I shared this with a person who frequents Phuks (a Phucker?) and they decided I should share this. I told 'em that I didn't think it was nearly as interesting as they thought it was and probably wasn't interesting to most people. They insisted and I've relented.
What is this?
This is promotional material. This is what will go out to the three radio stations listed (which narrows down the geographical location).
The songs are just a medley of live material, taken from previous shows.
Why is there a tone at the beginning? I suppose, I should have edited that out - but that's to give them a cue. I don't know why, 'cause they're not actually going to play the thing in its entirety. They'll snip it up and rework it, to make it as long as they want it to be.
Do I do this every time? No, usually I make the drummer do it and not all shows have radio promotion.
Why live? 'Cause that's what people like. Studio is much cleaner but they prefer live and use words like "ambiance." I'm not sure why it matters. Those are direct from the board, so it's not like the audience is all that clear.
As the date for the show (this one has some radio promotion) approaches, there will also be some radio interviews. Those are conducted over the phone, if they want me to do it. Sometimes, one or two of the band will go into the radio's studio and talk for a while, but I really don't have much interest in doing that personally. We're a regional high-end production cover band. We're not rock stars. We're never going to be rock stars. We're not going to "make it big."
We're never even going to ever cut an album. Because we do covers, the process to license all that material is pretty much impossible to navigate. Our covers are distinct (for lack of a better word) in that they're fairly close to the originals. That is, we make pretty faithful reproductions. As such, to license them is damned near impossible. To license even a single song for distribution would take an unknown amount of money - and an unknown amount of time. You can't even be sure which licensing body you have to work with and the rights are owned by many different agencies and individuals.
I think that answers pretty much all of it. That's about as interesting as I can make it. 'Snot really all that interesting. It's just our job.
I shared this with a person who frequents Phuks (a Phucker?) and they decided I should share this. I told 'em that I didn't think it was nearly as interesting as they thought it was and probably wasn't interesting to most people. They insisted and I've relented.
What is this?
This is promotional material. This is what will go out to the three radio stations listed (which narrows down the geographical location).
The songs are just a medley of live material, taken from previous shows.
Why is there a tone at the beginning? I suppose, I should have edited that out - but that's to give them a cue. I don't know why, 'cause they're not actually going to play the thing in its entirety. They'll snip it up and rework it, to make it as long as they want it to be.
Do I do this every time? No, usually I make the drummer do it and not all shows have radio promotion.
Why live? 'Cause that's what people like. Studio is much cleaner but they prefer live and use words like "ambiance." I'm not sure why it matters. Those are direct from the board, so it's not like the audience is all that clear.
As the date for the show (this one has some radio promotion) approaches, there will also be some radio interviews. Those are conducted over the phone, if they want me to do it. Sometimes, one or two of the band will go into the radio's studio and talk for a while, but I really don't have much interest in doing that personally. We're a regional high-end production cover band. We're not rock stars. We're never going to be rock stars. We're not going to "make it big."
We're never even going to ever cut an album. Because we do covers, the process to license all that material is pretty much impossible to navigate. Our covers are distinct (for lack of a better word) in that they're fairly close to the originals. That is, we make pretty faithful reproductions. As such, to license them is damned near impossible. To license even a single song for distribution would take an unknown amount of money - and an unknown amount of time. You can't even be sure which licensing body you have to work with and the rights are owned by many different agencies and individuals.
I think that answers pretty much all of it. That's about as interesting as I can make it. 'Snot really all that interesting. It's just our job.
I shared this with a person who frequents Phuks (a Phucker?) and they decided I should share this. I told 'em that I didn't think it was nearly as interesting as they thought it was and probably wasn't interesting to most people. They insisted and I've relented.
What is this?
This is promotional material. This is what will go out to the three radio stations listed (which narrows down the geographical location).
The songs are just a medley of live material, taken from previous shows.
Why is there a tone at the beginning? I suppose, I should have edited that out - but that's to give them a cue. I don't know why, 'cause they're not actually going to play the thing in its entirety. They'll snip it up and rework it, to make it as long as they want it to be.
Do I do this every time? No, usually I make the drummer do it and not all shows have radio promotion.
Why live? 'Cause that's what people like. Studio is much cleaner but they prefer live and use words like "ambiance." I'm not sure why it matters. Those are direct from the board, so it's not like the audience is all that clear.
As the date for the show (this one has some radio promotion) approaches, there will also be some radio interviews. Those are conducted over the phone, if they want me to do it. Sometimes, one or two of the band will go into the radio's studio and talk for a while, but I really don't have much interest in doing that personally. We're a regional high-end production cover band. We're not rock stars. We're never going to be rock stars. We're not going to "make it big."
We're never even going to ever cut an album. Because we do covers, the process to license all that material is pretty much impossible to navigate. Our covers are distinct (for lack of a better word) in that they're fairly close to the originals. That is, we make pretty faithful reproductions. As such, to license them is damned near impossible. To license even a single song for distribution would take an unknown amount of money - and an unknown amount of time. You can't even be sure which licensing body you have to work with and the rights are owned by many different agencies and individuals.
I think that answers pretty much all of it. That's about as interesting as I can make it. 'Snot really all that interesting. It's just our job.