I asked folks what was wrong with the local music scene. Here’s the results from those comments. I didn’t make this stuff up I talked with 230 people and these results are based on the amount of complaints for each category. Food for thought. Take it or leave it. In order of importance:
1. Poor show promotion
2. Unpaid gigs.
3. Questionable venues. Sticky floors and poor facilities.
4. Booking too many bands.
5. Other musicians’ bad behavior.
6. Taking a percentage of merch sales.
7. Bad sound.
8. Talent buyers you can’t contact.
9. Lack of variety.
10. Clubs regularly booking their own friends’ bands.
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Regarding the first item, poor promotion, the venues shoot themselves in the foot by not giving a simple description of the bands’ music on their websites and social media. They only list the band names. So unless you already know the band, you have no idea what kind of music they play. Most people aren’t going to pay a cover charge to see bands they don’t know anything about, and don’t even know what kind of music they play. How hard would it be for the venues to simply say “metal,” “psych rock,” “hiphop,” “folk,” “punk”, “classic rock covers”, etc. after each band? And preferably, a little more?