NEWS
Gig: Feb 10th with Red Smokes White
It's our first show with Big Dave on bass.
At Joe & Jo's in Durham of course. A Friday Night.
So this is the next phase of Blackstrap. We spent 2005 shaken up- disbanded at first, then talking about how to proceed. Then practicing again, but consumed by commitments and loosing a founding member. Dave came in on bass at the end of the year, already familiar with us. He brought his own feel to the stuff right away. At practice last night, we were R.O.C.K. Between songs, we were all philosophisin' about how men and women are often attracted to the worst traits of either sex, Dave said something like "All I'm looking for is someone who knows who Bon Scott is. That is a foundation I can work from." I can relate. The difference between and old rocker and an young one is that us oldies have learned how not to choke on our own vomit. We're quite good at getting it down. It's an important part of staying employed.
Dave has done time in all sort of local scene greatness, from the Chrome Plated Apostles to Jett Rink.
Jett Rink - Mittens
Red Smokes White are doing something right, 'cause I can't decide whether to describe them as spooked-out chamber rock or boogie metal. Is that a cello or a upright bass sawing away? I haven't seen them live yet, so I can't tell. It's like you took Black Sabbath's folk tendencies and ran with it.
Red Smokes White - SOBs from Earth
posted by bendy @ 2/06/2006 12:42:00 AM [permanent link]
YEAH!!!!!!
said , at
2/10/2006
Great mooosic! U guys ever cowme up to Virginia to play? There's a place called Fantasy Records & Tapes in Newport News that does a lot of in-house concerts & lets bands promote themselves and sell their mooosic. I think you'd be perfect for 'em!
said The MooCow, at
2/11/2006
:=8)
Blackstrap is a rockpunk band that was formed in 2002 by several
disgruntled music fans. Some had played in bands for years, some had
never been involved in music. All of us were upset with the
direction the USA was moving. As you can tell, our impact on all that
has been overwhelming.
We broke up in 2004, just before releasing a debut EP. We still feel
bad about messing up 307 Knox Records
like that. We got back together in
2005. We might drive each other crazy again, so no promises.
We're a band that doesn't have many options as far as
money and time and touring and all those other thing that could make a
band be your life. The web is the main way we promote
ourselves. We figured out we should share what meager knowledge we have
obtained.
RESOURCES
or "Promoting Your Music as the Music Industry We Know and Dislike Dies...."
Websites are a lot of work to figure out, and don't work any magic
on their own. Most people who view your website are already going to know you exist.
Just having a website doesn't mean anyone is going to visit. So don't
worry about securing an Internet domain right away. Stick some
music on MySpace,
and then participate in sites that might actually drive interested
listeners to your music. Blackstrap gets more hits from our link
on ncpunkonline.com than from
higher-profile sites where we get lost in the shuffle.
There are advantages to having your own custom built website and
domain name, but it's only as useful to the extent that it gets linked to.
Here are some sites that are important and help to get noticed. They aren't all music sites, specifically. Alot of them require participation. But hey, you wanted to be on stage, right?
JUST HEARD
WEEKLY FAVS
LOOKING AT...
what else?
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