http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/2009/01/12/why-being-a-band-jerk-is-not-a-good-thing/ Riffing on area trends, lineup changes, onstage spectacles and national buzz with local impact Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:50:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/2009/01/12/why-being-a-band-jerk-is-not-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-37905 Denis Baldwin Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:52:31 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/?p=3808#comment-37905 It's so true! I worked as a promoter of bands and DJs back when I lived in Detroit and New Orleans. The only reason I haven't done it since I moved to Tampa was that I had quite enough of that attitude from bands that claimed to want my help and then took every chance to crap on me when I gave it to them. They start to get recognized at clubs and at shows and next thing you know, they have a rider and want a tour bus. Ridiculous, I tell ya. I'm thankful that a lot of the bands I follow now are much more professional. They don't easily forget that if you're in a band as a your job, you have to treat it like a business and not just a vacation with instruments. It’s so true! I worked as a promoter of bands and DJs back when I lived in Detroit and New Orleans. The only reason I haven’t done it since I moved to Tampa was that I had quite enough of that attitude from bands that claimed to want my help and then took every chance to crap on me when I gave it to them. They start to get recognized at clubs and at shows and next thing you know, they have a rider and want a tour bus. Ridiculous, I tell ya. I’m thankful that a lot of the bands I follow now are much more professional. They don’t easily forget that if you’re in a band as a your job, you have to treat it like a business and not just a vacation with instruments.

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