halestorm
Apr 14    -    Tourist Inn - York, PA w/ Headcase
Tour w/ Trapt, Shinedown (Mercy Fall, Evans Blue on some dates)
Apr 19    -    Sports Center - Johnstown, PA
Apr 20    -    9:30 Club - Washington, DC
Apr 24    -    Ram's Head Live - Baltimore, MD
Apr 25     -    Disco Rodeo - Raleigh, NC
Apr 26    -    Georgia Theatre - Athens, GA
May 2        -    House of Blues - New Orleans, LA
May 3        -    Varsity Theatre - Baton Rouge, LA
May 5        -    The Blue Note - Columbia, MO
May 8        -    Cain's Ballroom - Tulsa, OK
May 10    -    Ramkota Exhibit Hall - Sioux Falls, SD
May 11    -    Civic Auditorium - Fargo, ND
May 13    -    12th Planet - Billings, MT
May 14    -    Expo Park - Great Falls, MT
May 16    -    The Big Easy - Spokane, WA
May 17    -    Showbox Theatre - Seattle, WA
May 18    -    Roseland Theatre - Portland, OR
May 20    -    The Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CA
May 22    -    House of Blues - Anaheim, CA
May 23    -    House of Blues - San Diego, CA
May 24    -    House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
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5
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Apr 13    -    Drexel University - Philadelphia, PA
Apr 20    -    Gullifty's     - Camp Hill, PA w/ Grantham Road
Apr 27    -    Milkboy Coffeehouse - Ardmore, PA
May 17    -    Windows on the Cumberland - Nashville, TN
May 20    -    Brewhouse Grille - Camp Hill, PA
May 27    -    Harrisburg ArtsFest - Harrisburg, PA
Jun 30    -    Carlisle Faire - Carlisle, PA
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http://bravetheday.com
http://myspace.com/bravetheday
Mar 10    -    District @ Dragonfly - Harrisburg, PA w/ Robert Hazard
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http://www.themidnightdrive.net
http://myspace.com/autopianskyline
Apr 5        -    Gullifty's - Camp Hill, PA w/ Sanction (18 /21 )
Apr 14    -    Chameleon Club - Lancaster, PA w/ Pistola Amore
Apr 21    -    Champion Ship - Lemoyne, PA w/ Movies With Heroes
May 2        -    Hardware Bar - Harrisburg, PA
May 5        -    Lower Paxton Youth Center - Harrisburg, PA w/ Bo Bim
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HIEROSONIC
http://myspace.com/hierosonic
Mar 14    -    The Crowbar - State College, PA w/ Audio Imagery, Phantasm
Mar 16     -    The Dragon Chaser - State College, PA
Mar 23    -    Millersville University - Millersville, PA
Mar 25    -    Gullifty's - Camp Hill, PA w/ The Underwater, Robby Roadsteamer
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LOTUS BLUE
http://myspace.com/lotusblue
Apr 18    -    Hardware Bar - Harrisburg, PA w/ The Mint
Apr 19    -    Gulliftys - Camp Hill, PA w/ Espenshade
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GHOST IN THE SYSTEM / UNDETECTED
http://myspace.com/ghostinthesystem
News - Ghost in the System now Undetected
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CONDITION K
http://myspace.com/conditionk
Apr 7        -    Garrisons - Harrisburg, PA (Manian Acoustic)
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QUAGMIRE SWIM TEAM
http://www.quagmireswimteam.com
http://myspace.com/quagmireswimteam
Apr 7        -    Rise @ Red Square - Albany, NY
Apr 28    -    Appalachian Brewing Co. - Harrisburg, PA w/ Pnuma
May 19    -    Buffalo Creek Music Festival - Lexington, VA
Jun 17    -    Harrisburg Brewers Festival - Harrisburg, PA
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SPOTUS
http://www.spotus.net
http://myspace.com/spotus
Apr 6        -    St. Thomas Roasters Coffee House - Linglestown, PA
Apr 7        -    Appalachian Brewing Co - Harrisburg, PA
Apr 8        -    Valley Inn - Williamsport, PA
Apr 20    -    Harry's Bar and Grill - Bloomsburg, PA
Apr 21    -    River Street Jazz Cafe - Scranton, PA
Apr 28    -    Gingerbread Man - Harrisburg, PA
May 20    -    S.H.A.R.E. Fest - Selinsgrove, PA
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THE COMMERCIALS / AMARIE COMA
http://www.thecommercials.org
http://myspace.com/amariecoma
Apr 7        -    District - Harrisburg, PA
Apr 8        -    Mechanicsburg BIC church - Mechanicsburg, PA
Apr 21    -    Gullifty's - New Cumberland, PA
Apr 22    -    The Escape Zone - Mount Vernon, OH
Apr 29    -    Champion Ship - Lemoyne, PA
NEWS - New Lead Singer - Jeff Judy (ex The Drive Home)
The Commercials are now called Amarie Coma
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RUNNING FROM DHARMA
http://www.runningfromdharma.net
http://myspace.com/runningfromdharma
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THE DRIVE HOME     
http://www.drivehomerock.com
On Hiatus
NEWS - Jeff Judy is in The Commercials now.
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THE JELLYBRICKS       
http://www.thejellybricks.com
http://www.myspace.com/thejellybricks
Apr 14     -    Dragonfly - Harrisburg, PA
Apr 29    -    Gullifty's - Camp Hill, PA w/ Dan Kibler, Peabody
May 20    -    Zinger's - Dallastown, PA
Jun 3        -    Angelina's -  Wormleysburg, PA
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http://www.parocks.com/erikabossler
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D'AREY OCTOBER
http://parocks.com/dareyoctober  
May 22 05    -    D'AREY OCTOBER REUNION!!!!!
            Shearer's BBQ Ranch - Sinking Spring, PA w/ D'arey October,
Choose Your Own Adventure, Anthrophobia, I Want To Kill You, The Sinking Earth,
Common Enemy, Cowalker, Cloud Party, The Skyline Drive, Johnny Action Figure,
Divination, Dead 50's, Jucifer
more info - http://kadns.com/images/kadnsfflier.gif
Erika Bossler is back, solo
http://www.parocks.com/erikabossler
Jared and Steve are in Choose Your Own Adventure
http://www.chooseyourownadventure.net/
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JET SILVER
http://www.parocks.com/jetsilver
Jet Silver plays occasional shows
Shea is in The Luv Gods
http://theluvgods.com

