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Re: Art VS. Commerce (or how I learned to stop worrying and love reverb)

Bob Cannistraro (bolderbobb) - 10 Oct 2005 08:50:51

The Beloved Invaders get a lot of gigs in Colorado, we stay very busy
from Memorial Day to Labor Day with a good measure of ski ares gigs
in late winter. We mix up our sets with "surf classics" and
originals. Both go over well. I think we'd get less gigs if we
didn't play the classics.
We like playing the classic tunes and putting our own spin and energy
level into them, and the crowd responds. Some of them, like
Pipeline, are really great compositions. Some of them are infantile
(Hi Chris) but still have a great energy.
I think you will get more gigs if you mix in the classics and can
also have them in your back pocket to repsond to requests.
If you write a lot of really great tunes then eventually you can
become a Slacktone or Los Straitjackets, but that's a tall order.
Boulder Bob
The Beloved Invaders

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