It\u2019s Monday and it\u2019s time to blog!! I\u2019m excited baby!!!
\n\tLets go back to how live music has been so devalued shall we!! Now we\u2019ve already discussed how the musicians themselves have contributed to this but now we need to talk about the owners part in this mess! It took me a long time to figure out that the owners\/managers don\u2019t distinguish between talent or no talent good or bad! They only care about what their \u201cring\u201d is for that night.This ,in my mind is very short sighted because if you are looking to \u201cbuild\u2019 a bar crowd in a restaurant,you need to have quality music there and preferrably the same person or people! Oh and this huge, not only must they be good, they must be PERSONNABLE!! That is of course unless we\u2019re talking about Saturday night, then you can hire anybody good because people are out anyway. But during the week, it does not work when owners have somebody different every week! You cannot build a local crowd by shuffling your musicians over & over! Owners tend to hire an act thinking \u201coh they\u2019ll bring a good crowd down\u201d, then next week they\u2019ll hire a different act and again, \u201coh they\u2019ll bring a good crowd down\u201d, and it goes like this finally the owner will repeat artist,(after a month or 2) but now the people that showed up for that same act the 1st time they played there will not show up the 2nd time because chances are they\u2019ve seen that act somewhere else that week and they\u2019ve already been to your restaurant the 1st time they played AND IT\u2019S NOT THEIR SPOT!!! Owners please you have to build a local crowd and you can only do that by hiring an act that actually has talent!!! So YES you have to weed out the non-talents!! And as far as building a crowd, it\u2019s like baseball it\u2019s always best to build from within then go out and get a piece or 2 if needed!!Please owners you can\u2019t just hire anyone because they\u2019re cheaper and you just need music!!! Paying for good musicians is like paying for good ingredients to make your food! It cost a little more up front but in the long run you make that money back and more!!!!
\n\tAlright enough bitchin\u2019!! To the Schedule we go!!!<\/p>\n
Tuesday May 8th Ahh it\u2019s the one and only acoustic open mic at Jack Halyards 62 South Street Oyster Bay, NY 11771 (516) 922-2999 or jackhalyards.com. Hey people! THIS PLACE IS ROCKING ON TUESDAY NIGHTS!! GET OUT! GET HOOKED!! AND GET SOME FUN BEFORE WE HAVE IT ALL!!! 7-whenever we\u2019re done baby!!!<\/p>\n
Thursday May 10th It\u2019s Bistro Citron baby 1362 Old Northern Boulevard Roslyn, NY 11576 or ya call (516) 403-4400 or better yet just go to bistrocitron.com and make a reservation for a Thursday night!!! Place is cool, People there are cool and the coolest thing of all is the music!!! 8-10:30 or 11 depends on how crazy you guys get!!!!<\/p>\n
Friday May 11th No Cool Fish this week! doin\u2019 a privatefrickinparty!! The Banchee Bros. will be fillin in for me!!!<\/p>\n
Saturday May 12th Another Privatefrickinparty!!!<\/p>\n
Sunday May 13th HAPPY MOTHERSDAY!!! We are gonna be chillin with a barbecue and drinkin\u2019 some some kick-ass wine!!! ALLFRICKINDAY!!!!<\/p>\n
Big Love,
\n Mike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s Monday and it\u2019s time to blog!! I\u2019m excited baby!!! Lets go back to how live music has been so devalued shall we!! Now we\u2019ve already discussed how the musicians themselves have contributed to this but now we need to … Continue reading