The latter was an HnR specialty.....We would call up the good folks on our mailing list and verbally let them know we had a gig....IN SOME CASES WE HAND DELIVERED TICKETS!
We would flyer just as it was depicted in the movie ROCKSTAR...cars...telephone poles, buildings...and as depicted in that movie...there were rivalries with other bands and yes, drama there....
And dont let me forget about all the angry boyfriends that would pick up the phones that diddnt know their girlfriends signed up for our list ...more and more DRAMA....
The state of the scene for the original artist was a pay to play situation....We would buy a block of tix from whatever club we were playing and then we had to fight tooth and nail to get that block sold...filling busses...promoting caravans and anyone that had a vehicle and the gas money to get out to jersey lol.....NOT easy....
Fighting with clubowners was possibly the worst thing about this arrangement...always a hassle believe me....Jersey clubs were the worst as far as administration goes...Studio one and Obsessions anybody?
We also had a fanclub!.....Dana and Sue god bless em' were basically the superfans that helped us so much i must give them a shout out here...Thank you so much for your efforts ladies...
Could we have avoided all of this drama/blood/sweat and tears? Yes ofcourse if we chose to be a cover band...The crews that dominated the scenes in the cities we were targeting WERE ALWAYS COVER BANDS......
To be an original act was a monumental undertaking before the internet...If each and every member of HnR wasnt a total believer in this path, then it would not have worked as well as it did...(debateable? maybe)....
Thank you for visiting THE HAIRCLUB FOR MEN...i wasnt just a client..i also owned the company folks....
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