Your Guide to Original Local Music

[J-Train]

Most of the bands around here have been in action long enough to already have learned the following facts, but the newer musicians could benefit from the experience we all can share…

General Preface

1. Have at least an hour worth of music written and practiced that you are confident in.
2. Have decent recordings of at least two songs to show to promoters and venue owners, preferably diverse in your specific style (a ballad and a rocker).
3. Make sure that all the members of your band are cool with the dates of your potential shows BEFORE you accept them.
4. Make sure you have adequate equipment. Drummers, don’t use caved in drumheads. Guitarists, buy a tuner. Don’t have a job? You can donate plasma for $50.00, average band 4 members – that’s $200.00 off the bat.
5. NEVER take a show you’re not sure you can commit to. NEVER cancel a show unless you have no other option and make sure you do it in a timely fashion. It’d even be a good idea to suggest a replacement band.
6. Don’t bitch about your timeslot. Make sure you find out before you even accept the show and if it doesn’t work for you, then simply decline. If the promoter can’t tell you, then either tell them to figure it out first or accept and be prepared to take whatever you get. Figure on opening a lot of shows when you first start out.
7. Be on time or early. Be as quick as you can to load in and out. 
8. Bring your audience for the WHOLE show, not just your slot. Don’t just play your slot and leave if you can help it, be there to watch the other bands. Making friends is not just polite, it helps build relationships that might lead to other shows.
9. Promote! Do your share. If you don’t have an audience then either a) You didn’t try hard enough… b) You aren’t that good… or c) You’re on the wrong kind of bill. Don’t take every show you get offered, be sensible about the accompanying acts. The more you play out each month locally, the less you can reasonably expect people to come out. Change up your song set and write new material every chance you get, the same 8 or 10 songs over and over will get old quicker than you think.
10. Unless you arrange money before the show, don’t expect anything. If you’re in music to get paid in Louisville, you better join a cover band.


Local Band Contacts - Part I (Continued in Next Message)

Looking to put a show together? Here is a list of local (Kentucky/Indiana based) original and cover bands/musicians. Many also have music posted. If you’re not on here, don’t be offended please, just PM me and I’ll take care of it.

