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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread Part Ten - What is this thread about again?

#402
I've been thinking about swapping out the pickups on my Drake Custom. The Seymour Duncan HBs that are in it now are too low output for my taste. Need something hotter and more hid heavy. I was looking at a lot of different passive EMG 35 sized pickups when it was being made, may be time to revisit some of those and take a lot at what else is out there that would fit. Perhaps find some single coils housed in that size soapbar or something. Don't want to have to do any kind of modding, she's already a think of beauty.
 
#404
JoeVictim said:
After this semester, I think I am going to hit craigslist hard to get some people together. I might try to contact my dirt rocker guitar friend (played with him for a few months) to see if he ever wrote a guitar riff for the sound cloud stuff I posted for yall. He's had those same riffs since before my baby was born. (march if you are keeping track). Maybe He'll surprise me and have actually done something with them. If not, I think it's time to move on. As cool as he is, what's the point of trying to play music if the other guy doesn't try at all.

Or should I even say anything? We are on two different planes here. He is into pedaling chug chug stuff. It hasn't worked with him yet, but he is so nice. I don't want to feel like a douche.
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I texted my dirt rocker friend. He told me he's been really busy and hasn't done anything. On the other hand, he isn't too busy to post an ad on craigslist offering "pro" setups for $10. What do you guys think? Move on? It just seems like he isn't interested or he would have done something/anything in the last 3 months.
 
#408
While cleaning the basement and putting my pedal boards together I dropped the Bluebeard right on its face. Broke the knob on the volume pot but the pedal survived. Dude builds a sturdy pedal! I really am thinking of contacting sonny to see if he could mod my ped with the tone bypass switch. Might be worth keeping then because I've been on the fence.
 
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#414
father of fires said:
I don't get why this is funny. They are booking the tour themselves and are looking for help booking dates. Isn't that what everyone else does?
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Sorry, I agree with this. How are they supposed to do it themselves if they don't know anyone in an area? That's how I would do it if I was going on tour or something. Hey here's my band, check out our music. If you like it we'd really appreciate you helping us find shows!

I've been talking to Summoner, trying to help them find a show in Pittsburgh. Mainly cause I love their music and wanna see them play in the burgh. Seems to be about the same thing.
 
#416
That's how I did every time my old band toured. Emailed bands, promoters and venues (sometimes by referral from one or the other) in other cities/states and asked them if they had any shows on the dates we planned to be in the area that we could play. In exchange we offered to extend the same courtesy and book local shows or help flyer and promote for those bands if they came to our area. How else are you supposed to book and promote a show in a place where you don't live or know anyone? All you can do is have a good attitude about it and try to be courteous and accommodating and not be pushy or weird about it. Most "DIY" efforts revolve around networking and reciprocation. In 15 years of playing live music I can count the amount of times I played in a legit established venue with a consistent turnout or had a show professionally promoted on two hands (really generous estimate). If you're lucky enough to pass through the same city twice you can use social networking to generate some grass roots promotion these days, but you have to find those people and connect with them first. I do know a lot people these days that consider putting up a flyer on their facebook status to be "promoting a show", so there is a lot of genuine laziness and entitlement to go around.
 
#417
Lazarus.Bird said:
Sorry, I agree with this. How are they supposed to do it themselves if they don't know anyone in an area? That's how I would do it if I was going on tour or something. Hey here's my band, check out our music. If you like it we'd really appreciate you helping us find shows!

I've been talking to Summoner, trying to help them find a show in Pittsburgh. Mainly cause I love their music and wanna see them play in the burgh. Seems to be about the same thing.
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It's funny because they say they are booking their tour DIY and then they want someone here to book it for them. There's nothing wrong about asking for help finding a show. However, a band that is booking their tour DIY should be contacting the venues themselves, not putting up a craigslist ad asking for someone else to help book them. That is what DIY means, afterall. Not WYDIFM- will you do it for me. :p
 
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Corey Y said:
I do know a lot people these days that consider putting up a flyer on their facebook status to be "promoting a show", so there is a lot of genuine laziness and entitlement to go around.
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This laziness is what I felt the ad captured. I guess DIY means something different to me because my punk band was DIY. We did all the work. We didn't ask for help. We wanted to make a record so we did. We wanted shirts, so we got out the horrible iron-on stuff and made them. We hit the streets with flyers. We called the venues. Even at a local level, a band starting out probably doesn't know who to contact to get shows. What we used to do is find bands playing our music and see where they play. And with the modern technological advances, finding out where bands play in other towns has become increasingly easy. However, there is no cure or app for laziness.
 

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