dont get me wrong. my opinion is that the breakfast have huge potential to make really big waves in the ever changing music industry. it\'s going to take a lot of innovative ideas and a whole lot of doing things differently than everyone else. everyone else isn\'t making money right now, and shitting themselves trying to figure out how to make money using the old techniques that dont work... isn\'t the definition of insanity doing the same things over and over expecting different results?
this thread is bringin\' me down.
Seriously I almost posted this thread in the what grinds your gears thread.
Long live The Breakfast!
hey look... no one\'s trying to scam anyone here, man....
look at all this litter, maannnnn
nobody forced you guys to read this thread.
some good convo goin on in here, it just makes me a little sad fer some reason.
i def haven\'t read enough of this thread yet but if going college to college to get gigs is what it takes, then ill go do that. the only issue is were
**** in may.
i def haven\'t read enough of this thread yet but if going college to college to get gigs is what it takes, then ill go do that. the only issue is were **** in may.
True. Flyering colleges only works like late august to may. but if we organize in the summer and stick to a game plan, we\'ll be ready to dominate in the fall.
I have been listening to the breakfast recently with an ear to "what they sound like" in comparison to the rest of whats out there.
Perhaps my biggest oversight is that I comparing them to music I listen to, not nessacrily that the rest of the jam scene (compitition).
I thought this when I started listening to them, and I still think this now; nobody else does what they do.
That has to count for something.
I thought this when I started listening to them, and I still think this now; nobody else does what they do.
That\'s really a loaded comment. It takes a whole bunch of things and stars to allign to really succed, but there are things that you can control:
1. Talent (they have it; no question about it)
2. Management (it\'s there, but I\'m not sure how much management is working for them)
3. Booking Agency (same deal as management)
4. PR/Promotions (there\'s really a lack of this right now)
5. Fans (there\'s a good number of fans in small pockets across the country and one across the pond)
6. Buzz on the street (it was there, but it really isn\'t there right now)
These guys have what it takes to succeed talent-wise. Maybe it wasn\'t a good idea to go with the comfortable Management/Booking company. There\'s tons of cover bands that work for talent agencies that get gigs booked every weekend throughout the year. I worked with a guy who did this on the weekend and I went to HS with a guy who\'s still doing this and they get PAID. I\'m not saying that they should become a cover band; that\'s the last thing I would want, but it might not be a bad idea to have a conversation with one of these agencies; they obviously have an in with all the local venues and clubs. PB/TB has been pretty much been playing the same places for more than 10 years; I\'m not saying ignore CT/Mass/Upstate/NYC, but try and get gigs in some new places. Playing to the same people will only get you so far; increasing the gigs and playing to more people will only get you out in front of more faces and isn\'t that what ultimately you want to do; to grow the brand (TB)?
21ish kid @ Lotus last night- "The Breakfast? Never heard of them. Cool name though."
I call nannies on this part.
21ish kid @ Lotus last night- "The Breakfast? Never heard of them. Cool name though."
I call nannies on this part.
Lotus like the band?
Something tells me that there is not much sharing of fans between bands that are famous for 30 second and 30 minute songs...