Alot of Christian bands. Mine included. Other than that, bluegrass and country. I'm wanting to get an acoustic jazz/blues project with my guitarist going. Just something unlike alot of everything else here.
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What's your local music scene like?
- Thread starter Rudreax
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I live on longisland ny. I believe it's one of the great places for music even though I haven't been much of anywhere else. A large populated area has plenty of bars and night clubs being so close to NYC. Getting gigs aren't too hard, it just depends on the sounds and styles of other bands that are playing that night and selling tickets for your show.
Gotta love Atlanta... Same guy who asks for a cigarette or change, tries to sell me his awesome mix tape he made with his laptop, Casio keyboard, and ProTools mbox.
The rock clubs have slowly died down to a handful around "metro" area. There's a few here and there in the suburbs, but the commute and promoting to those remote places is a real pain.
You'd think you could find an endless supply of good musicians around here also, but that's hardly the case.
The rock clubs have slowly died down to a handful around "metro" area. There's a few here and there in the suburbs, but the commute and promoting to those remote places is a real pain.
You'd think you could find an endless supply of good musicians around here also, but that's hardly the case.
All I know about the Vegas music scene is that it is ( or was when I was there for a week) a great place to get deals on music equipment in pawn shops...
Yes it is
A lot of musicians come here with a dream
they usually have good gear
They end up soul less and dream less
then sell all their gear to a pawn shop so they can eat
typical story in Vegas
Didn't read through every post so of this had been said already then my bad.
I'm in az in the phoenix area, and basically we have hardcore and indie. The hardcore scene is fading a little and becoming a more "post hardcore" scene with some pop-punk thrown in. the indie is on the rise starting to play actual venues not bars with stages. Apparently there are some punk/ska bands but they seem limited to the bar scene. But with one big promoter dominating the area and dictating who plays where I doubt there is gonna be much change anytime soon.
I'm in az in the phoenix area, and basically we have hardcore and indie. The hardcore scene is fading a little and becoming a more "post hardcore" scene with some pop-punk thrown in. the indie is on the rise starting to play actual venues not bars with stages. Apparently there are some punk/ska bands but they seem limited to the bar scene. But with one big promoter dominating the area and dictating who plays where I doubt there is gonna be much change anytime soon.
Keene, NH. Once in a great while, we'll get some thrash bands from Massachusetts, and we have like, five local metal/hardcore bands, but there's no real dedicated music venues (shows are usually either at the local indoor skate park or Knights of Columbus... Blech). The rest of the local music is folk, which I don't much care for.
New Jersey mostly Cover bands, R&B, jazz, Classic Rock, Oldies, Metal. We are a Classic Rock band. New Classic Rock bands pop everyday very popular here. in fact I saw a band in a local music rag here claim they were voted best classic rock band in New Jersey! never heard of them they are going to find out it takes more then some made up ad to make it here!' Cause as quick as they pop up they fall to the wayside the competition for the clubs is fierce and only the top of the line bands remain on the scene. We are lucky enough to have been rocking the clubs since our start in 2003 and are still going strong. Already have gigs booked out into Sept.
The music scene in my city is on life support. Jazz does okay because of college jazz students. But everything else is hard to get people to bother coming out to. When I play metal gigs it's hard to break 20 people, even when opening for relatively big bands.
I live in Estes Park, Colorado. I think we have one indie band that plays up here regularly. Mainly the Music my generation listens to up here is Rap 
so it's not the very best to have bands up here. Especially since we are a small town.
so it's not the very best to have bands up here. Especially since we are a small town.I live in a podunk town in east Tenessee, we were the meth capital of the world for a while so that's about all we got goin for us 
But I'm probably moving to Nashville or Atlanta once I get a steady job lol.
But I'm probably moving to Nashville or Atlanta once I get a steady job lol.
Bluegrass. Immature screamo. Immature death metal. Dive bars. Cover bands. More cover bands. One club that caters to cover bands. The occasional washed-up 70's arena rock band at the 'convention center'.
Sounds like, between hip-hop and noise ordinances, lots of musicians are hurting. What can be done? How can bands revive interest in live music? How can we inject new sounds into our local scenes and spark the fans' imagination?
