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Joseph "Stix" Davis
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Hello DrummerWorld!
I have a gig dilemma on my hands, and I need some assistance. The band I'm a part of, Split Velvet, has a gig at a local venue called the Warehouse on July 16th. We will be opening up for Psychostick.
There is also a concert happening at another venue called the La Crosse Center on the same day. It was just announced this morning, and our other gig was booked over a week ago. My all time favorite band, Avenged Sevenfold is playing. I DJ for the radio station that is putting on this event.
The owner of the Warehouse would refuse to book us for a lot of shows because we wouldn't fit in with the bands that primarily get booked there. We are straight up rock, though we do have material that leans towards metal, and the bands that normally get booked there are metalcore. We do not incorporate screaming vocals in our songs. Then the Warehouse books us with some other bands that do nothing but screaming vocals. They also put up the wrong logo and information about us and keeps ignoring us when we try to contact them to resolve the issue. Some people have a feeling the Warehouse owner is trying to set us up to fail, mainly because he doesn't like our front man, and the owner has a bad reputation of being very hard to work with. The venue is failing, the owner keeps begging for money, but only wants a very select type of music to be played.
On the other hand, we may get the chance to open for Avenged Sevenfold, as well as hang out with them before the show.
So now we are not sure what to do. If we get the chance to play at the La Crosse Center, we really, really want to. But at the same time, we don't want to cancel the gig we had previously booked. We feel that would reflect poorly on us.
The Warehouse is smaller, mainly plays metalcore, owned by a person that is very hard to work with and simply put, mean, and will have Psychostick. The La Crosse Center is bigger, run by nice people, sponsored by the radio station I work at, and will have Avenged Sevenfold.
Thoughts? My mind is racing right now, I don't know what to do. Help!
Thanks!
- Stix
I have a gig dilemma on my hands, and I need some assistance. The band I'm a part of, Split Velvet, has a gig at a local venue called the Warehouse on July 16th. We will be opening up for Psychostick.
There is also a concert happening at another venue called the La Crosse Center on the same day. It was just announced this morning, and our other gig was booked over a week ago. My all time favorite band, Avenged Sevenfold is playing. I DJ for the radio station that is putting on this event.
The owner of the Warehouse would refuse to book us for a lot of shows because we wouldn't fit in with the bands that primarily get booked there. We are straight up rock, though we do have material that leans towards metal, and the bands that normally get booked there are metalcore. We do not incorporate screaming vocals in our songs. Then the Warehouse books us with some other bands that do nothing but screaming vocals. They also put up the wrong logo and information about us and keeps ignoring us when we try to contact them to resolve the issue. Some people have a feeling the Warehouse owner is trying to set us up to fail, mainly because he doesn't like our front man, and the owner has a bad reputation of being very hard to work with. The venue is failing, the owner keeps begging for money, but only wants a very select type of music to be played.
On the other hand, we may get the chance to open for Avenged Sevenfold, as well as hang out with them before the show.
So now we are not sure what to do. If we get the chance to play at the La Crosse Center, we really, really want to. But at the same time, we don't want to cancel the gig we had previously booked. We feel that would reflect poorly on us.
The Warehouse is smaller, mainly plays metalcore, owned by a person that is very hard to work with and simply put, mean, and will have Psychostick. The La Crosse Center is bigger, run by nice people, sponsored by the radio station I work at, and will have Avenged Sevenfold.
Thoughts? My mind is racing right now, I don't know what to do. Help!
Thanks!
- Stix