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Breakfast Babble => Dig => Topic started by: Spacey on May 26, 2006, 12:26:06 pm
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We are exactly 23 days to the 1000th Show celebration at Toad\'s Place. There are a few shows coming up in the area over the next few weeks that we need a hand to help flyer and promote.
If you are going to any shows this weekend or over the next 3 weeks and want to help, let me know and I will get you material ASAP.
Monday night Mike Gordon and Ramble Dove will be at Toad\'s Place and I believe it is essential to get down there will some material. If anyone if going or planning on going it would be nice to get some passes and give them out down there.
Badfish is again at Toad\'s on June 3rd. If you are not going to the Stone Church and will be in town, we can really use the promotion there.
That same weekend of Toad\'s Place is the Magic Hat City Festival in Danbury. Those who will be checking out this show, this would really be a great opportunity.
The Machine at Toad\'s Place on Saturday the 10th. Also is a good show to hit up.
Here is a link to all shows in the CT area over the next couple of weeks. CT Shows to Promote (http://www.jambase.com/search.asp?city=New%20Haven&stateID=7&fromdate=05%2F26%2F2006&todate=06%2F17%2F2006&beyondcity=1&pagenum=0)
I have some posters I need to get up. If anyone has a good place that can use one or know of a good place to hang one, let\'s get one up.
There are only a few weeks before this show and who knows what\'ll happen then.
Thanks.
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Well I\'m doing Stone Church, but some friends of mine ar egoing to the Hat City Fest, so I\'m sure they can hand some shit out......
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I\'m assuming most of us if not all of us will be at the Stone Church. However, some reduced passes to hand out at the Festival would go a long way. Let me know.
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^^your gonna go to the westchester show? I can grab them then....
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^^your gonna go to the westchester show? I can grab them then....
Yes, I am, Sam.
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Hey Spacey! I just made a call to Toad\'s print out some more of those passes. I showed Toad\'s owner one of your posters to show as a sample of what\'s been done to promote this. I\'m gonna do my best to be @ Toad\'s for Gordon on Monday. I might be working the Badfish show which actually hurts my ability to promote.
If anyone else needs reduced admission passes let me know ASAP
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Well, this Toad\'s show is really important. Any number below 500 is going to be a failure as far as attendance. A milestone in the career of the band at the original hometown venue. People who normally just go to Toad\'s shows for the band are the people we need to pull out and along with those who are not fortunate enough to get to many of the 21+ shows, i.e. High Schoolers and those in the final years before hitting 21.
What did Toad\'s say about this promotion?
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Any number below 500 is going to be a failure as far as attendance.
We really can\'t stress that enough. For those of you who haven\'t been before- 250 and you can hear the crickets. Ideally everyone going would bring 1 friend who\'s never seen the band before.
As for Toad\'s reaction to the promotion- Toad\'s management is extremely skeptical of my interest in this show. (What\'s in this for you Brian?)
When I worked there full time they used give us passes for random shows and send us down town to pass them out on the street. I would deposit them in the nearest trash can, and go to Richters for a beer.
Apples and Oranges, but they don\'t see that.
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i MAY be going to the Hat City Fest to hang with the umelt guys. i will let u know.
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It would be of great help. The festival looks really good, its just that the Birthday b\'fast show is too much to miss.
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When I worked there full time they used give us passes for random shows and send us down town to pass them out on the street. I would deposit them in the nearest trash can, and go to Richters for a beer.
rotfl
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Does ellis get paid double when the breakfast plays at toads? Oh wait the breakfast doesnt pay him hahaha
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Does ellis get paid double when the breakfast plays at toads? Oh wait the breakfast doesnt pay him hahaha
I do expect the lights to be the best ever at this show. According to Ellis-D, he has many combinations programmed on the system just for the Breakfast and has yet to use them in any other show. Just another reason to come to the show!
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Does ellis get paid double when the breakfast plays at toads? Oh wait the breakfast doesnt pay him hahaha
:slap: :duck: rotfl:lol:rotfl
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Hey Spacey! I just made a call to Toad\'s print out some more of those passes. I showed Toad\'s owner one of your posters to show as a sample of what\'s been done to promote this. I\'m gonna do my best to be @ Toad\'s for Gordon on Monday. I might be working the Badfish show which actually hurts my ability to promote.
If anyone else needs reduced admission passes let me know ASAP
ill take some reduced admissions if you still got more.... i know people and places that will want them.....
spaceman i am assembling a crew this show will succeed
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Tonight is the Mike Gordon & Ramble Dove show. I know its been a long weekend for most of you but if some peeps are going to be either at BAR or at Toad\'s we can use some helping hands to pass out some reduced admissions and flyers. Let me know.
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toads place just send me a post card with upcoming shows thru july. the front side has a toads schedule. the back side is a huge Breakfast logo and an ad for the 1000th show! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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I got that also. def cool.