Our band is writing and recording original music...*modern* Southern rock. Shorter, tighter songs...Southern in tone, yes, but *nothing* like the old Skynyrd/Outlaws/etc. sound. And nothing like the "good ol' boys partying" or small-town nostalgia of modern country rock. This is something different. Drummer (who hung the moon as far as drummers go, so sez me) says he likes that, in my playing, there is as much of an influence from Paul Simonon as from Jack Bruce, and that this is what is driving the new sound. (Nice, eh?)
We are also just as willing to play the songs acoustically, as we are plugged in. If we can't be a loud rock band in a given bar, we'll get the songs to the people more quietly. Additionally, we are working on our volume when plugged in, striving to fill the room with sound, but without being loud and obnoxious.
I think live music, and rock specifically, needs an injection of creativity. I think people are bored. The rock crowd is aging...we have to play earlier shows and moderate volume if we want them to keep coming to shows. And we have to capture the hearts of young fans, so that we'll continue to *have* fans. We have to be creative about how we get music to the people...the established music industry models won't work for us any longer. We've got strive for quality, in original and cover music, to rise above the bands that don't care, and sound like they don't care. We have to make the fans care enough to come out and listen.
Thoughts?
Cherie
Our band is writing and recording original music...*modern* Southern rock. Shorter, tighter songs...Southern in tone, yes, but *nothing* like the old Skynyrd/Outlaws/etc. sound. And nothing like the "good ol' boys partying" or small-town nostalgia of modern country rock. This is something different. Drummer (who hung the moon as far as drummers go, so sez me) says he likes that, in my playing, there is as much of an influence from Paul Simonon as from Jack Bruce, and that this is what is driving the new sound. (Nice, eh?)
We are also just as willing to play the songs acoustically, as we are plugged in. If we can't be a loud rock band in a given bar, we'll get the songs to the people more quietly. Additionally, we are working on our volume when plugged in, striving to fill the room with sound, but without being loud and obnoxious.
I think live music, and rock specifically, needs an injection of creativity. I think people are bored. The rock crowd is aging...we have to play earlier shows and moderate volume if we want them to keep coming to shows. And we have to capture the hearts of young fans, so that we'll continue to *have* fans. We have to be creative about how we get music to the people...the established music industry models won't work for us any longer. We've got strive for quality, in original and cover music, to rise above the bands that don't care, and sound like they don't care. We have to make the fans care enough to come out and listen.
Thoughts?
Cherie
butchblack
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I think a lot of us could work on that to everyones benefit. You don't have to be stupid loud to be good, get a crowd into it and dancing and enjoying the show. Of course the type of music you're playing will have something to do with it. But Cherie's not blasting Southern rock concept signifies that a lot of genres could easily work to turn down the volume a bit without hurting the music. I play in a blues band, hopefully we can apply some of that. Where we do a fair bit in swing/jump feel, like Rt 66 Nat King Cole's version, a lot of our music lends itself to that. Now all I have to do is stop the volume wars. I may try by trying to drum in the concept of setting the vocal volume first, then setting instrument volume so it doesn't overwhelm the vocals. Wish me luck on that one
Rock has gotten boring, and sounding more like The Jonas Brothers, and those boy bands. Creativity is gone. However, the bands that experiment with their music tend to have a more dedicated fan base. Or at least that is what I think.
It also depends on location. If you live in a small town mainly defined from any genre, like Rap, and you're playing another genre, like Metal, you won't have much of a turn out.
If you enjoy playing Metal or any other genre for that matter you should just play and try to look to other towns. Like for me, Boulder is a really good hotspot for a variety of genres and since its a College Town you have a large amount of people with different tastes.
I guess for us Musicians we need to experiment more, create our own sound, and our own Genre. That's what made Rock N' Roll popular in the first place.
So keep rocking!
It also depends on location. If you live in a small town mainly defined from any genre, like Rap, and you're playing another genre, like Metal, you won't have much of a turn out.
If you enjoy playing Metal or any other genre for that matter you should just play and try to look to other towns. Like for me, Boulder is a really good hotspot for a variety of genres and since its a College Town you have a large amount of people with different tastes.
I guess for us Musicians we need to experiment more, create our own sound, and our own Genre. That's what made Rock N' Roll popular in the first place.
So keep rocking!
I live in Estes Park, Colorado. I think we have one indie band that plays up here regularly. Mainly the Music my generation listens to up here is Rap
With a name like Estes Park, I'm assuming they're all white suburban kids trying to be black.
