Comments on: The Autumn Store Christmas Party http://blog.theautumnstore.co.uk/archives/9 The Autumn Store is Birmingham's night of indiepop, and this is it's blog. Topics include music and gig reviews, tips on promoting, maybe guitar chords for songs I love, and music chit chat in general. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:42:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Russ L http://blog.theautumnstore.co.uk/archives/9#comment-5 Russ L Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:09:07 +0000 http://blog.theautumnstore.co.uk/?p=9#comment-5 <i>"Part of me (all of me) thinks that this is how bands should be booked, in a flourish of being excited by the music and impulsively asking them if they want a gig, sod all this “please fill out a form/send a demo, thank you for taking an interest in our night” formalisation of the music process which goes on, thank you."</i> Absolutely. A DIY promoter acting like some smarmy venue manager trying to find acts for his 'Battle Of The Bands' is a depressing thing to see. Ta for the link, chap. “Part of me (all of me) thinks that this is how bands should be booked, in a flourish of being excited by the music and impulsively asking them if they want a gig, sod all this “please fill out a form/send a demo, thank you for taking an interest in our night” formalisation of the music process which goes on, thank you.”

Absolutely. A DIY promoter acting like some smarmy venue manager trying to find acts for his ‘Battle Of The Bands’ is a depressing thing to see.

Ta for the link, chap.

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