February 2012
41 posts
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Touring is a serious business
Many people are always asking to get into touring but 95% don’t understand that in order to tour for a living you need to take your job seriously. Yes there is a time when it’s all jokes but its usually never happening during show time. You can’t screw around when you are moving heavy cases because that is the fastest way to lose a finger, a nail or worse of all hurt someone...
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In an industry full of douchebags
Everyone knows that the music business is full of people that take advantage of their position to get attention, girls or steal money from those that work very hard to get in the business. I have been blessed that the people I deal with are great and the reason is because those that were douchebags do not get another chance in my book. I have met many in my years of touring from label executives...
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“The best way to not have your sex limit you on tour, is to not have sex with the...”
– Themerchdude
“I wish the government would put more effort on paying the national debt, than...”
– Themerchdude
Anonymous asked: Hey, different girl anon trying to make it in the music world. I want to work as a TM or just a general manager. I am also friends with some bands but sometimes I feel like they only want to sleep with me. I don't want that, I'm just trying to network, not bang a bunch of band dudes. How do I show people I'm there to work, not sleep around? This is probably a stupid question but no...
Just Hit 6k...
That is crazy! Thank you for the support and putting up with all of my grammatical and typos. The stuff I type always sounds better in my head as I never read it while I’m typing on my phone. My good friends always tell me “Dude I love you, but you can’t type to save your life” all I say is “I’m a numbers guy, counting from 1 to 12 is my job”
Thanks...
Anonymous asked: Hi. I've been going to concerts since as far as I can remember. I've been fortunate enough to become friends with some of my favorite bands. The thing is, I'm a girl. So obviously since I'm hanging out at concerts, people seem to have a very wrong idea of me. I'm not a groupie. I'm now working in the music world and I want to make a name for myself so I can't...
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“The name of the band you tour with is not as important as the name you make for...”
– themerchdude
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It is NOT only about selling shirts.
I find it funny that people, even some crew people think that being a merch person is only about selling shirts at a show. The few crew guys, bus and truck drivers that I have used to help me vend at some of the larger shows have totally change their perception of merch people. As much as I hate it, the perception of a merch person with some crew guys is, “All you do is sell shirts”,...
Anonymous asked: what do you think of label made bands like paramore is rumored to be (I dont want to say they are unless I'm wrong in some way) bands where there are 1 or 2 main guys/girls that have the hardcore talent and then a band is formed around them.
“There are small bands touring in vans that should be on TOP of the charts while...”
– Themerchdude
Anonymous asked: Who do you think has the hardest job on tour?
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Bands sometimes have to act "Crazy" to be taken...
Many bands love their fans, some usually mistake the word “Love” with “Doing” yet the importance of a solid fan base is key. Bands connect with fans either through their music, look, lyrics or just coming across as a wonderful person. This is a powerful bond that if a band is smart can make an average band become a huge thing. We see this all the time when bands or artist...
“Bands will travel everywhere, sleep anywhere just to make their mark somewhere...”
– Themerchdude
Music is your life?
If music is your life, you shouldn’t say “That type of music is gay” because that only means you are living a life full of ignorance
“Never forget to be nice to your fans, so your fans don’t forget about your...”
– Themerchdude
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So many bands...
Summer is around the corner and every band and his mother will be touring this summer, so what are bands going to do to make their tour more interesting than the other 78928374894043 million bands that will be out there? (Well this is what I would be thinking if I was in a band)
This Summer, bands shouldn’t rely only on promoters, social networks to sell their shows, They need to think of...
“The admiration for musicians shouldn’t blind the judgement of his female...”
– Themerchdude
To all bands:
Treating the crew with respect is always the smarter way to tour and to save money, because the worst you treat them the more expensive it will be for your band to get a good crew on your next tour. Remember word of mouth goes both ways.
To all bands:
Every band is looking to get fans to come to their shows or buy their cd, yet they sometimes go over board with all the spamming. Lets me tell you guys the more you spam the less your fans are going to pay attention. Actually you might even annoy them if you become a telemarketer. So here are a few ideas so your “Buy my cd” or “Come to my show” post might have more of a...
“Somewhere in the USA there is a small band with a huge talent that won’t...”
– Themerchdude
“Some bands are like pennies they cost more to make than what they are worth”
– Themerchdude
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Artistic Freedom > Free dumb artist
The amount of shit that irresponsible artist get away with is just embarrassing. All because of money, to what cost are those few dumb artist and the money they make for labels going to jeopardize the younger generation? At all cost if you ask me. I may not always agree with what’s popular in music but I can agree that popularity shouldn’t be a free license to beat a woman. It was not...
To all bands:
Your future touring depends on how good your shows are not how drunk you get on tour.
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Touring = Team
Touring is a job that requires that you keep independent yet rely on a team to make a show happen. Something that most people don’t understand is you cant be successful as a crew guy/girl if you cant be trusted with your responsibility. Each position is like one single note that makes a song. The weaker you are doing your job the more work you put on someone else and the odds are that you...
To all bands:
You will have a longer career if you focus on touching fans with your music instead of your dick.
Dumb people
To all these kids that don’t know who Paul McCartney is, why the hell are you wearing a Beatles shirt?
Just imagine
Imagine you were frozen for 20 years and woke up and the 1st TV show you saw was the Grammy’s what would you think and say? Well this is what I think someone in that situation would say.
I open my eyes and some show was going on, I saw some young girl sing a country song that sounded normal to me and she won. Then I saw what I think was Michael Jackson. Some people were upset because he...
Maybe they will learn
On tour no one cares about the sexuality or religious beliefs of others, maybe the rest of the world CAN learn from people with tattoos
Tribute?
Wait and see the Parasites come out pushing every single album Whitney Houston made in order to make a quick buck. Don’t be surprise when the tribute album comes out or the remastered version of he first hit, The DVD and everything they didn’t give a shit a day ago.
Must be a sad life to be that guy using the grief of fans in order to make quick cash.
This is my opinion and only an...
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That guy
Ever tour has different people, yet the more you tour you will always find the same type of people, these are my favorite types that I keep seeing on every tour I do.
1) Old Timer: This guys has been on every tour since the 80’s has seen it all and is usually little bitter, not because he is not enjoying the tour but because he has to deal with newbies.
2) The gadget guy: This person...
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“Music has helped many when they are going to rough times, yet many pay back...”
– Themerchdude
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To all bands: old inventory? Here is how to move...
Most bands have an old inventory of shirts in their garage that are just sitting there as dead money. When you hit the road again and have a bunch of new Merch for that tour, just pick one of the designs in your garage and while you’re sitting in the back lounge doing nothing tell your Merch guy/girl to bring you a few dozen of those old shirts and autograph them.
Now that they are...
“Great bands respect their fans because they’re their bread and butter,...”
– Themerchdude
To all bands:
The most important member of your band is your crew.
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Here is a @sarahsaturday website check it out
This is an artist that is basically doing it on her own with the help of fans, mostly fans that love music and Kickstarter campaign. If you go to her web site you will get information on her tour, all of here cd’s, merch and her side project “Earn it yourself” Go take a peak at her website where you can listen to all of the songs of her CD called “Garden not...
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