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![]() Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I'm the only 22 year old here who doesn't like bars. |
![]() Joined: Mar 05, 2006 Posts: 251 |
surf music doesn't exist here. if it did, i'd probably be in a surf band just for kicks, and i'd be seeing surf shows. |
![]() Joined: Apr 24, 2006 Posts: 236 Plantation, FL ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
If I advertized "Live Naked Hot Chicks" dance to a surf rock band, I'd have hundreds of people show-up, exceed firecode and get shut down. Who cares about the surf rock. Too bad, we all know sex sells. Maybe I should try "Live Semi-Naked Chicks Doing Suggestive Dances" on stage, then maybe I'd have something. Anyone know some "Live Semi-Naked Chicks" that do "Suggestive Dances" that will work and/or wear next to nothing for my next gig? I promise to play the best Miserlu you ever heard.
What day is Surf Rock's birthday? Looks like Surf Rock and I was born the same year. Maybe we are both Libras? |
![]() Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1076 Columbus, OH ![]() |
I'm only a year older and I don't like bars. |
![]() Joined: Aug 09, 2006 Posts: 245 Long Beach, CA ![]() |
The best way to support surf music, and to hopefully see it grow, is to go to live shows, period. If you like this music you should go see bands live. Sorry you don't like bars but bands need people to show up at gigs and make it easier for this type music to get appreciated by a few more people. Tiki Jeff can't be the only guy out there trying to get the music more exposure. In short....GO SEE A SURF SHOW, HODAD! |
![]() Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1076 Columbus, OH ![]() |
I'll go to a bar to see a surf band, but that doesn't happen very often out this way. Not all of us live in California. |
![]() Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
...unfortunately, even the shows that feature "Go Go" or "Burlesque" dancers seem to not draw large crowds... ...but, as others have mentioned, perhaps being obscure has a positive side, too? |
![]() Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25609 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Carol, Jeff(bigtikidude) |
![]() Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25609 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
also I need to post this Hey jake, My bad, Jeff(bigtikidude) |
![]() Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 1338 Escondido, CA ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
My initial reaction to this thread was to post a smiley I know from another board, but I had to send it to Brian first...so:
This comes up all the time, and we hear the same things again and again, Yet a lot of people seem to not use the good advice. For my band, a lot of the advice wasn't taken, but we still get pretty good crowds. But then again, we're usually playing once every 2 or 3 months, and I don't think you ever saw me complaining about the fact that surf is not popular. Just Ran — |
![]() Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11058 Berkeley, CA ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ran, who's whining? I thought this was a pretty decent discussion. Danny Snyder Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF |
![]() Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Jeff, thanks for the apology but it was not necessary. I didn't get offended by it. |
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Don't take offense, but the whole topic is a little whiny (IMO, of course). Especialy since the good advice that others give is mostly ignored. And that national popularity is out of our control. Ran — |
![]() Joined: Apr 22, 2006 Posts: 8 Somewhere in Colorado |
It is hard to understand peoples reactions to surf music sometimes. Years and years ago I saw The Ultras open for Dred Zeppelin in Chico, and they put on a killer show. This was a cool bar with a reasonably large dance floor, and through the whole set, the floor was empty except for one dude dancing around by himself. Their set ends, and the house DJ starts playing some old 'disco' dance stuff, and the floor instantly fills with people. I couldn't dance to save my life, but surf music is about the only stuff that would ever give me the urge to get on the floor and move around a little. It was a college crowd, and the floor was empty? Didn't surf music pack tons of kids into gyms in SoCal in the early days, to dance? |