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Breakfast Babble => The Grand Scheme Of Things => Topic started by: Overexjoesure on January 30, 2008, 11:20:19 pm
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I\'m all about it. Spread the good word.
I think the band will have a good year.
They lost a lot of steam during the trio phase but are back on track.
Peeps are down.
It wasn\'t even hard to get people to go to VT and NYE and a few newbs deffinitly got thrown into the mix by association.
I\'ll continue to talk em up to whoever is willing to listen and the chain reaction will keep moving.
thatta boy
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I\'m all about it. Spread the good word.
I think the band will have a good year.
They lost a lot of steam during the trio phase but are back on track.
Peeps are down.
It wasn\'t even hard to get people to go to VT and NYE and a few newbs deffinitly got thrown into the mix by association.
I\'ll continue to talk em up to whoever is willing to listen and the chain reaction will keep moving.
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Justin, while I understand and completly agree with your viewpoint, I still find fault with the cynicism and negativity. This was an idea for us as fans to work on. Every little bit helps. Just recently i was able to convert two new fans, both whom have no jamband background, in fact their taste of music can be somewhat questionable, however they both fell in love with the band. If we all just took a little time and focused on sharing our passions with others, then maybe that energy will grow and this fanbase will get a bit larger and more active.
Instead of poking fun at an idea because it doesn\'t address the grand scheme of problems, try to ad something constructive and positive to the mix.
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i think heav and fitzy should just go ahead and kickthe schnot outta each other during setbreak of the next breakfast show.
I have a strange feeling Fitz is scrappier than anyone might think.
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I think i have tried too hard, whenever i bring up the breakfast my friends roll their eyes...
I do try everytime though.
I get that too. But I still try.
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i think heav and fitzy should just go ahead and kickthe schnot outta each other during setbreak of the next breakfast show.
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i like david hasselhoff
me too, but not when he is used to bash ideas for promoting the breakfast
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i like david hasselhoff
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I personally brought 20 people through the door on NYE and a dozen for the freak out just by word of mouth hype. It\'s very easy to do if you know cool people who are into good music and willing to travel. If you don\'t its pretty close to impossible.
Getting casual fans to post on .info and become obsessed with the band is not easy though. Its the kind of thing happens on its own. You cant force it to happen no matter how much you hype it all up and force them to listen to shows. If they are going to come around they will. If not they will just continue to see shows in or close to their hometown as they occur.
People also have kids and jobs and lives as well. We all know people who are huge fans that really can\'t travel to see the band anymore due mostly to the fact that they have settled down considerably since college.
The real answer is just for the band to play everywhere all the time and not stop.
The **** fan base will always travel to see them but they need to draw big crowds of locals where ever they go.
The way to do that is just tour like crazy to all the best cities in the best areas of the country.
Klout even if you\'re a fag ;) i\'m down with your post.
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boncek=dot info mvp
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I personally brought 20 people through the door on NYE and a dozen for the freak out just by word of mouth hype. It\'s very easy to do if you know cool people who are into good music and willing to travel. If you don\'t its pretty close to impossible.
Getting casual fans to post on .info and become obsessed with the band is not easy though. Its the kind of thing happens on its own. You cant force it to happen no matter how much you hype it all up and force them to listen to shows. If they are going to come around they will. If not they will just continue to see shows in or close to their hometown as they occur.
People also have kids and jobs and lives as well. We all know people who are huge fans that really can\'t travel to see the band anymore due mostly to the fact that they have settled down considerably since college.
The real answer is just for the band to play everywhere all the time and not stop.
The **** fan base will always travel to see them but they need to draw big crowds of locals where ever they go.
THe way to do that is just tour like crazy to all the best cities in the best areas of the country.
this was a good thread til david hasselhoff, klout, and gary coleman made an appearance.
and klout seems to be obsessed with making statements about being gay today. maybe he should come out of the closet himself.
very weak sauce btw. if your going to troll me you have to do better. Regroup and try again later please.
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Thanks Chris... You definetly pull MORE than your share.
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this was a good thread til david hasselhoff, klout, and gary coleman made an appearance.
and klout seems to be obsessed with making statements about being gay today. maybe he should come out of the closet himself.
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It\'s cool that no one takes the band\'s growth seriously..
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mini gencs defo needs to be recruited!
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If you find me five female newbies between the ages of 18 and 25, I guarantee that I can turn them into fans before the restraining order takes effect.
