NEWS
Last minute show. July 5th.
Chaz put us on the bill of next Wednesday night's punk gig. We're the TBA! Blackstrap, Bob Ucker, Lefty Loosie and Army of Jesus. We'll go on at 9PM.
Let's see. Bob Ucker doesn't have music on MySpace. But they're an offshoot of a band I've been listening to quite a bit, the Modern Machines- they've got a Midwest punk and pubrock feel. Lefty Loosie are solid pop punk. And Army of Jesus are hardcore. I'm not sure if I've got the trackname "Airopine" correct, but that's what I see as the first song when I squint at their cover art online.
Modern Machines Flash Infatuation
Army of Jesus - Airopine
And we've got one coming up on July 16th, and the Wake Forest Skate Park. This is part of the Jimmy Jam fundraiser. Details to follow.
posted by bendy @ 6/29/2006 11:59:00 AM [permanent link]
The Jimmy Jam event will be held at The Factory Skatepark July 15-16 in Wake Forest NC. All proceeds go to cancer research, so come grind one out for a great cause!
The bands will play in the afternoon on Sunday July 16th during the bowl session. So far the bands playing are Blackstrap, SAPCO, and The Chest Pains ... we might have more, but let's see what happens.
http://www.deliciousskateboardshop.com/
Click on "Jimmy Jam 2006"
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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