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Promo went well last night. Not that great of a turnout but enough people to hand out a bunch of passes. I did not get a great feeling from the crowd.
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Promo went well last night. Not that great of a turnout but enough people to hand out a bunch of passes. I did not get a great feeling from the crowd.
good job Spaceman, i\'m sure this will be a great show
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ill be at timmy tour tonite.... if theres anything i could get to pass out i would take it..... those early admission passes, handbills... whatever, ill hit up some music stores in eastern ct fa sho
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Peaches- I\'ll have a few reduced admission passes for you tonight, but not enough to leave at music stores.
It\'s been like pulling teeth getting Toad\'s to print more.
Very glad to hear the mailers looked good! Maybe I shouldn\'t be so hard on the production office... Nah they\'re still a bunch of slackers.
Right now I\'ll still put the over/under on attendance @ 350. We need a late push.
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will i be able to get a reduced admission pass the night of?
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/\\/\\/\\ Absolutely.
We\'ll figure out somewhere to meet for everyone who needs them the day of.
I am so incredibly fired up for this show. It\'s been waaaaaay to long since tB played Toad\'s.
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Peaches- I\'ll have a few reduced admission passes for you tonight, but not enough to leave at music stores.
It\'s been like pulling teeth getting Toad\'s to print more.
:sigh: :thumbsdow I was actually hoping to get a HUGE bunch more. I have been passing out copies of the sampler and recent shows, all with tickets in them. I\'ve left a bunch of tickets at every package store, bar, convenience store, etc. along my travels since getting that huge stack from you at Richter\'s. :sigh: Toad\'s just doesn\'t get it....what does it cost them, about 1/100 of a penny to print out a fuckin\' ticket?!?!?!?! :hscratch: :nope:
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I have some reduced admission tickets left. I also have hand bills and some posters. I had talked to Tim and he agreed that Toad\'s has not printed up enough of these. We got rid of maybe 200 or so at the Gordon show. Hopefully we can get rid of 700-1,000 this weekend between Toad\'s Badfish show and the Magic Hat Festival in Danbury.
Anything under 500 people for Saturday June 17th is a complete failure. 500 is essential, bottom line. If we need to advertise the show having "free sex for everyone" then we must do so.
Any ideas?
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I have some reduced admission tickets left. I also have hand bills and some posters. I had talked to Tim and he agreed that Toad\'s has not printed up enough of these. We got rid of maybe 200 or so at the Gordon show. Hopefully we can get rid of 700-1,000 this weekend between Toad\'s Badfish show and the Magic Hat Festival in Danbury.
Anything under 500 people for Saturday June 17th is a complete failure. 500 is essential, bottom line. If we need to advertise the show having "free sex for everyone" then we must do so.
Any ideas?
why hasn\'t anyone tapped the local college radio scene yet. get a phone call into a couple of these shows, they have a Moe show a Grateful Dead show and Jam show, these shows should be playing and promoting the Breakfast. whose on this.... guaranteed to bring in a bunch more heads and for the most part there free publicity
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If we need to advertise the show having "free sex for everyone" then we must do so.
rotflrotfl :banbang:
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I have been passing out copies of the sampler and recent shows, all with tickets in them.
Good idea :thumbsup:
To explain the difficulties w/ Toads:
This is just one of many shows there. Reality is, it\'s a bigger deal to us than to them (though I guess I\'m "us" on both sides of this huh?). The owner has ALOT on his plate and can\'t see to eveything personally.
Which brings us to the buffoons in production. They are under minimal supervision, and don\'t give a rat\'s ass if anyone comes to this show. They get paid the same either way.
**the people working in production have nothing to do with the employees you see when the club is open! they hide in an office all day! please don\'t take out your frustration on my fellow bartenders and security!**
As andecdotal evidence: One of them actually threw Mike Gordon\'s check in the shedder before Monday\'s show. The owner needs to sign the check, and was off that day, so we had to send a barback to his house for the signature during the show.
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:banbang:
that\'s one hell of a smiley.
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As andecdotal evidence: One of them actually threw Mike Gordon\'s check in the shedder before Monday\'s show. The owner needs to sign the check, and was off that day, so we had to send a barback to his house for the signature during the show.
And this buffoon still has a job why?? :sigh: I HATE DUMB PEOPLE!!!!!!!
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hey spacey, there is a good possibility I will be making it up onfri night to the magic hat fest in danbury. just found out this morning its the machine and then umelt, free. if you need anyhting passd out let me know. prolly meet up with a few freinds there that would give a hand too.
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cosmoechuck, there was no real way for me to get them to you, although for the effort I want to extend my gratitude to you. hope to see you next Friday?
well, the final two weeks are apon us. there has been a lot of promotion effort put in by the .info grassroots section. I\'m sure the effort will be rewarded on this Saturday night. The more the merrier and the better the energy will be.