(intheclear) - http://www.myspace.com/intheclear (Active)
1080 - http://www.myspace.com/1080 (Inactive)
13th Level - http://www.myspace.com/13thlevel (Active)
16 Bones - http://www.myspace.com/sixteenbones (Active)
4 Storie Failure - http://www.myspace.com/4storiefailure (Active)
7 Day Sun - http://www.myspace.com/7daysun (Active)
88 Sins - http://www.myspace.com/88sins (Active)
99 MPH - http://www.myspace.com/99rocks (Active)
A Cold Sleep - http://www.myspace.com/acoldsleep (Active)
Abra Cadaver - http://www.myspace.com/abracadavermusic (Inactive)
Absence of Faith - http://www.myspace.com/absenceoffaith (Active)
Adaptize - http://www.myspace.com/adaptize (Active)
Amalgamate - http://www.myspace.com/mynameisrichardvoth (Active)
Amendment - http://www.myspace.com/amendment502 (Inactive)
Anagnorisis - http://www.myspace.com/anagnorisis (Unknown)
Anna Lies - http://www.myspace.com/annaliesdown (Inactive)
Antikythera - http://www.myspace.com/antikythera (Active)
Anton Mink - http://www.myspace.com/antonmink (Active)
Anvil Grey - http://www.myspace.com/anvilgrey (Inactive)
Arcane Saint - http://www.myspace.com/arcanesaint (Inactive)
Artifex Pereo - http://www.myspace.com/artifexpereo (Active)
Artificial Zero - http://www.myspace.com/artificialzero (Inactive)
Ashes Eve - http://www.myspace.com/asheseve (Active)
Assisting Sorrow - http://www.myspace.com/assistingsorrow (Active)
At One With Nothing - http://www.myspace.com/atonewithnothing (Unknown)
Bags of Flesh - http://www.myspace.com/bagsofflesh (Unknown)
Blackroom - http://www.myspace.com/blackroommusic (Inactive)
Blade of the Ripper - http://www.myspace.com/bladeoftheripper (Inactive)
Bloody Knuckles Crew - http://www.myspace.com/bloodyknucklescrew (Active)
Bolt Action Thrill - http://www.myspace.com/boltactionthrill (Active)
Bonejinn - http://www.myspace.com/bonejinn (Active)
Boom Orangutan - http://www.myspace.com/boomorangutan (Inactive)
Boozer - http://www.myspace.com/letsgetdrunk (Active)
Broken Vault - http://www.myspace.com/brokenvault (Unknown)
Burn to Shine - http://www.myspace.com/burntoshinemusic (Active)
Casting Ashes - http://www.myspace.com/castingashes (Unknown)
Chainfire - http://www.myspace.com/chainfirerocks (Active)
Chaotic Vengeance - http://www.myspace.com/chaoticvengeance (Inactive)
Day of Ruin - http://www.myspace.com/dayofruinband (Active)
Demon Wind - http://www.myspace.com/demonwind (Inactive)
Descention - http://www.myspace.com/descention (Active)
Dogwater - http://www.myspace.com/dogwaterrocks (Active)
Dreadfall - http://www.myspace.com/dreadfallmusic (Active)
Dye Hollow - http://www.myspace.com/dyehollow (Active)
Dying Kind - http://www.myspace.com/dyingkind (Inactive)
E-Flat - http://www.myspace.com/eflat (Unknown)
Embertide - http://www.myspace.com/embertide (Inactive)
Empyrean Asunder - http://www.myspace.com/empyreanasunder (Active)
Escaping Memory - http://www.myspace.com/escapingmemory (Active)
False - http://www.myspace.com/false (Inactive)
Flatlyne - http://www.myspace.com/flatlyne502 (Unknown)
Flaw - http://www.myspace.com/foundationhome (Inactive)
Gravity Bomb - http://www.myspace.com/gravitybomb (Inactive)
Grinstead - http://www.myspace.com/grinsteadrocks (Inactive)
Guthook - http://www.myspace.com/guthook502 (Unknown)
Guttersluts - http://www.myspace.com/Ihatetheguttersluts (Active)
Halfway Hollow - http://www.myspace.com/halfwayhollow (Active)
Hanover - http://www.myspace.com/rockhanover (Inactive)
Hardlein - http://www.myspace.com/hardlein (Active)
Hark the Harold - http://www.myspace.com/harktheherald (Active)
Hate Cast - http://www.garageband.com/hatecast (Inactive)
Heaven Hill - http://www.myspace.com/heavenhill (Active)
Hicks Road - http://www.myspace.com/hicksroad08 (Active)
Holbrook - http://www.myspace.com/holbrookband (Inactive)
Hydrogen - http://www.myspace.com/hydrogyn (Active)
Hyndsite - http://www.myspace.com/hyndsite (Active)
I Will Defy - http://www.myspace.com/iwilldefy (Inactive)
Incursion - http://www.myspace.com/incursion666 (Inactive)
Infradread - http://www.myspace.com/infradreadmetal (Active)
Inner Blue - http://www.myspace.com/innerblue (Active)
Institution - http://www.myspace.com/paddedcell (Active)
Intent to Kill - http://www.myspace.com/intenttokillband (Active)
Kentucky Death Wish - http://www.myspace.com/kentuckydeathwish (Active)
King Sonic - http://www.myspace.com/kingsonicmusic (Active)
Lost in Life - http://www.myspace.com/lostinlifemusic (Unknown)
Maude Flanders - http://www.myspace.com/maudeflanders (Active)
Mind Petrol - http://www.myspace.com/mindpetrol (Active)
More Machine Than Man - http://www.myspace.com/moremachinethanman (Active)
MSD - http://www.myspace.com/msdspace (Active)
Mungus - http://www.myspace.com/mungusband (Active)
Nailgun Strategy - http://www.myspace.com/nailgunstrategy (Active)
Never the Man - http://www.myspace.com/neverthemanfans (Inactive)
No - http://www.myspace.com/untiligetitright (Active)
Nothing in Return - http://www.myspace.com/nothinginreturnmusic (Active)
Nova Red - http://www.myspace.com/novared (Active)
Ominous Erotica - http://www.myspace.com/ominouserotica (Active)
Overthrone - http://www.myspace.com/metaloverthrone (Active)
Patrick Michaels - http://www.myspace.com/patrickmichaelsrocks (Active)
Poetry of the Dead - http://www.myspace.com/poetryofthedead (Active)
Point of Anger - http://www.garageband.com/pointofanger (Inactive)
Porno Fishtank - http://www.myspace.com/pornofishtank69 (Active)
Prey For Maria - http://www.myspace.com/preyformaria (Active)
Primal Dust - http://www.myspace.com/primaldust (Inactive)
Pulse 8 - http://www.myspace.com/pulse8 (Active)
Raising Einstein - http://www.myspace.com/raisingeinstein (Active)
Rampant - http://www.garageband.com/rampant (Inactive)
Red Eyed Lies - http://www.myspace.com/adamwop (Active)
Resin8 - http://www.myspace.com/resin8ed (Active)
Revelation - http://www.myspace.com/revelationforever (Active)
Sacred Sorrow - http://www.myspace.com/wearesacredsorrow (Active)
Scary Uncle - http://www.myspace.com/scaryuncle (Active)
Screwface - http://www.myspace.com/screwface13 (Active)
Seclusion - http://www.myspace.com/seclusion (Active)
Second Hand Grenade - http://www.myspace.com/secondhandgrenade (Inactive)
See Emily Play - http://www.myspace.com/sepmusicdotcom (Active)
Serene - http://www.myspace.com/rockserene (Inactive)

