I love bands like Dragonforce, Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed, Bullet for My Valentine, but they all suck live.
AC/DC and Metallica are amazing live but they aren’t touring, so what other good hard rock/metal bands are good live?
5 finger death punch is amazing live.
you might like them (:
1 site i know is http://musicsavesyourlife.co.cc
do u guys know more?
Dephhum.com
Im not sure if it works anymore.
The Starting Point
(1) Never put on a live music night unless you know the alternative crowd and are into the live music scene. Most people that start a regular night love that certain brand of music.
(2) Find a local pub that is known for its live music following.
(3) If you are under 18 find a church hall or community center. Function rooms are very cheap to hire or even free at times.
(4) With pubs and nightclubs they don’t usually give up weekend nights to first time promoters unless you have proved yourself in the past.
(5) Monday or Tuesday are very good nights to start up as pubs/nightclubs are usually not that busy.
(6) Live music nights are usually run from 7.30 pm until 10/11pm. These are sometimes called early shows. The club can then put on an early show and open up after.
Promotion Checklist
Use the following checklist to ensure you are organised:
(1) The venue is booked and the price has been agreed in writing.
(2) The bands are booked and understand the night’s concept.
(3) The soundman and P.A is organised and price agreed.
(4) Flyers, Tickets and posters designed and printed.
(5) Promotional material distributed accordingly.
(6) Budget calculated and allocated.
How to make your promotion stand out?
You will need at least 6 weeks to promote your event. Most venues are booked months in advance so being organised is essential. Many events fail because they are poorly organised or badly promoted.
Promotion Tips:
(1) Find events that showcase the type of theme similar to yours and distrubute flyers and posters.
(2) Street flyering
(3) Nightclub exit flyering
(4) Most towns or cities have a small publication like a “Local going out guide” or “What’s on guide”.
(5) Website Forums
We hope this guide is useful to you. Remember, if you have any further queries contact the Flyerboy team.
Chris Riley
http://www.articlesbase.com/advice-articles/1st-rule-of-promotion-where-do-i-start-62506.html
Miami’s South Beach is the area to see and be seen. Tampa heaves with cool clubs and bustling bars. The Walt Disney Resort alone has an amazing number of discos, comedy clubs, restaurants and dinner shows.
The best place to spot a celebrity is
Bash, South Beach, Miami.
Bash is a European-style dance club. Sean Penn and rock star Mick Hucknall of Simply Red were the original owners of Club Bash and the trend has been carried on by current owner Steve Gabur. This is a great club and a perfect place to star gaze at the odd celebrity. A-list clientele have included Johnny Depp, Linda Evangelista, Antonio Banderas and more.
The best place to check out Rock bands is
Cheers, Fort Lauderdale
A friendly, casual atmosphere bar, which showcases current live classic Rock and Blues shows seven nights a week. It also has a busy dance floor. There is pool and darts, cheap chicken wings and a Wednesday night taco and tequila party.
Kissimmee entertainment for the whole family.
The night comes to life in Kissimmee where you’ll find a special brand of entertainment the whole family can enjoy. There is live rodeo every Friday night for romping, stomping, heart pounding fun.
Classic cars cruise down the streets of Old Town on Fridays and Saturdays. There are Themed dinner shows that provide distinctive entertainment each night of the week. You will also find plenty of entertainment for everyone at Walt Disney World Resort’s Downtown Disney and Pleasure Island.
Universal Orlando Resort’s CityWalk also offer more night-time entertainment nearby.
Stay at these vacation rental homes in Orlando, Florida, whilst being entertained in Kissimmee. Low cost luxury villa accommodation are just 10 minutes away and available at http://www.milkriver.co.uk Rent directly from the owners and save.
Tim Burton
http://www.articlesbase.com/destinations-articles/enjoy-nightlife-in-florida-99790.html
There are a number of ways you can get people youâve never met or whoâve never seen you live, to book your band. The fastest and least expensive way to start getting gigs is using the phone.
First, make sure youâve got a long list of target venue name and numbers and youâre clear in your own mind about why a venue should book you.
Can you really get places to book you over the phone without you even meeting them? The answer is certainly yes.
Some people try to make out that selling is a âblack artâ with secrets known only to the few. That you have to be a âborn salespersonâ and have the âgift of the gabâ before you can succeed.
