5. Sound Engineers Are Never On Time
rebloggy.comAfter being told to get to the venue for soundcheck you run from the station up the unbelievably long hill to the venue, only to find the engineer's not there - and turns out he won't be for another two hours. It's cool man, its not like we had anything else to do - who actually wants a soundcheck anyway? Surely even though you never heard us before means everything will sound fine with your stock mix.
4. Promoters Are Either Amazing Or Some Kind Of Evil Demon Spawn
BBCSome promoters will genuinely like your band and in doing so will make all your lives better by putting you on great bills that take you to new heights. Other promoters will need you to fill a last minute slot and can't even spell your name properly. Yet incompetent promoters are far from the worst kind. That honour, and indeed the deepest circle of hell, is saved for what's know as pay to play promoters. If you ever get a message asking you to play a genuinely great venue early on, the chances are you'll be asked to sell a ludicrous amount of tickets, and be made to pay if you sell less than the agreed upon number. These three wise words should be your mantra for pay to play promoters - "No.freaking.way".
3. Eventually, Youre Going To Annoy A Lot Of People
NBCYou know how annoying it is when you're constantly spammed with Facebook event invites? Well, now you're that guy. Facebook used to be just a place to like people's cat pictures and talk rubbish with your buddies, but now you're in a band and you're using it to bombard people daily with your Super Awesome Music. Guess what? A lot of people aren't going to give a damn, and more likely will start getting really tired of you trying to promote your band. The key is to balancing your band promo campaign with your usual 'hilarious' anecdotes and drunken ramblings. As long as you don't shove your music down peoples' throats, everything should be fine. There may well be one person that complains or blocks you anyway, but whatever - haters gonna hate.