www.myspace.com/projectsovereign
www.myspace.com/godsuglychildren

[Dave]

Like Dave mentioned, probably a little extreme for local bands but if you're touring around or even playing some nicer venues such as Headliners/PH, etc..that usually have a soundman or two, this would come in handy. It basically tells the soundman what the drummer, singer, guitarist, etc...want in their monitor mix..without them having to scream from the stage. A good soundman can take info like this and have your band set in a matter of a few min or two. Plus, some if not all touring bands would/could use this to forward on to a club if said club is providing a backline, full pa, soundman, etc..

Exactly, or in my case it tells the house guys what to expect that day. More than likely on tour I will have sent this and called ahead to advance the show but if I have no info or people forget how their phone works I can hand this to a guy when we walk in the door and he should be able to get things rolling.


Being as they carry no monitor guy having the mixes listed helps a lot, they may not be perfect but if the guys have that much to start it won't be a complete clusterfuck in monitor land. It is no fun if I have to leave the FOH console to fix monitors mid-set.

[DarthDominus]

Added a few bands to the front. I'm still intending on putting this all into a Wiki ..just been too busy of late to get that rolling. Please keep posting updates in the meantime.

[Eroxthis]

Added a few bands to the front. I'm still intending on putting this all into a Wiki ..just been too busy of late to get that rolling. Please keep posting updates in the meantime.

Theres already a 502 wiki...I started one about a year ago and no one used it haha...maybe had about 20 entrys. Ill try to find it and see if its still online.

Also..just sent you infos on 2 of my other bands.

[DarthDominus]

Cool, lemme know please if you locate that Jerry. I'm still meaning to get something more definitive going. Got your 2 other bands posted in the master list up front. Thanks for the submissions.

[Nick Hatfley I T K]

Very helpful info. TY

[blulseteeli]

My local dealer and friend said he was still in business as of yesterday afternoon.  He said as of yet no letter from GM.  Think he is still worried about it though
Has your local dealer got a letter?

