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:	post by the_taste_of_cigarettes at 2004-08-16 14:27:05

agreed, and I think as far as booking personelle with open minds I think you and Anne are really good about that. Both of you dudesters have been pretty great about hearing my band and my friends bands and being reasonable about giving everyone a chance to prove they are going to work hard.

As for you specifically, Joe, if I can be ballsy enough to give my report card, I think that the way you go about booking shows is actually MORE honest than what I see for a lot of other clubs/venues/circumstances.

I mean this in the following sense:

you don't seem to ascribe to any club in particular, but always make it clear you are working by yourself and for yourself but in the capacity of the club. The Middle East booking agent, or other booking agents in the area that work for clubs, make decisions in the name of the club BUT it's obviously based on what they want for the club and think is best in their opinion. They are making self-based decisions but using the club as a mask. Hence the differences in type and quality of act when booking agents shift.

You make it clear that NC shows aren't the saving grace for humanity but just what you like and your chance to give a band a shot to do whatever YOU want them to do. This lets bands know that if they don't strike out with you, it doesn't mean no one will ever work with them, it just means that you aren't into it -- there are other places to go, and you're vocal about that.

you're good about keeping abreast of the scenes and stuff going on outside of what you do.

Now I state this, as my opinion from observation, because I think that there's something to be learned from that by other people interested in booking. It's a shitfest when people pretend like they are going to repair the world's problems with music when they book shows and then everyone starts to believe them. That's too big of a goal, it's too one sided, and honestly, that's a big fib to the public if you (you meaning the person who would do that) pretend like you are the end-all-say-all of music in your area.

Some people lay responsibility in to people like Joe and assume that because he books so many shows, he HAS to book everyone, but that's my point: he's clear about who he works with and why, and is good about offering advice as to how other people can start.

This is also vital because it's a HUGE FUCKING PET PEAVE of mine when promoters try and dominate a scene and convinced people that they will fail if they try something new...that they're going to manipulate people into believing that it's their way or the highway. I've seen scenes like that and it fucking pisses me off --- mostly because it's just plain untrue, anyone can start a music scene or booking shows if they want.

And Joe, I think you recognize that this is, in the end, more what's important for the overall scene, the bands, and the labels, than what is important for you. I see a lot of shows where the promoter ties things up for his own sake, but I think that strangles a scene and leads to that persons fall when shit is going on in his area, or when he or she is too busy to do stuff and so everyone stands, watching them.

That said, this isn't a Joe only thing. I'm just using him as an example. I think as long as people are aware of the conciousness and the possibility that their actions are part of a greater interworking of things, this will all work better. Strategy can help us build a New England scene that doesn't choke out in another 5 years, or that people don't resent as much or that has a lot more cohesiveness.

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