The good news is you donât need to be an extrovert who can talk for his country to get gigs from people youâve never met. You just need an established system or framework and the self belief this will give you. If you can learn to play a guitar or remember song lyrics then you can certainly master the basics of selling. Well enough in fact, to keep your band busy throughout the year.
Not only that, but because people tend to think that being able to sell is the domain of only the chosen few, when you are able to get gigs by selling your band, you can make yourself indispensable to any band.
Face to face selling, the much feared âfoot-in the doorâ isnât something youâll need to concern yourself with for gig-getting. There are ways to secure all the bookings you need without ever having to get in front of anyone to sell your act.
Ask donât tell
The first thing to remember about selling is that itâs primarily about asking questions of your prospective buyer. Selling your band isnât (just) about telling a venue booker how great your band is.
Only once youâve asked questions to find out what the venue may be looking for do you tell them why they should consider hiring you.
What youâre trying to do in asking questions is to gain ammunition that youâll use when the time comes to tell them about your band.
The system Iâve used to get gig after gig and which can work for you, revolves around 3 key questions youâll ask.
1. Check they have time to talk to you (donât imitate the worse kind of call centre behaviour and go ploughing into a speech about yourself if the person youâre calling hasnât said he has time to listen).
Introduce yourself (âIâm in a local covers band that plays at Chaserâs wine bar amongst other placesâ¦.â or whatever)
2. Tell him/her you have one quick question to ask âIf thatâs ok?â
3. Ask them about the bands they currently use and if they meet all their requirements
When youâve asked this last question youâll either get a âThanks but weâre happy with our current actsâ. In this case tell them you understand and youâll stay in touch. Do this with a newsletter on a regular basis until you secure a booking.
Or, more often than youâd imagine, youâll be told they are looking for new acts or their roster of bands could do with improving. When you get one of these responses thereâs a booking there for the taking. Use another question and ask them how you go about getting considered to play there.
Some will ask for your demo CD or myspace details. Providing you have what they ask for and you sound at least reasonable youâll get the gig when youâve theyâve listened to it and you call them back. But you will probably need a number of follow-up calls to chase them. Donât give up on the follow-up. Iâve had more than one venue take 5 or more follow-up calls but then become regular profitable venues for us.
Other places you call will ask about your price and availability immediately. So make sure you know the price youâre aiming for and youâre armed with your gig diary for every call so you take the booking there and then.
Gareth Bird
http://www.articlesbase.com/music-articles/how-to-get-gigs-when-theyve-never-seen-you-play-748590.html
U2 landed on the international music scene in the 1980s and twenty years later, theyâre still going strong. With a combination of social activism, sincere lyrics, and genuine musicianship, the Irish rockers are arguably one of the most successful rock bands of all time. From vinyl records to tapes to cds to downloads, the band has stayed the course through the winds of change.
Thanks to digital technology, the music of U2 can be explored through single digital files instead of pouring through the cds in their extensive discography. Donât know where to begin? Donât fret. Weâve compiled a list of U2 downloads that every hipster simply must include on their digital playlist.
âWith or Without Youâ â From the critically acclaimed album, The Joshua Tree, this song was the first #1 single for the band in the United States. It reached #4 in the UK. The song has so far been featured on three TV series: Friends, The Office, and Cold Case. Considered an emotionally sad song, guitarist The Edge came up with a simple riff for the ending to affect a lifting of the spirits for listeners.
âI Still Havenât Found What Iâm Looking Forâ â The second single from The Joshua Tree has become the most covered U2 song. A live recording of the song, featuring the New Voices of Freedom, was placed on 1988âs Rattle and Hum album.
âPride (In the Name of Love)â â A solid effort from The Unforgettable Fire, the song is the second most performed in the bandâs tour history. The lyrical content reflects emotion and thought stemming from the civil rights movement and was inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders sang backup.
âOneâ â Released in 2002 as the third single off of Achtung Baby, the title eventually became the inspiration ONE Campaign to fight poverty, which was launched by lead singer Bono. In 2006, it was voted Britainâs Best Lyric by the people of the UK. Recently, Mary J. Blige featured it on her Grammy Award-winning The Breakthrough, and featured the rockers for the recording.
âBeautiful Dayâ â With the release of this single, U2 emerged back onto the national scene after largely experimental efforts during the mid to late 90s. The song garnered 3 Grammy Awards for the Irish quartet.