Ok, Here's how it works

1) Go Here

2) Post a topic on that message board forum stating what show you need an opener for

and/or

3) Respond to anothers post stating what show you can offer for the gig they are offering.


It appears that this concept is a difficult one to grasp, as I'm now getting a lot of myspace emails with the basic message of "yes, sign me up" or "yes, i want to play openers"  

Some people here are coming close, by responding to this blog, but...

Just go to this message board - click here

The concept is a trade, a swap, an exchange.  Band a gives to band b an opener slot.  In exchange, in trade, in a swap, band b gives to band a an opener slot.

I don't think it's really all that difficult a concept.

CLICK HERE FOR GIG SWAP MESSAGE BOARD

Are you in a band and want a gig?  I know that many of my new band friends ask me if I can get them gigs. 

Typically, I cannot, for various reasons, mostly that the venues that I have any degree of control over are looking primarily for proven results, and I've found that results come from proven bands, or proven people.  After the headliner slot is given to the headliner, it is typically then up to the headliner to choose the opening slots.  When I find a band that I personally like for whatever reason, i typically try to determine what headliners have what opening slots available, and often bands can be placed in that manner.

The issue of bands getting gigs in new markets is important to me.  I think it helps the fan, by providing new quality to them, as well as fans. 

I'm not quite as concerned with finding gigs for new bands within their own market, when I do, its because I think they'll draw sufficiently right off the bat. Typically, those new bands will have someone in that band who is likely to draw.  Anyway.

The present system for bands, good bands, to get gigs in new markets isn't necessarily an efficient one.  Obviously, a tour is best, but there situations - less well known bands, smaller geographical area - that doesn't quite fit the tour model as well.  In Harrisburg, headliner bands often have control over the opening slots, and often make great decisions with those slots, bringing in great bands from out of town, and getting opener slots in those markets in return.  Not always, though.  Basically, from what I've been able to determine, it can be hard for bands to get something back for the gigs they're giving the out of town bands.

So, what to do?  I think it would benefit everyone to have a somewhat systematic gig swapping process.  What I think I'll be doing somewhat shortly is setting up some system where a band can say
"i have this specific opener slot, with specific conditions, what specifically will you give me for it?" and people can reply "i will give you this specific opener slot for that specific slot you mentioned"  The first band could then read those replies hammer out the deal with the second band.

More than half of my myspace friends here are PA Music, so, with that group, and with other music throughout the states i think it could work ok if people participated.

I've been thinking about this for a while,  and I've held off doing anything concrete with it until there were some gigs that I could plug into the system.
Now there are, and pretty good ones too, definitely for Harrisburg.

Starting in April, and going until whenever, Wednesdays at Gullifty's parocks.com/gulliftys will be All Age / 21 to drink.   I'll start by booking the headliners, with an eye to their participation in this gigswap thingy.  I figure that I want the usual suspects, the bands I've been booking in to Gullifty's on the Wed / Thurs 21 nights.  I might add in a few of the top all age bands in the area.  After that, i'll announce the headliners and dates, and see what people will offer for the opening slots, then work with the headliners in light of how other bands have responded.

I haven't yet determined exactly how i'm going to do this, but my hope is that this could be a system that everyone could use, that people could be getting good value for their opening slots without me personally being involved.

For now, you can comment on this blog if you're interested.  I'll either blog again, or update this blog when I have further information.

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