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Usually I just abduct whoever I can find on the street, drug them and then throw them into the raucus.
that\'s how he got me into the breakfast... but the whole ordeal was much more tender than it sounds.
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I like the way you think.
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Usually I just abduct whoever I can find on the street, drug them and then throw them into the raucus.
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what i try to do is make it sound to my friends like the breakfast is the next new thing...something like "yo you GOTTA hear this band the breakfast they are **** sick! everyones been talking about them their bustin out of the scene."
and then the person im talking to, (even if theyve never heard of them) say..."oh yeah ive heard a lot abotu those guys."
i think the idea is to not let anyone know that they have been around for almost 10 years and still only have the popularity they have
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I think i have tried too hard, whenever i bring up the breakfast my friends roll their eyes...
I do try everytime though.
I know exactly what you mean.
But it\'s slowing changing.
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I think i have tried too hard, whenever i bring up the breakfast my friends roll their eyes...
I do try everytime though.
I know exactly what you mean.
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I think i have tried too hard, whenever i bring up the breakfast my friends roll their eyes...
I do try everytime though.
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im getting a lot of people to go to the u-melt/breakfast show at rev hall cause a lot of my friends already like u-melt
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actually it is pretty amazing. but its even more hilarious than it is amazing. im sure they even go to the same barber.
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there\'s a mini gencs? amazing
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someone recruit mini-gencs from timmy tour. that should be an easy one.
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Scientology aint got **** on the B\'fam...
HA! i\'m down.
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A great idea. Unfortunately, impossible for me to do around here. No one around here travels distance to go see live music that they don\'t know well. The only friends of mine that do are jazz snots who don\'t like the Breakfast material I have given them. When the band played in Manchester, 20 minutes away, I couldn\'t get more than 3 people to go to the show. Southern NH has no appreciation for real live music. It\'s heartbreaking. I have tried and tried, and for bands other than The Breakfast as well, to no avail.
almost sounds like RI
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A great idea. Unfortunately, impossible for me to do around here. No one around here travels distance to go see live music that they don\'t know well. The only friends of mine that do are jazz snots who don\'t like the Breakfast material I have given them. When the band played in Manchester, 20 minutes away, I couldn\'t get more than 3 people to go to the show. Southern NH has no appreciation for real live music. It\'s heartbreaking. I have tried and tried, and for bands other than The Breakfast as well, to no avail.
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Scientology aint got **** on the B\'fam...
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Sounds eerily similar to forms of cult recruitment. I like it.
And leith is right on. If they start coming around more often I\'m confident I could get 10, that\'s right 10, new fans in no time. My move to the concrete jungle of Chicago will really help my morning jam spread honey-buttah knife get to work.
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I know at least 5 people that would be way more into this band if they knew they would be able to see them. Esp. after hearing the past Daniel St. show.
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Joe, I like the idea. At my age it\'s hard to get many of friends (or so called) out to shows. But after procuring some of Ken\'s DVDs on my trip out for New Year\'s, I\'ve been lending them to some of the younger guys at work and they have been getting into them quite heavily and I think I can get some of them out during the Midwest run. Need to direct them to this site. I think once they see \'em, they\'ll be hooked like the rest of us on .info. Of course, it\'s a grassroots effort, as a lot of promotion is, but if it works, it will be rewarding to all parties. This band is too good to remain under the radar. I\'m in.
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So how can we help the band?
I came up with this idea, and I\'m not sure how effective it will be but its something.
Well, I know that most of us have been pulling our weight and trying to spread the word to as many people as possible the past 8 years, however I think it would be a good idea to do the following.
I propose that each regular .infoer takes on the task of "adopting" 5 brand new fans. This would entail finding 5 people who are interested in the band and basically "shadowing" them until they become regulars .info and are infected with the Breakfast bug. It\'s a bit more involved than passing out sampler discs to random people. This would entail asking them to go to show\'s, hanging out with them at shows, providing them with as much music as possible. Basically trying to convince them that the Breakfast are a solid entity with a rich music history, NOT a 4th tier bar jamband who play the occasional Doors cover. I figure if we each take on 5 new fans that they in turn will do the same. It\'s kind of a Pay It Foward syndrome....
So hopefully this resonates with some of you. Remember, this means being involved with the new fan\'s growth and keeping in contact with them. Telling them of upcoming shows. Sending them sick versions of ie Daniel St\'s Buquebus, or Sully\'s TGSOT....
I know we can do it. Let\'s make 08 great!!