Live Bands and Gigs

Almost everybody knows Air Supply. Graham Russell & Russell Hitchcock first met on May 12 1975 during the first day of rehearsals for “JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR” in Sydney Australia. Both of them have an intimate passion in music and their favorite band is Beatles. After their show performance at 10:30, they love to play at pizza parlors, coffee bars and night clubs with just one guitar and two voices with these they quickly gained a reputation for great harmonies and for the original composition of Graham.

They decided to make a demo cassette of their two songs, “Love and Other Bruises” and “If You Knew Me” and submit it to every record company in Sydney. Most of the companies refuse them but CBS Record admired their unique style. Thus, Air Supply was born.

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Alternative rock band Vertical Horizon hails from Washington DC. They are famous for their late 90’s popular hits such as “You’re a God” and “Everything You Want”.

Formed in 1990 by Matthew Scannell and Keith Kane, then undergraduates of Georgetown University, the duo relocated to Boston and released their self-released debut album There and Back Again. Both played the acoustic guitar and contributed to all the instruments that appeared in the album. They also shared the effort in writing the songs and the vocals.

An astounding feat is that they recorded their first album in Matthew’s old high school over the time span of a few days. After that, they went on tour for several years before being joined by Ed Toth and Ryan Fisher, on drums and bass respectively.

After their album release in 2002, the band was constantly on tour. Over the years, Ryan Dusick, who was percussionist and back-up vocalist for the band, had been suffering. On some part of the tours, he was unable to play the drums because his arms were injured. He returned though, on another tour but was again forced to take a break. His condition was such that it had deteriorated to an extent that his two arms became pretty much useless limbs. While he underwent tests to determine the pain’s source, Josh Day replaced him. After 9 months, Matt Flynn assumed the position before finally becoming an official part of the group when Dusick also officially left the group in September 2006.

The Grammy award winning band is an American rock band coming from Los Angeles, California. The band is also best known for its unforgettable hit songs including “Harder to Breathe”, “This Love”, “She Will Be Loved”, “Sunday Morning”, “Makes Me Wonder”, “Wake Up Call”, and “Won’t Go Home Without You”.

Its debut album, Songs about Jane has enjoyed the status of triple platinum in many countries all over the world, even being supported by an extensive tour between 2003-2005 by Maroon 5. A live album was released in the process, Live – Friday the 13th. In September 2006, Ryan Dusick of the band was replaced by Matt Flynn due to injuries by constant touring.

New and fresh OneRepublic is an American rock band from Colorado. Ever since their release of the song, Apologize, they have gathered mainstream attention from the media. As of now, Ryan Tedder is the leading vocalist, Eddie Fisher in drums, Drew Brown in guitar, Zach Filkins also in guitar, and an unusual addition, Brent Kutzle in cello. Besides that all of them can play the guitar except for Eddie. Ryan, Zach, and Brent are all well gifted in vocals leaving Eddie and Drew the instrumentalists with no vocal talent. Brent Kutzle can play the cello, the bass guitar, and the keyboards besides being able to sing.

They’ll be playing at Illinois’ Bourbonnais Olivet Nazarene University and Peoria’s Civic Center on the 6th and 11th.
Afterwards, they’ll be at the Jolin Memorial Hall and Black River Coliseum in Missouri on the 12th and 17th.
Alabama’s Trojan Arena and Spraggins Hall in Troy and Huntsville respectively will be their next venue from the 18th to the 20th.
The band will be spending 3 days starting from the 24th in Florida’s Murray Hill Theatre, German Arena, and Sound Advice Amphitheatre.

Virgina’s Charlottesvile Pavilion is the band’s next stop starting the 27th.
On the 28th, the band will have reached The Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina
From the 1st of May to the 3rd, the band will be playing at Ocean City Music Pier and Rutgers Athletic Center in New Jersey.
The band will end its tour on the 4th in Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, New York.

During their concert on March 14 at the Izod Center New Jersey, vocalist Bruce Dickinson announced the schedule of their second and final US leg of their world tour 2oo8. This summer will bring them to a number of cities they have not played in many years and a return to the New York area at PNC Bank Arts Center, NJ, on June 14 and  Madison Square Gardens on  June 15.

