Well! Just got home from my first-ever "label showcase" here in Nashville, and it was OK. The band was great, and the audience was appreciative--- the only down side was that there weren't near as many fans or industry folks there as we were hoping. Must've been a bad night for people. Which is no big deal, but music is one of those financial wonders where sometimes people pay you to play and sometimes YOU pay THEM. In this case by the time I rang up bills for musicians, sound guy, and posters, I probably spent $400 just to play this little gig! I could have gone to see 50 movies with that money! Or bought like two gallons of gas!
Definitely doesn't seem worth it when only 30 people show up, but you know it's hard to say...we got some good video footage, and that might help me get a NACA showcase which would pull in $40,000 or more. Plus there WERE industry people there, and they'll talk about me to their friends, and who knows where the word might spread in the long run. Farther than it would if I'd stayed home anyway. Or watched one of those movies. :) All in all, I'd call it a qualified success. Most of the time that's the way it is in the music biz---not what you'd hoped, but still fun.
Speaking of which.......we've had a few hiccups with the E-Bay van. The most serious of which was that last weekend it wouldn't GO. Not to worry though, it was just a bad set of batteries and we're back up and running. Installation of the veggie system should be in a month or so, and I want it so bad I can smell it. No, wait, that's just Jodi fryin' up some green tomatoes.
And finally, I apologize for the lack of photos in this post---we seem to have misplaced our digital camera for the time being, and I miss it. I would've taken a picture of the showcase tonight, and I would've taken a photo of a nasty grease trap and digitally inserted myself taking a bath in it. As it is, we'll just have to use our imaginations and be happy with that! Thanks to everyone who made it out tonight, and I look forward to doing it again as soon as I sell my extra kidney!! Peace,
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At 11:54 PM, Allison said…
Zane! okay so I talked to the advisor of our Student Activities Committee at Cardinal Stritch and she said it would be great to have you back. soooo...yeah I can't remember when you said you were planning on being in the Wisconsin/Milwaukee area, but let me know and I'll see what I can pull. :) Good luck with your veggie-mobile.
At 7:24 AM, jaq said…
utoh, looks like you've got spam!
NACA is awesome.. isn't that where UMPI found you? we got a lot of acts from there every year.. we went to the nationals too, which was crazy on a stick.
I'm very curious to see how this VeggieVan works out :) rock on!
At 12:48 PM, Zane said…
Hey Allison! Thanks for asking for me! I've got a show all by itself in WI in two weeks on Oct. 5th, and it would be great to swing by Milwaukee while I'm up there. May be short notice though. I'll tell my booking agent that it's a possibility---should he just call the school directly? He probably has their info... Thanks again for that, hope to see you up there if not this time then some other time soon....
JAQ... Yeah, NACA nationals is kind of a circus. A very unique event. Seems like it would be a lot of good memories for the college students that come though. Looks like the veggie conversion is on track for late October---I'm as excited as anybody to see how it works. Thanks for keeping in touch!! Z
At 1:19 PM, Zane said…
Hey Allison.... I just talked to my booking agent, and he said he has been talking to Stritch about having me out the evening of the 5th. (My other show is at noon on the 5th, about 60 miles away.) In fact he just got an e-mail from the advisor this morning saying that they have that date open and are considering me. Sounds like it was perfect timing for you to make that request! If you want to check with them again and see where they are in the decision process, it probably couldn't hurt---thanks again for thinking of me and hopefully I'll see you in Oct.!!
Zane
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