Hey,
I have been thinking of doing the same thing in a different town (not my
town I'm in now, but in a smaller town that's off the interstate that bands
passing through can stop by - a place like Moab, Utah - alot of people pass
thorugh there).
Anyway - I wanna do this in a couple of years but I also want to earn as
much as I can about what one needs to do - so can you share with me any
ideas people send your way.
I found a website that seems like a good intro to how to open a nightclub
(it doesn't focus on the music, but does focus on the business aspects -
raising money/business plan/cost estimates, stuff like that).
It's at http://www.nightclub-business.net/
There used to be a short, but worthwhile article by Tom Russell (great
songwriter) at his site www.tomrussell.com, it's his 10 tips for opening a
folk club, but it was taken down recently. I want to email the web admin of
his site to get a copy.
Hope you succeed - Madison should be a great place for what you wanna do!
-ldk
-Original Message-
From: Diane Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 7:13 AM
Subject: Bringing music to town
Hi.
I have a weird question, I'm thinking someone on this list may have some
ideas. A lot of you seem like either a) musicians or b) industry-related
types.
I'm in Madison, WI. We are located directly between Minneapolis and
Chicago. In fact, you have to drive by our fair town to get from one place
to the other.And in fact, unless an act is fairly big (like WILCO or
Steve Earle), drive by is what they do.
I think we are a fairly enlightened town, we have a campus, and we have a
lot of folks that live here interested in good music. BUT
Sometimes bands stop here, but a lot of times they don't. I think the
reason may be because Madison is
1) lacking the right venue... we don't have a 300-500 person type facility
We don't have a schubas, or 400 club or a 3'rd and Lindsley, or a
Tremont (yes I've traveled to see shows)
2) possibly lacking the interest from the local promoters to chase these
acts down
I'm thinking about trying to get a venue of this nature off the ground in
our fair city. But naturally I'm wondering if I can achieve any success
where none has apparently been achieved before. Any hints/suggestions? I
would like to try to contact some of these bands or their agents to find
out if it might be a possibility to even get some of them to stop here on
their way through.
Am I dreaming? Please contact me off-list.
Sorry for the "band" width.
Diane
