Question: What role will YOU play in grassroots promotion this year?

[Klout]

"word of mouth is the most inexpensive grassroots tool we have"

probly the most effective too.  People have a tendencey to disregard and throw out flyers for bands they have never seen before

[Spacey]

absolutely true, we definately do not want to see a bunch of the bands flyers on the ground or in trash cans. From my experience in promotions, they only time handbills work is when you go to a show and pass them out as you talk to people or you can litter there cars as the show is ending.

whatever works is where we need to make our focus!

[Gordo]

Tha Call show is a good show to pass out. It definately shows their ability!

absolutely, most frequently burned show from my household. Gravity, Oddity, Funk, and entire second set shows their incredible versatility. still my favorite show to listen to and pass out.  

btw, any word on this past weekend getting up on archive. esp. the 15th, cant wait to hear it.

[Spacey]

the 15th, I can\'t wait either for this one. the only show I missed of the weekend and they play all the tunes I have been waiting for. it\'s no secret that I love the spacey funk of 2001. Why did I have to miss this one?
thats why you can\'t miss any of these!

[leith]

the 15th, I can\'t wait either for this one. the only show I missed of the weekend and they play all the tunes I have been waiting for. it\'s no secret that I love the spacey funk of 2001. Why did I have to miss this one?
thats why you can\'t miss any of these!

How many times did I say something like this on GD or Phish tour I have no idea. Glad to see a band this small inspiring the same thoughts. lol

[Spacey]

Agreed Leith,
how many times on tour with Phish did I say this? often, the show you miss is always the best of the run. having never seen the GD I can not comment on this one.

But it is true, they have inspired me to say, can\'t believe I missed this one!

[leith]

Well the first time I actually said that abt these guys was after downloading and listening to the 3/4/05 Toad\'s RR release party. I remember thinking \'DAMN these guys have stepped it up\' for me it was a turning point in my love for The Breakfast. It was the first time I actually kicked myself for not flying out. I downloaded shows that interested me up until 3/4/05 now I pretty much download EVERY show because I do not want to miss anything.

[Klout]

with phish you could ussually predict what was going to be the hottest shows though. i.e...the last few shows of the tour...special venues etc... The breakfast is always doing random weekend tours and is getting better and better and bolder and bolder every show so its much harder to predict

[leith]

with phish you could ussually predict what was going to be the hottest shows though. i.e...the last few shows of the tour...special venues etc... The breakfast is always doing random weekend tours and is getting better and better and bolder and bolder every show so its much harder to predict

You could not do that from \'90-\'96 no fucking way could you predict what they would play no matter how many shows you made. No way!!!!

[Spacey]

Leith,

3/4/2005 was also a defining moment in Breakfastory for myself. It is the first time I really said, the hell with all other bands, this band is for me. I had been into the Breakfast since they started back in 1998/1999 but only here and there shows now its like, gotta go to this one and this one and ohh that one sounds good too.

can\'t start your day without eating your breakfast!

[Klout]

"You could not do that from \'90-\'96 no fucking way could you predict what they would play no matter how many shows you made. No way!!!!\'

yea but if you were on tour in 94-96 then you should not have been missing anything because they were all hot as shit!  there was no need to predict what the great shows were gonna be untill they started playing lots of average and below average shows around 98

[leith]

EZ to say but in reality between GD where you had to go every night because they were soooooooooooo hit or miss by then and trying to match up Phish tour around GD tour and something called work it was hard as hell to see what I did.

[Gordo]

with phish you could ussually predict what was going to be the hottest shows though. i.e...the last few shows of the tour...special venues etc... The breakfast is always doing random weekend tours and is getting better and better and bolder and bolder every show so its much harder to predict

disagree 100%

i think phish were kings of blowing their load before the expected huge shows. i dont, generally speaking ypu just could not call a big show from phish ever. look at their last show in Chicago EVER, possibly the worst show EVER.

and oh yeah, Coventry was on fire!   :liar:

[Klout]

if you thought coventry was going to be the fire you desrved to be disapointed

[Stephengencs]

if you thought coventry was going to be the fire you desrved to be disapointed

Even if I didnt go to Vegas, Wooklyn, SPAC, Great Woods, and Camden in 2004....I would have never have thought to go to Coventry....Not with the Breakfast playing a 2 night stand at Cafe 9....