What is your local live music scene like?

Mine is full of stupidity.

Colorado Springs 'music agent' has a hissy fit.

Is this url working?

Post this over on backstage with the band. Most people will tell you it is in decline. Being a musician is a thing of the past.

Great idea, except I don't know anyone over there. I'm shy, you know.

The music scene over here in WA (thats western Australia) is on a bit of a resurgance. ( well, locally anyway), especailly since there has been a number of local bands getting national commercial exposure...

and there are a tonne of good local bands too.

and these are origional bands too.

cover bands have been popular non-stop really.

and they apparently earn good money.

I think the biggest issue is getting people to come out and actually look for a band they like...

I live in Oklahoma. My house IS the live scene for electronic music.

I get to Tulsa once in awile.

July first they start a smoking ban in Colorado (except in Casinos). A lot of people I know who do not normally go out, say this will get them out to see live music in non-smoky bars.

tampa sucks.

Mine is good. Lots of local music in New Haven.

We are home to the famous Toad's Place, which is an ungodly {censored}hole but nonetheless a great place to see a band (local boy John Mayer snuck in one night while my friend was working there and he got up and played with Buddy Guy. Pretty cool).

We have a pretty big music theather in Hartford, and another one in Wallingford where lots of famous acts perform year round. Don;t forget CT also has the two largest casinos, Foxwoods Resort and Mohegan Sun, which get all the brand-name acts.

I have an ongoing open mic on Thursdays at a small pub that has a great house band and haven't had a dull moment yet. Whoever tells you that Connecticut sucks obviously lived here all their life under a rock in the bookdocks. New Haven may be a partial dump, but it's home to the arts and music, and a bajillion Yale students....

Holy Crap! Priceless!!!! That was an interesting read! I assume this agent has booked you guys. He does seem to be a bit whiny! I'm hooked! Give us the scoop!

Originally posted by wheresgrant3 Holy Crap! Priceless!!!! That was an interesting read! I assume this agent has booked you guys. He does seem to be a bit whiny! I'm hooked! Give us the scoop!

Somebody actually read it?

He is just some guy that came to town and went to a few clubs and got on this website and decided to 'represent' the local bands on the website without even telling them (us), and now thinks he owns it all. I don't know what some of his gibberish is about.

My deal, is I call him on it, and I am the one that gets chastized. I am even a bigger idiot on that site than I am here because people actually know me there, so they understand my wanker sense of humor. But I am also one of the most respected members of that local website.

I went back and edited some of my less respectful stuff and expanded greatly on my concerns. I rarely expose my deep thoughts like that, I am very shallow. Then I went back and deleted it because I'm a wimp.

local music scene?

looks around...

hmn, maybe when i lived in Athens, but Savannah is a little slack in that regard.

It's pretty monotonous where I live, and the live music scene is fading. Classic and modern rock is what this town loves, country is also popular, but you can't get a gig playing originals or any other style. I did the classic rock scene but it got old and I ventured into blues, R&B, funk, jazz, zydeco, cajun - but try and play that stuff around here and no one comes to your gigs. Very sad. Top40/rap/hiphop never caught on despite local radio trying to push it.

The live music scene is suffering, there are fewer people coming out to hear live bands. A big part of that is NYS's high tax burden combined with businesses leaving the state, with families in tow. They also have tough DWI law enforcement here.

Crap for me.

I'm not into Country, Trance, or Drum & Bass. I also don't go to a venue to hear music that I can hear on the radio.

The thing about Savannah is that you are halfway between Myrtle Beach and Daytona Beach so you're not too far from a wide variety of music scenes that includes Jacksonville to the south and Charleston to the north. Granted, no major acts ever come here but Savannah is one of the coolest and most laid-back southern cities there ever was. I've managed to make a living with music in the Savannah region for well over 15 years. Now if we could just reason with the hurricane season...

I lived in CT until I was 27 (1981) then I moved to Boston for the music scene. I get more gigs in CT now that I'm "out of town" talent than I could back then!!!

You mentioned a lot of venues for national acts but what about the local players? I opened for the East Haven based band "The Breakfast" a few weeks ago and what they had to say about the local scene didn't sound too great.

What is "CJ Sparrows"? Cheshire is my hometown but it's been 25 years since I lived there and there was no music of any kind then.

Atlanta is actually closer than Daytona... so if i did feel like travelling i could see lots of shows. Could have seen Squarepusher and Skinny Puppy last year. I do love my hometown, but i think the scene will take some TLC before there's anything to report music wise.

I like to think I'm greasing the wheels a little bit throwing the Fetish and theme parties. Anyone coming into town should come by Club Invasion on Congress St on Friday nights and hear me spin. I'm hoping to spin one of my own songs on the 23rd for our Voodoo beach party.

It is a beautiful town.

I live near Seattle.

I'm 45 years old, have a wife, a six-year old son, a giant mortgage, aging parents, church and community obligations and a full-time job.

Thus, I have no idea what the Seattle music scene is like.

I hear it's good. Maybe one of you can tell me about it.

CJ Sparrows is a small pub that's big on local music. It's right on Rt. 10, sort of across from where the IGA was (25 yrs ago!). I used to live near Brooksvale area myself.

Actually I don't really follow the local acts by name, but I have seen quite a few good bands in the last few years that really made an impression. Don't forget Toads Place is also for local performers. I guess you just have to be subjective, and listen to a wide range of music. Then you'll find the good spots.

Where are you living now?

Originally posted by idiotboy I live near Seattle. I'm 45 years old, have a wife, a six-year old son, a giant mortgage, aging parents, church and community obligations and a full-time job. Thus, I have no idea what the Seattle music scene is like. I hear it's good. Maybe one of you can tell me about it.

It's alright if you're into rock. Pretty one dimensional.

hooray for san francisco!

I'm 30 miles west of Boston, 10 miles east of Worcester.

Boston has a much better music scene than CT (no surprise I'm sure).

I'm within an hour's drive of Hartford, Providence and Portsmouth, NH and pick up a few gigs a year in western MA and NY state.

I consider it a good location overall and have 2-4 gigs a week.

mmmmn, figured I'd throw in a little graphic for our local promotion

Nice! Wish I could be there.

ya, you'll have to come up one day... the fetish shows are the first friday of every month, but im there every friday. Bring your Avatar with you!

As far as the electronic scene goes, I think the Pac NW has it going on. Frontline Assembly is up in Vancouver, KMFDM is in Seattle, and P-town has a lot smaller acts going on ( If you like poppy style FLA, you'll love Dismantled ). I've been out to clubs in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver ( the Tri-fecta ) and there's lots of stuff going on. There's always something to see. I mainly go out for many different kinds of electronic, industrial, trance, poppy punk. Not too big on rock bands.

Just look in the local magazines for bi weekly gigs going on. Tons of stuff.