Every band gets screwed. And every band has some bad shows. There’s no
way to avoid it, but there is a way to avoid making it worse: Don’t
bitch about it on your blog.
Bands
do this all the time: Something goes wrong, and we’re all treated to a
vitriolic 1,000-word tome about how this club sucks or this band sucks
or this town sucks because no one comes to shows.
Yes, all those
things are annoying, but to blog about them and volunteer information
that makes your band look bad is just about the worst thing you can do.
That blog takes on a new life. It might spread around, or somewhere
down the line someone who wants to book you might look at it and decide
you’re a bunch of prima donnas or whiny brats, or untalented morons who
can’t draw a crowd. Perception is reality, and if you’re perceived in a
bad way, you just made things that much harder on yourself.
The moral of the story: Bad things happen. Keep them out of your blog.
John
Zaremba is the guitar player, tour manager and booking agent for Say
When, a rock band from Boston that has been touring the country
independently for two years. He can be reached here.