Members J.Paul Posted October 3, 2014 Members Share Posted October 3, 2014 It's still so new that manager/owners are forgetting about it till you get there and start setting-up(I actually just left the TV volume on last night- if you can imagine THAT)It's hasn't become part of the weekly format for bar /restaurant owners around here yet so they are still booking Thursdays I feel that this won't end well How about you're neck of the woods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joshmac Posted October 3, 2014 Members Share Posted October 3, 2014 Around here (Ottawa, Canada), we still play our alotted times (930-1) on thursdays. There is football on and most people watch it, but we turn the sound off on the TVs. Even when we are not playing it is the radio on with the game muted. Recently the bar I book for did stop monday night live music though to make way for football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted October 3, 2014 Members Share Posted October 3, 2014 I hate telescreens everywhere. They prevent thought, for one thing. Like joshmac, I'm in Canada and they're not as well-established as in the USA, but one just showed up at the bakery. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted October 4, 2014 Moderators Share Posted October 4, 2014 I figured out last year that Mondays and Thursdays were days to not play the sports bars from September to December.This year, I have written off October...both the Dodgers and the Angels are in post season...I don't know about the rest of the world, but the economy here is not recovered. Private events are just not happening...no one is willing to shell out money on extravagance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve mac Posted October 4, 2014 Members Share Posted October 4, 2014 No football games on a Thursday but traditionally a poor night in the bars round here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted October 4, 2014 Members Share Posted October 4, 2014 Here, Thursday night is dominated by jams and open stages. It's rare for musicians to play except Friday and Saturday. Except at the casino but that's another world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joshmac Posted October 7, 2014 Members Share Posted October 7, 2014 I am just a few short hours down the road from you and there is live cover music here 7 nights a weeks in the bars in the downtown core. Must be a totally different dynamic in a small town. I work and play for 3 bars in a few block radius downtown that do music every night. One bar books solo acts, one bar books solo/duo, and the other books duo/trio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted October 7, 2014 Members Share Posted October 7, 2014 Is that Elgin Street? Rideau? Anyway, I spent a half-dozen years wintering in Ottawa and doing a bit of gigging. Lived in a shared musician house on Bell Street. Is Guy Del Villano still active? We get to Ottawa occasionally but almost never stay over or go out for the evening. Kids. Ottawa sounds much better than Gananoque and Kingston. We get grizzling about how poor it is here and the guys from k-town point out that there are more solo/duo gigs here (pop 5000) in the summer than in Kingston (pop 100,000). Brockville seems to be better. Ottawa has always been a good place for musicians unless you're seriously ambitious and then you probably have to go to Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joshmac Posted October 8, 2014 Members Share Posted October 8, 2014 Yeah those venues are in the Byward Market (north of Rideau street). One of them in particular I do a weekly gig at and facilitate all the entertainment booking for their 7-day a week live music. There's some pretty cool musicians who come through there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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