I personally have heard much whisper/talk about this show from many unlikely people. Some of them hover around 18 and younger. The word is out there. Also, Kathleen Cei from the New Haven Advocate has inquired about the show through myspace. That is a terrific place to be in. Hopefully more newpapers articles will follow.
I find it facinating its the original line-up playing their 1000th show, hopefully others too.
If anyone if hitting up any shows these last two weeks and need some tickets or posters, let me know, I have a couple extra left that I printed up.
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I NEED MORE TICKETS, asap!!!!! Spacey, Wild
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I NEED MORE TICKETS, asap!!!!! Spacey, Wild
Damn dude! If I recall you took alot. I just happen to have a meeting in downtown New Haven today, I\'ll stop by Toad\'s and hopefully have more @ TT Wed.
Great job!
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hey spacey, i didnt end up going anyway. but if you have more promo stuff, bring it the philly moe. show(if you are going). I will certainly be in the lot next to the stage during the breakfast still tailgaiting till nmas is over. Would be a good idea to have some stuff to hand out to people who didnt bother to come in for the breakfast but are digging what they are hearing.
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Yes, I did take a lot. Been putting pairs in samplers and giving out to many people. Didn\'t keep count, but somewhere in the neighborhood of 50-60. Also been putting them on the counters of every store that will let me.
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Am I still gonna be able to get 4 tix at the door for me and my friends after all this?
I guess I\'ll just show up 2 hours early like always :)
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ya wildcoyote i forgot your name even tho u told it to me at richters last week.... but ill be there again tomorrow night and would love to get my hands on twenty or thirty more tickets if possible...... this is pretty much the only show i\'ve been talkin up for the past two months and im pretty sure i have many friends and friends of friends that will be in attendance
500 peeps or bust, make it happen spaceman
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I am confident in our ability to bring in 500 peeps on this Saturday evening. These last couple of weeks are imperative to our success. We need to hit every show possible, leave flyers or tickets whereever we go and hang another poster or two in the area. Everyday is an opportunity not to be missed.
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So I stopped by Toad\'s this afternoon, and there were no passes :mad:.
I\'m gonna try to stop by tomorrow, but it requires a special trip. I\'m working the Rakim show Friday (come say hi if anyones going) so I\'ll def. pick some up then. Last minute, I know, I know...
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Yes, I did take a lot. Been putting pairs in samplers and giving out to many people.
Which material is on the samplers?
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Fitz\'s compilation of the new tunes from the west coast run
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I don\'t see Toad\'s printing up more passes. Something tells me they are fed up with us.
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I don\'t see Toad\'s printing up more passes. Something tells me they are fed up with us.
would it be a big deal if we just printed a bunch ourselves?
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I don\'t see Toad\'s printing up more passes. Something tells me they are fed up with us.
would it be a big deal if we just printed a bunch ourselves?
probably.
they cost more than handbills.
They are a certain color and are cardstock. I have no idea what they will run.
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yeah i mean arent they just colored card stock?
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yeah i mean arent they just colored card stock?
they are but cardstock isn\'t that cheap nor that expensive. How does Toad\'s feel about us reproducing tickets? I don\'t care but, hey...
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PLEASE DO NOT PRINT YOUR OWN PASSES!
If you do, and the club finds out it would be real trouble for the band. (and over a stupid $2 discount on admission). We need to help the band, not risk getting their asses in a sling with their largest local venue.
Any other type of flier you print up is cool- 100% upside no risk for anyone.
Toad\'s is not sick of us. The intial problem was underpaid lazy employees not wanting to do their job. I went up the ladder to get more passes, and now management is thinking \'hmmm, if there is so much interest in this show, let them pay full price\'. Hey, it\'s a business.
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no need to get the band into trouble here. I will see what I have left for material. We can only push so hard.
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I went up the ladder to get more passes, and now management is thinking \'hmmm, if there is so much interest in this show, let them pay full price\'. Hey, it\'s a business.
FuCKERS!!!!!
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Is anyone planning on hitting up the Machine this evening? It will be the last real chance to promote the 1000th show. I have plans of making it but just wondering if anyone is going to be around, could definitely use the help passing out some flyers, etc.
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Would have loved to see The Machine and help ya out, but after 9 1/2 hours of taking pictures at a wedding, I was SHOT!!!!
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^ quite a few moe.rons have mentioned getting flyers and DVD\'s at the Philly show Friday night. If folks can\'t make it out on Saturday, at least you\'ve stirred up their interest in checking out a future show!
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emails sent, threads posted, pestering of friends and acquaintances begun!
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come one, come all!
Things are looking positive. This place is going to be packed. Plan accordingly.