Looking for acts/bands for a gig project-Dublin

Joker8487

Hi all,

So I've been knocking this idea around in
My head for a while and have decided to give it a shot. Basically I'm going to try and organise a gig night for any and all types of bands / acoustic acts / soloists / etc. an open stage night I guess. The idea came from the years where I was in my old band and we were lookin for any and all types of gig experience. SO, if you want gig experience, get back
To me here, if we get enough interest, I'll get this night up and running.

Thinkin Dublin city centre. Not decided on the venue yet, want to see how many acts we can get involved first!

Rigsby

Will each band be expected to bring a certain amount of people ? Will there be a fee to attend ? Will the bands be paid ?

You may want to check out rule # 6 here:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056796031

dumb seeds

My band would be interested in playing gigs in dublin city

Joker8487

Bands don't have to pay and there is no minimum attendance. Basically the model we are looking at is a entrance fee to anyone comin to see the show (5 or7 euro. Not much ) and then the door take is split at the end of the night. So basically the more people you get to come see it, the more money you make. Won't be a lot but something is better than nothing!

Dumb seeds have you got any songs online or anything you can send me to get an idea of your style?

MrStuffins

Joker8487 wrote: »

Bands don't have to pay and there is no minimum attendance. Basically the model we are looking at is a entrance fee to anyone comin to see the show (5 or7 euro. Not much ) and then the door take is split at the end of the night. So basically the more people you get to come see it, the more money you make. Won't be a lot but something is better than nothing!

Dumb seeds have you got any songs online or anything you can send me to get an idea of your style?

Sounds pretty much like most of the pay-to-play ish gig nights around.

We played one a while back and none of the bands brought anyone. Worse than that, the bands all left after their individual sets. We ended up playing to the band who were waiting to get up next!

Joker8487

It's not pay to play or anythin like it. Also, This will be advertised and driven as hard as can be so we don't have to just rely on bands' individual support bases

Rigsby

Joker8487 wrote: »

It's not pay to play or anythin like it. Also, This will be advertised and driven as hard as can be so we don't have to just rely on bands' individual support bases

I think that we have been through all this previously.

Have a browse through some of these threads.

http://www.boards.ie/search/submit/?subforums=1&forum=171&query=pay+to+play

Joker8487

Yet again I will stress this is NOT a pay to play gig. 100% of the money made on the door goes to the bands. And besides the main idea behind this is to just give bands a free gig. Simple!

MrStuffins

Ok, and ow many people do you envisage will turn up?

And of these people, how many do you thing, percentage wise, will be friends & family of the band?

Nervous Wreck

OP has stated already that this isn't a pay to play affair so lets leave the sniping please everyone.

OP, while the intention is good, from experience I've always found organising a gig around what bands you can manage to get on the same nigt almost always ends badly. What's worked for me as a promoter in the past is getting a band that I love (and have a decent fan base) and organising the gig around them, then filling out the rest of the line-up as support acts or whatever. Just my 2c though!

Joker8487

Thanks Wreck, that is an option we are looking at too!

dumb seeds

http://www.reverbnation.com/dumbseeds there are VERY rough demos of 2 songs here, we are currently jamming with new guitarist and bass player and will be re-recording soon

F5MWG

Hey Joker,

If you want to keep us in mind, our details are below.

Cheers


- The Aqualights

- The Aqualights

Joker8487

Aqualights and Dumb Seeds, thanks a lot for the interest, you're in if you want in!

Il keep updating on here as this starts coming together over the next while.

Any other music acts of any sort interested, let us know!

dumb seeds

cheers joker! Nervous wreck's suggestion does seem a good one, just makes more sense having it that way, having the gig based around a band with support, allows new bands like ourselves to gain new fans and bring current fans/friends along who can then discover new bands from the gig

Joker8487

Agreed, lookin at gettin the venue nailed down first then goin to get in touch with bands like this. In the meantime if you get any more demos recorded let me kno. No pressure , just let me kno if there's any more I could hear by you guys !

True Rumour

If your interested in Acoustic Cover Band
www.youtube.com/user/truerumour

Shoegazer

http://galants.bandcamp.com

We would be interested too.

icanplaydrums

The Bizzare would be very interested in playing: www.soundcloud.com/thebizzare

Email me if there's a slot for us: danieljioconnor@hotmail.com

Thanks!

Joker8487

Quick update guys, in touch with a couple of venues now, voodoo lounge is the most interesting one so far.

Truerumour, Galants, Bizarre, all good!

Between now and the show if any band has to pull out please let us know ASAP so we can get a replacement in

True Rumour

Any Idea of a date ?

F5MWG

www.facebook.com/TheAqualights

We are also still interested if there is availablilty, just would need to know date/time to make sure we're free.

Stereomaniac

Hey Joker, what is your e-mail address, can you PM it to me? I can send you a press pack then.

sazzell

Hey Joker,we have been banging about with all the indie Dublin promotors over the summer and here,if you like ,are my observations ,you will need to put your night on Friday or Saturday,you will need a venue in town,the Voodoo is ,believe it or not too far out.There is no scene anymore so you will be depending on the band bringing people.None of the weekly/monthly nights in the city are getting a decent crowd,if they are it will be very hard to pull that crowd to another night in another venue.Its just the way it is at the moment.The best thing that can happen is The Strypes make it huge and people get interested in bands again.

The Stoles

We're interested, if there's a free slot contact us thestolesband@gmail.com

http://facebook.com/thestoles


Cheers

THE STOLES

3_BlueSteelz

my band would be interested

Tighearnan

Are there slots still available for this ?