FridgeBuzz
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I know it's happened to a bunch of us, but what is everyone's DOs and DON'Ts in a situation when you're trying to get your load-in/set time from the venue?
Story: We were helping a touring band passing through town to get one more show before they head back to their home state. The gig was going to have 4 bands, small cover charge, 45 minutes sets for each band. However, a signed band was added to the bill and the event was taken over by a radio/promoter. We're still on the bill but we cannot get any set times whatsoever from neither the club nor the promoter so we can tell our audience when to show up. So a regular Thursday night gig somehow turned into a big event being promoted through the local rock radio station.
My band's plan is to show up early, find out who's in charge and the moment we get our set time blast Facebook, Twitter, or whatever and hope that our audience will show up on time. In my experience, I try not to worry and the night ends up being fun as hell but damn I just hate it whenever a venue does this.
Thanks for reading.
##EDIT##
My apologies if I posted this in the wrong thread. Please move it wherever the moderators think it needs to be.
Story: We were helping a touring band passing through town to get one more show before they head back to their home state. The gig was going to have 4 bands, small cover charge, 45 minutes sets for each band. However, a signed band was added to the bill and the event was taken over by a radio/promoter. We're still on the bill but we cannot get any set times whatsoever from neither the club nor the promoter so we can tell our audience when to show up. So a regular Thursday night gig somehow turned into a big event being promoted through the local rock radio station.
My band's plan is to show up early, find out who's in charge and the moment we get our set time blast Facebook, Twitter, or whatever and hope that our audience will show up on time. In my experience, I try not to worry and the night ends up being fun as hell but damn I just hate it whenever a venue does this.
Thanks for reading.
##EDIT##
My apologies if I posted this in the wrong thread. Please move it wherever the moderators think it needs to be.
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