Narrowing down to a selection of just five U2 downloads for a band of this caliber seems asinine. However, itâs a good place to start if youâre too young or otherwise unfamiliar with the historical success of the 22-time Grammy Award winners. Itâs also a good stroll through memory lane, rendering curiosities of whatâs to come as the band taunts fans with hints of a forthcoming album.
Cameron Morrison
http://www.articlesbase.com/music-articles/u2-downloads-for-every-playlist-129836.html
Those looking to start an internet business are constantly looking for ideas they hope can be the next big idea. Without regard to start up costs and the ability that there are numerous ideas for businesses that can offer success online. The majority of successful businesses are those that can fill a special need and those that can create a strong presence. One such idea would involve helping local musicians get their feet in the musical door.
A website dedicated to new individuals or groups could offer a biography on musicians along with short clips of their music. It would work like an online audition to help musician get booked for jobs on a regional or local basis. A person could search by genre for a live band, listen to clips of their music, or perhaps music videos, and then book the band for their upcoming event. This type of business could be expanded into major parts of the country with a different site based on geographic location.
It could also encompass many different styles of music and offer an online schedule to show when the bands have open dates as well as where they are playing in case someone wanted to see them live before making a decision on hiring them. Payments for the website could be based on an entry type fee for the band, a percentage of the cost of the booking or later, through advertising revenue. When creating this type of website you could also consider affiliate marketing, choosing online businesses related to music.
Sites that sell music or videos as well as musical instruments and other equipment related to the music industry. Another option could be an online flea market, allowing other people to post their pre priced merchandise. You could have sections dedicated to new and used merchandise and allow posts to advertise their items. Similar to online auctions, without the bidding, you could charge a fee for listing the items, based on the price or a flat fee for all classified listings.
Another internet business idea could work on a local basis in bringing together repair people with those needing work done around their home or business. Those involved in handy work can list their services online, by location and those in need of services can have a place to go to find someone to effect repairs around the house. It could even list appliance repairs and if a person is registered with manufacturers, they may even be able to offer warranty service.
This type of business could list such services as lawn care, driveway sealing and many other services people may find useful. Perhaps you need help setting up a new above ground swimming pool, a listing on an internet set may be helpful in finding someone with the time and experience to help.
Obinna Heche
http://www.articlesbase.com/ecommerce-articles/internet-business-ideas-122833.html
One of the largest of all the iguanas, rhinoceros iguanas can reach four feet in length. Their name is attributed to the three horn-like outgrowths on the end of their nose. They are gray or olive green in color, with dark cross bands, which blends in with the rocks of their natural habitat. As cold-blooded reptiles, these iguanas must warm up under the sun before being active during the day (diurnal.) Iguanas of the cyclura genus are found on many Caribbean islands, but the rhinoceros iguana is found only in the islands of Haiti and the Dominican republic.
Rhinoceros iguanas eat leaves, flowers and fruit. They have been observed to eat insects, land crabs, eggs. They are normally ground dwelling lizard, but they will climb trees at times to eat leaves and fruits.
They are primarily found near coastlines of Hispaniola in Haiti. However, due to due human civilization, many were forced to relocate inland. Majority of the populations live in the southern portions of the Dominican Republic. Smaller populations live in neighboring Haiti. They are protected and a threatened species in the Dominican Republic. In Haiti, where they are sometimes hunted for food or local trade.
Habitat destruction and hunting for food and trade constitutes the largest threat to the rhinoceros iguana.
Caring for Rhino Iguanas as Pets
A rhino iguana may require a standard 30 - 50 gallon tank. But as it grows, a custom-built cage may be necessary. The size of the cage will depend on the size of the iguana. To compute for the ideal size for a particular iguana: cage length is one and one half of the lizard length; width is two thirds of the lizard length; height may be equal to the lizard length. A higher cage though may be preferred as iguanas love to climb and stay up. Branches may be set-up inside the cage for their climbing necessities. Choose branches that will match the size your iguana.
Rhino iguanas need to heat their bodies to properly digest food and to help them fight diseases. A thermometer may be used to monitor the temperature in any enclosed area. Ideal temperature should reach around 85 degrees Farenheit. Additional heat may be supplied by a spotlight, heat tape or any undertank heaters. Hot rocks are not recommended for they can damage your iguana’s skin and may even cause serious burns.
