Re: Bringing music to town

[Ph. Barnard]

Also to consider for Diane and whoever else is thinking about these 
issues is of course the difference between promoting shows and owning 
the bar/venue itself.

These are two very different balls of wax.  Dave describes someone 
who's had a good effect locally by *promoting,* but starting up a 
venue, surviving, and becoming an established joint is much more 
demanding and long-term proposition....

As I was saying to Diane offlist, good bar management is the key to 
every successful venue I know of.  If the bar doesn't make money, 
there's no venue to bring the good music to....

--junior