Adrian and the Sickness

I'm glad that you keep responding, there are many more to come.

Hi - I love doing these!!!

1. lately..more people I don't know. Which I like.


2. hmm Adrian and the Sickness haven't done a show with no cover in a while. But we are set to do one Dec 16th at Darwin's. Come. no Cover.. ha ha

3. I go to see shows when I'm not on the bill. not always punk shows. last show I saw was the Mother Truckers in October.

Thanks!!! -Adrian

Jesto Screen Printing

Yesterday I stopped by to check out Ernesto's t-shirt printing factory.  Pretty cool setup.  He was printing shirts for a team called the Butterballs.  I couldn't stay to see the finished product, but it I have to say, it is a clean operation.  He and his partner, Jesse,  have this down to a science.  If you don't know where to go for a good deal on band shirts, talk to them and see what they can do.

I'm about to put in an order for about 50 Scary Mondeos shirts once our bassist, Matt (mathiasairbrushing.com) is done with the designs.  Yes, I like to surround myself with the best.  It makes me look cool. 

Back to Jesto, they are a green company that uses only Eco-friendly stuff, so you can feel good about your shirts not causing any pollutants. 



  
If you want 10% off, tell them that you're in a band.  We are all in this to make the scene a  little bit better.
Here is their link:  Jestoprints.com .

Good, somebody is paying attention.

First to respond, The Beat Dolls.  You just wasted your votes.  It's hard to compile a list of good venues if you don't name any.  Just a simple list would suffice.  Never being known to hold back, here is what they had to say:

1. The Beat Dolls. have been around for about 5 yrs off & on, on & off, off & on again.

2. Our fav venues r the ones that dont want a guarantee that we'll bring enough people to fill their bar, cuz frankly, we aren't able to make that guarantee every single show.

3. no venue has paid enough to mention. our fault? theirs? both? either way, thats the answer, though i believe there r people @ these venues who do care about the bands, but as a whole venue, i havent had that particular experience. sounds a little jaded, but when asked to think of these things, these r our experiences.

Ha!

I snatched up Austin Punk Rock.  This is post #1.  I guess the purpose of this is to figure out the punk rock scene here in town and help promote it and nourish it back to health.  Eventually, I'd like to put together an invitation only industry night to all the punk bands.

The reason I think this is necessary is because running a band is hard work and it forces you to be self absorbed.  Whenever people ask me about my band, they always say, "you ever heard of _____?"  I find myself never knowing the band that they are talking about, and I know a lot of bands.  My memory is almost super human, so I know for a fact that I have never even heard of a lot of bands, not even a mention or a name on a sticker somewhere.

Above I mentioned invitation only and I don't want to send the wrong impression.  I only want industry people that can help each other.  They did this thing in Dallas when I was up there.  From 7 to 9 it was all bands and industry people, like photographers and recording guys.

You brought in a Demo, handed it to the DJ, and he played at least one song off of it.  There were discounted drinks as a thank you from the venue, and at 9pm all of the fans for all the bands would show up and hang out with the bands and watch a local show on stage.

It was a great way to build a fan base, which meant that you were becoming more and more marketable to the clubs, which is how we measure success in this town.

I'm gonna kick things off by sending out a questionnaire to every punk band with an email address that I can find.  I'll give a deadline to see which bands actually read their emails daily.  Then, I'll put up all of the replies and all of the band's names, so that you know who said what.  Wish me luck.