Lighting is a must for iguanas. Full-spectrum bulbs help produce Vitamin D3 helping iguanas in their calcium absorption. However, recent studies show that no artificial lighting can ever duplicate the benefits derived from natural sunlight. It is therefore recommended that iguanas be exposed to natural sunlight on a regular basis. Natural sunlight coupled with good diet is the cheaper way to raise rhino iguana. Be wary though not to expose the iguana to sunlight while inside the aquarium as the temperature rise inside may be lethal.
Proper feeding must always be a major consideration in handling your rhino iguanas. Always remember that the health and well-being of your pet iguana will largely depend on the kind of food that you give them. Iguanas require a diet rich in Vitamin D3, calcium and phosphorus. Good source for these are greens such as mustard greens, dandelion greens and turnip greens. Iguanas are by nature, herbivores. They are plant eaters. Dog food, cat food and human food should be avoided. These are not good for the iguanas and can result to kidney failure at their young age. Broccoli, cauliflower, sprouts and cabbages can be given but in small amounts. These vegetables can cause thyroid problem if frequently given. Spinach is also not good for them, it binds calcium. Other vegetables such as zucchini and squash, and other fruits, like raspberries, blackberries and bananas can be added to their diet.
While it is important to monitor the temperature surrounding of the rhino iguana, it is equally important to check on the humidity. They need water and humidity. Regular misting or a humidifier will help maintain humidity to proper level. Ideally, enclosures should maintain humidity level of about 95 - 100 percent. A gauge which monitors both temperature and humidity can help address this monitoring.
Abhishek Agarwal
http://www.articlesbase.com/pets-articles/caring-for-your-rhinocerus-iguanas-some-useful-tips-753270.html
The Republic of Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago is located some 1,750 km east of Australia, 500 km north east of New Caledonia, west of Fiji and south of the Solomon Islands. It was named New Hebrides during its colonial period.
Vanuatu is an archipelago of 83 islands with a unique blend of intact tribal communities, resorts, beaches and geography ranging from accessible volcanoes to pristine underwater environments, offering unique and memorable experiences.
Vanuatu is the land of so much to see, so much to do with a reputation for interesting, fun and educational activities to suit any travellers expectations, from treks and abseiling to deserted beach picnics and wreck dive explorations to Cultural villages.
The hospitality and invitation to join and participate in Vanuatus cultural, social and sporting activities is uniquely Vanuatu. From the festivals celebrating tribal customs to the big game fishing challenges and the ocean swims, there are always events on offer for those looking to experience something new.
Many of the islands of Vanuatu have been inhabited for thousands of years, the oldest archaeological evidence found dating to 2000 BC. In 1605, the Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernandez de Quiros became the first European to reach the islands, believing it to be part of Terra Australia. Europeans began settling the islands in the late 18th century, after British explorer James Cook visited the islands on his second voyage, and gave them the name New Hebrides.
In 1887, the islands began to be administered by a French-British naval commission. In 1906, the French and British agreed to an Anglo French Condominium on the New Hebrides.
During World War II, the islands of Efate and Espiritu Santo were used as allied military bases. In the 1960s, the niVanuatu people started to press for self governance and later independence. Full sovereignty was finally granted by both European nations on July 30, 1980. It joined the UN in 1981, and the Non Aligned Movement in 1983.
Some of the best nightspots are the Ni Vanuatu discos scattered about town. If you want to visit one, its best to go with someone who knows the nightclub scene. Club Vanuatu, a private club in Rue de Paris, has plenty to tempt patrons, including bars, snooker, darts, satellite TV and live bands at the weekends. Other popular haunts for a night on the town include the Port Vila Pub, Mamu Bar, Sugglers, Anchor Inn, Breakas Bar and Restaurant, Sunset Bar at the Melanesian and Traders.
Major resort and hotels organise Melanesian style feasts once or twice a week with kastom dancing, kava drinking, local string bands and traditional food, ideal way to try local delicacies such as laplap, and experience the wonderful singing and dancing for which Ni Vanuatu are famous, try at Solos Feast or Mele Botanical Garden at Mele Bay in Port Vila.
Douglas Scott
http://www.articlesbase.com/travel-articles/vanuatu-has-activities-to-suit-any-travellers-178074.html
Looking fir a fun place to go and enjoy games and / or a live band with alot of my friends around the metro Detroit area. Thinking about the hard rock cafe but can’t think of anythingg else. Please help me out.
Dave and Busters - Hall Road & Van Dyke
Gamestop - Great Lakes Crossing
Fountain Walk - Novi