[Dave]

Huh?

[RocKHard]

So like back to the subject!
Is anybody coming to this show?

[DarthDominus]

New updates made to the primary lists on the first few posts. I've been waiting to hear back on the potential of an existing Wiki and keeping this current in the meantime.

[MYBRightIDeaDEsignCo.]

all im saying is bring back.......cast form eden

[FadedxSilence]

From Within - inactive
East 146 - Active
Shindig - active i guess wouldn't have a clue what he's doing
PUC - Inactive
Hallowtide - Inactive
Delta 9 Theory - Inactive

i'm sure i could think of some more but i'm into this UL game right now so

[Angst178 Bass]

Most of the bands around here have been in action long enough to already have learned the following facts, but the newer musicians could benefit from the experience we all can share…

General Preface

1. Have at least an hour worth of music written and practiced that you are confident in.
2. Have decent recordings of at least two songs to show to promoters and venue owners, preferably diverse in your specific style (a ballad and a rocker).
3. Make sure that all the members of your band are cool with the dates of your potential shows BEFORE you accept them.
4. Make sure you have adequate equipment. Drummers, don’t use caved in drumheads. Guitarists, buy a tuner. Don’t have a job? You can donate plasma for $50.00, average band 4 members – that’s $200.00 off the bat.
5. NEVER take a show you’re not sure you can commit to. NEVER cancel a show unless you have no other option and make sure you do it in a timely fashion. It’d even be a good idea to suggest a replacement band.
6. Don’t bitch about your timeslot. Make sure you find out before you even accept the show and if it doesn’t work for you, then simply decline. If the promoter can’t tell you, then either tell them to figure it out first or accept and be prepared to take whatever you get. Figure on opening a lot of shows when you first start out.
7. Be on time or early. Be as quick as you can to load in and out. 
8. Bring your audience for the WHOLE show, not just your slot. Don’t just play your slot and leave if you can help it, be there to watch the other bands. Making friends is not just polite, it helps build relationships that might lead to other shows.
9. Promote! Do your share. If you don’t have an audience then either a) You didn’t try hard enough… b) You aren’t that good… or c) You’re on the wrong kind of bill. Don’t take every show you get offered, be sensible about the accompanying acts. The more you play out each month locally, the less you can reasonably expect people to come out. Change up your song set and write new material every chance you get, the same 8 or 10 songs over and over will get old quicker than you think.
10. Unless you arrange money before the show, don’t expect anything. If you’re in music to get paid in Louisville, you better join a cover band.


You also forgot a couple of very important things.

Every band member should leave with the gear that they brought in with them. Don't count on your friend or other bands to make sure
that your gear is taken care of.

Make sure that everyone in the band that uses them brings at least one spare guitar cord. This is probably the most abused part of your gear other than strings and drum heads. The get stepped on, yanked out, thrown and just destroyed in short amount of time.

[Eroxthis]

I've been waiting to hear back on the potential of an existing Wiki and keeping this current in the meantime.

found it.
http://502louisvillescene.wetpaint.com/
nowhere near extensive..but theres a few bands on there.

[DarthDominus]

A few updates made. Thanks for the continued input folks. Going to work on something more permanent that will permit more information and easier updates when time allows. Until then, please keep it coming.

[RocKHard]

http://[font=Verdana][font=Verdana][font=Verdana]Does anybody have a link or download somewhere that I can hear this" [b]Kenzo[/b]" band ply? I have never heard of them?  A source tells me they are sorta some kind of rap group from the west end? But I don't know.........i would like to hear something to form my own opinion!   [b]Somebody help a sister out here??????[/b][/font][/font][/font]

[Judas]

(not for long)

[Preston.fowler1991]

(not for long)

I think Judas is on to something

[Judas]

(not for long)

I think Judas is on to something

[Shawn.Evans18]

Probably smart guy.