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re: Varsity Stopped Trying?
Posted on 6/13/18 at 9:38 am to RockAndRollDetective
Posted on 6/13/18 at 9:38 am to RockAndRollDetective
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This entire town is apparently a quality music free zone. For a city of this size it is absolutely appalling.
I grew up there and dabbled in booking there at a few venues ... as a current outside observer it's pathetic. Varsity's calendar is terrible (as is their website). It's a bunch of BYOB listening rooms that are well intentioned, but boring as batshit. Maybe the moon will come back to life with the facelift from the Republic group? the varsity will step it up in the fall? A small room emerges that features a wide mix of acts (A gasa gasa for BR)?
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Posted on 6/13/18 at 10:08 am to JW
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It's a bunch of BYOB listening rooms that are well intentioned, but boring as batshit.
Agreed. They occasionally bring in a good act but it's mostly acoustic singer/songwriter shite that is ok but only in small doses. That's the BR music scene.
This post was edited on 6/13/18 at 10:12 am
Posted on 6/13/18 at 11:13 am to JW
mid city ballroom is doing shows and mobley is coming there in july. they had neon mountain there last month and they were awesome.
dyson house has been doing great since they're been back up and running. BR has tons of great songwriters like clay parker and jodi james. Peter Simon with minos the saint etc.
I do think it's funny when people complain about shows but don't actually go to ANY local shows to know how good bands like loudness war and mayhaps are.
dyson house has been doing great since they're been back up and running. BR has tons of great songwriters like clay parker and jodi james. Peter Simon with minos the saint etc.
I do think it's funny when people complain about shows but don't actually go to ANY local shows to know how good bands like loudness war and mayhaps are.
Posted on 6/13/18 at 3:11 pm to JW
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A small room emerges that features a wide mix of acts
That's what the Mid City Ballroom is trying to be. They've got a great sound system in there. 524 has been getting some great acts, but the place is a complete dump, and nothing but a headache to work with on the musician's side.
As for the Varsity's woes, it's the market, both on the consumer and touring musician side. With New Orleans so close, most tours pass them by. Plus, BR people straight up don't support original music as much as needed to support the kinds of niche acts this board jizzes all over themselves for. The place was full for shows like Clutch, The Sword, etc this spring. Plus, BR is always dead as a door nail in the summer.
The locals don't care about non-cover bands, and the students don't listen to rock music. This is the result.
This post was edited on 6/13/18 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 6/13/18 at 6:13 pm to JW
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A small room emerges that features a wide mix of acts (A gasa gasa for BR)?
So.... M&W?
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