JaneH
02-22-2003, 10:30 AM
I have heard a lot of feedback, over the years, from bands and clubgoers. These have always been the top 3 complaints that cause people not to go to a club:
1. Music is WAY too loud - get a decibal meter, Fact: music should never be more than 10 decibals or you will cause people to go deaf.
2. Way to smokey - not enough ventilation
3. Way too many people in the club - when you cannot move, at all, people get hurt, annoyed, and fights will be sure to break out. And what it the sense? People won't be able to get to the bar to drink anyway!
And then there is being described as a DIVE - that will kill a place everytime! If it is not well lit outside and looks like people have pee'd or puked on the building or area just outside the building, and lots of trash is around it, oh, and drunks & druggies hanging outside - there you go, you have a dive! Even bands have been known to snub dives, no matter what they are paid!
And the best way to get the very best bands to play at a club is to treat them well and put in writing what is expected of them. I have promoted some of the best bands and they put on the best performances when they have a place to veg out before a show - when they don't have a place to hide before a show, the singer can lose his voice trying to talk to people over the music, people buy the bands so many drinks they get wasted before a show (although some don't need any help, but they are on good behavior if they know they won't be invited out due to bad behavior), they need a place to change since often times they are coming to the gig directly after work, and this may sound strange, but many bands I work with - the lead singers don't drink alcohol and they are only offered alcohol at clubs! Sure, musicians will do what is expected of them if they know they will be rewarded. They are lied to and crapped on more times than not, so when they land a good gig and are appreciated but with a firm manager, they will go out of their way to make you happy. I have even seen them play at clubs that didn't pay much just because the club treated them well.
There, my 2 cents for the day! :D
1. Music is WAY too loud - get a decibal meter, Fact: music should never be more than 10 decibals or you will cause people to go deaf.
2. Way to smokey - not enough ventilation
3. Way too many people in the club - when you cannot move, at all, people get hurt, annoyed, and fights will be sure to break out. And what it the sense? People won't be able to get to the bar to drink anyway!
And then there is being described as a DIVE - that will kill a place everytime! If it is not well lit outside and looks like people have pee'd or puked on the building or area just outside the building, and lots of trash is around it, oh, and drunks & druggies hanging outside - there you go, you have a dive! Even bands have been known to snub dives, no matter what they are paid!
And the best way to get the very best bands to play at a club is to treat them well and put in writing what is expected of them. I have promoted some of the best bands and they put on the best performances when they have a place to veg out before a show - when they don't have a place to hide before a show, the singer can lose his voice trying to talk to people over the music, people buy the bands so many drinks they get wasted before a show (although some don't need any help, but they are on good behavior if they know they won't be invited out due to bad behavior), they need a place to change since often times they are coming to the gig directly after work, and this may sound strange, but many bands I work with - the lead singers don't drink alcohol and they are only offered alcohol at clubs! Sure, musicians will do what is expected of them if they know they will be rewarded. They are lied to and crapped on more times than not, so when they land a good gig and are appreciated but with a firm manager, they will go out of their way to make you happy. I have even seen them play at clubs that didn't pay much just because the club treated them well.
There, my 2 cents for the day! :D