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David Hooper
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I'm wore out...I've gone over this with a friend time and time again...and I'm talking to my own asshole here.
I've been opening for a friend acoustically at a dining/drinking establishment in a college part of town here in Minneapolis...there are two floors, and the music is upstairs. The downstairs is also open via balcony to upstairs...so most of the music is clear downstairs as well.
My friend, whose band hasn't been drawing big crowds lately...insists on the $3 dollar cover charge...I think he figures he can get $30-40 bucks out of our friends and coworkers, then it's worth it...
I say it's better to play to a room full of people you don't know for free then to a room of your friends who you hit up for 3 bucks a head.
It was also real disheartening to see 40 or so people come up, find out there was a charge and then go downstairs...then you see the place just absolutely hopping downstairs...with some people even DANCING to the music upstairs...
so no one knows who his band is...and none of those girls in the hot leather pants came upstairs to see me play...which is also heartbreaking...I had someone thank me for the music when I walked downstairs with my guitar...which just highlights the fact they didn't know who we were...cause I didn't play with the band.
I'm thinking of ending my association with him after this if he doesn't change his mind...what do you guys think...Is it better to milk a smaller audience, or play to a bigger audience of unknowns, hoping that will translate into album sales and emails that you can promote to your next show...
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