Tickets for these shows will go on sale to the public soon and a special pre-sale will be made available exclusively to members of the Iron Maiden fan club.

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A&Rコミュニティで間違いなく最も多い質問が「決定権を持つ人の注目を引くにはどうしたらよいですか？」というものだ。

プロフィールを最大限に活かすには、正しいプロトコルと戦術を知った上で、地方レベルで努力を始めて欲しい。注目を引くには、昔から言うように「構築せよ、さらば来たりなん」というモットーがまさにベストだろう。

以下にファンを獲得して注目を得る戦略のために実行すべき有用なヒントと提案を掲載する。

#1. 黄金律: 資料を受け入れていないレーベルに音資料などを勝手に送りつけない。これはほとんど主要なレーベルとマネージャに当てはまる。

#2. プレス・パック: CD、カセット、ビデオを含むバンドの作品。バンド名、曲名、連絡先など必要事項すべてを適切に読みやすく表示しておく。この「プレス・パック」が音楽コミュニティとのコネクションとなる。バンドのインディーズ作品の販売や、スケジュールのブッキング、作品説明やレビューを書いてもらうきっかけとなる。あるいは単に友人に転送されるかも知れない。

#3. 写真: これは非常に重要。 自身あるいはバンドの最新の写真を必ず持つことをお勧めする(ちなみに1986年以降のマーケットでは、レオタードと鎖はお勧めできない)。音楽コミュニティでは外見も重要視される。ショー・ビジネスではイメージがすべてなのだ。今風でありさえすれば、それほど凝ったものでなくてもよい。地元の業界紙や雑誌、または地元のクラブでのプロモーションやインターネット上で使用されるかもしれないので、見栄えの良いものを選ぼう。

#4. ライブ・ショー: ライブ・ショーを完璧なものにしておく。準備ができていない限りライブを行ってはいけない。ライブを初めて見る多くの人たちは、準備をするまで待ってはくれない。ライブを1度しか見ない人も多いので、重視するべきだ。

#5. ファン層: ファン層を広げ、維持することにより最高の成長材料が得られる。これがレーベルやマネージャが求めるもっとも突出した要素な場合もある。何人の客をショーに連れてくるか。メーリングリストに何人参加しているか。インディーズで何枚の作品を販売したか。Tシャツを何枚販売したか。ショーでは新しいファンがメーリングリストに申し込みできる場所を必ず作ることだ。

#6. 地元プレス: プランには地元プレスも考慮に入れるべきだ。テープ、CD、およびギグレビューを書く人間を調べ、自身の作品などを送る。 彼らをショーに誘い、ライブで魅了すれば、パブリシティと刺激的な宣伝活動の協力者となりうる。

#7. 地元リソース: 楽器店、高校、大学、フェスティバル、休日行事などすべての地元リソースを利用して、まずは局地的に構築する。

#8. ネットワーク!: 身の回りでコネクションを持つ人間を探してみよう。弁護士、マネージャから地元のレコード店まで。業界に直接かかわりを持つ人が身近にいることに驚くことだろう。

Few rock groups of the ’80s were able to break down as many musical barriers and were as original as the Red Hot Chili Peppers. They created an intoxicating new musical style by combining funk and punk rock with an explosive stage show. Along the way, a number of groups tried to imitate them but weren’t able to surpass the performance of the group. The band has released nine studio albums and has sold over 55 million copies of their work worldwide. Red Hot Chili Peppers concerts will allow you to see one of the most legendary live acts of all time. 

The band started out with Ryan Tedder and his compatriot in high school, Zach in Colorado Springs. Later on in 2003, Drew Brown, Eddie Fisher, and Tim Myers joined the band. There and then, the band was solidified and after signing a deal with Columbia Records, entered the studio with producer Greg Wells in the summer of 2005. A few years later, Tim Myer was unsatisfied and left the band to pursue a solo career. The band moved on to Interscope Records/Mosley Music Group in 2007 just before releasing their single, Apologize, which garnered triple platinum status, selling more than 3 million copies in the US.