FOR PERFORMING ARTISTS:
If you would like to play in our Backroom please read ALL info below!
We do not do a cover charge or allow cover songs. Passing the hat is no problem (Please make your own arrangements to do so, since we cannot guarantee the waitresses availability to do so) nor is selling merchandise. … Please do not expect to pull drinkers from the separate front room bar, …it rarely happens. You should have an autonomous pull or you easily may perform to an empty room. We seek original music, NO COVER BANDS! We do not pay. We are 21 and over only!!
In ALL e-mail correspondence always fill the subject box with band name or event name. First I need a brief PRESS WORTHY music description, with any edited reviews or press mentions, etc..ASAP…. e-mailed to me in the body of the e-mail text. PLEASE use Verdana or Arial Font size 12 , nothing fancy... PLEASE do not make me re-format it, or re-write it !!. Check for spelling, punctuation and capitalization! Be professional, succinct, interesting and brief! This can make the difference between an event getting covered by the press or ignored. If necessary… http://www.musicbizacademy.
This article recommends approx 4 paragraphs, I am concerned with “Listings” and thus only need 1, or at Max 2 paragraphs. Include web site link and a small image for us to use – Max size approx 600 KB, 70 res. Go to a serious publication like “Time Out” for samples & or see samples at the bottom of this page.
I need something compelling and professional as a description/bio for performers…
Below is an actual bio I received for a VERY TALENTED, accomplished artist…
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: Rocking acoustic music, classic original tunes
such as: “caught you looking” and “take me where the sun is shining”
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,…Now that will not get any reporters attention and if it did and they did list it, and you read it in a paper or on line, would you be interested in seeing the show????
BACK-LINE: The new backroom is a small, multi-use space with concert-hall sound. If you approach it carefully, it will treat you very well. It is highly bass-responsive, so large bass amps are unnecessary and will muddy your sound, as will turning up the bass EQ on your amps or on the PA.
The Magpie in Freddy's Backroom
Guitar Amp: Peavy Bandit
Bass Amp: Crate
Keyboard Amp: Roland Cube
Drums: Pearl Forum full kit, including kick drum pedal and snare
Cymbals: Meinl Hi-hat, crash, and ride, with stands for each
Sound system has a 15″ speaker for the room, and a floor monitor. Mic’s are reasonable quality.
Feel free to bring your own stuff to supplement what we have. Bringing your own drums, or large amplifiers is discouraged because of space and logistics. A good rule of thumb is to use what we have and only add your own small- to medium-sized equipment only when necessary.
Why not try your first gig in the new space with our equipment, and then see if you need to add in anything of your own the next time?
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SAMPLE Band Bio/Music description #1
The Whiskey Boys: Folk music with lots of jazz/rock/world influences. Fiddle, a Guitar and two voices. The Whiskey Boys play original Irish, Old Time, and Bluegrass music reharmonized with Jazz and Pop chord changes for an effect that sounds at once contemporary, authentic, powerful and fun. Often rowdy, sometimes tender. www.whiskeyboys.com
SAMPLE Band Bio/Music description #2
The Sharks Come Cruizin: Sharks Come Cruisin’ are an energetic and original and have been described as sea shanty punk, Irish punk, and folk punk.. SCC has played several festivals up and down the Eastcoast, from Florida to Maine, and had the opportunity to play with Dropkick Murphys, The Loved Ones (Fat Wreck Chords), and Lemuria (Bridge Nine Records). They have been compared to Flogging Molly, The Pogues, and Against Me!
“It seems the band has taken the saying ‘That’s so crazy it just might work’ to heart — and, shiver me timbers, it has.” -New England Performer
SAMPLE Band Bio/Music description #3
Flea Market: Love songs for lumberjacks, bluegrass for punk rockers. The Fabulous Flea Market Band is “Norway’s finest Bluegrass Punk,” band and hails from Oslo, Norway,The multi-instrumentalist members pride themselves on their high-energy live performances, honed in rock clubs and bars throughout Oslo, Norway’s capital city. Taking a cue from traditional bluegrass performances of the 40s and 50s, band members gather around a single vocal mic while trading off on a variety traditional acoustic folk instruments such as banjo, mandolin, guitar, fiddle, and accordian, as well as the occasional trombone.
Combining sweet melodies, multi-part harmonies and popish hooks with raw delivery and lyrics that offer a darkly skewed take on romantic obsession, revenge, disaster and theseamier side of life. Their music owes as much to rock and old-school punk as traditional folk and bluegrass. www.myspace.com/fleamarketband
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SAMPLE Press Release:
Media Alert
What: THE UKULADIES (All female ukulele band)
Where: Freddy’s Bar and Backroom. 627 5th Ave. Brklyn
When: 9/22 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
No cover charge, No Drink Minimum. FREE.
21 and over only
Music Contact (Your info here)
Additional details and directions below _______________________________________________________
Thu 9/22 9:00 THE UKULADIES: The Ukuladies are a twin-sister, aunt, and one tap-dancing-cousin act from Regina, Canada with a lust for life and its idle curiosities. Come and join the “ladies” as they share cowboy love songs, songs in the style of 30′s and 40 numbers, and plenty more, all original. http://www.theukuladies.com
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For more go to http://freddysbar.com/events/
PLEASE…Any Questions please e-mail me or give a call at ….
Freddy’s Bar and Backroom
627 5th Ave Between 17th and 18th Street, One Block from “Prospect Ave stop” R Train,
B63 Bus running 5th Ave every 10 Min.
Brklyn, N.Y. 11215
freddysbar.com
freddys@freddysbar.com
Thank you Bla-Bla…..