tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post2181444828633533636..comments2024-01-01T16:06:17.899-06:00Comments on elephant blog: I'm not really a booking agent, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night...adrian belewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09704211229457488730noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-35787472009098470432008-03-12T10:12:00.000-05:002008-03-12T10:12:00.000-05:00I love to hear stories of the great Holiday Inn ci...I love to hear stories of the great Holiday Inn circuit days! <BR/><BR/>I too was travelling in a band during those glory years, working in lounges across the country. <BR/><BR/>It all changed, although it wasn't just disco that killed the full time live music business. <BR/><BR/>Drinking laws, bad economy, and a back to health movement also contributed.<BR/><BR/>Mark W. Curran <BR/>Author, "Getting Gigs With or Without An Agent"Mark Curranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08373128165387992251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-7180245430186374932007-06-03T16:57:00.000-05:002007-06-03T16:57:00.000-05:00You say "hate disco" but there's something worse:...You say "hate disco" but there's something worse: It's called "Reggeaton".<BR/>This is a very poor mix betwen Reggae and other latin rhyms, with sexuality lyrics that only referres to have sex and vulgarity for the woman. Is horrible!!!!!<BR/>The lyrics and the music insults the women and is sadly to see women dancing and singing this terrible music at the bars of latinamerica... I prefer the disco.<BR/>It sonunds like "Oont da hm da Oont da hm da" while a latin nasal voice sings "subete la minifalda hasta la espalda" (in english: up your skirt to your back)Miztlahui from Mexicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698452636080668071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-67490605036070923032007-05-31T13:45:00.000-05:002007-05-31T13:45:00.000-05:00These days its commonly referred to as "Oontz" not...These days its commonly referred to as "Oontz" not ump pa. As in "Oontz oontz oontz oontz";)Darren_Halmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917465303480408068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-46564110738426993582007-05-29T07:28:00.000-05:002007-05-29T07:28:00.000-05:00Good point eardrum... thanks for giving meaning to...Good point eardrum... thanks for giving meaning to the flippant comment.<BR/><BR/>I will say though, when I got to college (1995) it was pretty common to have a local band at our parties -- now it's almost always a DJ. Hope it's just a local phenomenon... I love a lot of electronica (including Amon Tobin, whom Adrian once hinted that he might be working with), but it's sad to see anything displace live music.<BR/><BR/>Mike Watt (onetime Minutemen bassist) still exhorts the audience at the end of his shows with one last dose of adrenaline: "Paint your own picture, write your own book, start your own band!" That's an incredibly powerful benediction, the passing of the creative power just at the moment of climax. Do people need to hear it more now than they once did?Joe Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02597467484948789602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-78824316905272324622007-05-28T08:45:00.000-05:002007-05-28T08:45:00.000-05:00great stories adrian!joe c, that is one of the mai...great stories adrian!<BR/><BR/>joe c, that is one of the main reasons we hated disco music so much back then. disco wiped out the live music scene everywhere. back in the late 1970's and early 1980's it was really hard to see a live band anywhere. every bar owner quickly replaced their stages with dance floors and mirror balls. actually, it wan't until the early 1990's that live music made a comeback. things are so much better for music now.earDRUMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103020564676742286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-20194667658722003992007-05-28T01:24:00.000-05:002007-05-28T01:24:00.000-05:00Nice story, Adrian. As if we needed another reaso...Nice story, Adrian. As if we needed another reason to hate disco... :)Joe Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02597467484948789602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-35327835058263410382007-05-27T18:03:00.000-05:002007-05-27T18:03:00.000-05:00I write mistake, I mean around $90 dls for a week ...I write mistake, I mean around $90 dls for a week (1000 mexican pesos) for give fun to a lot of mexican drunks... Is so sad when I see a KC, or Yes video and I say "Oh God please give a drummer like Pat, or let me play with a bass player like Chris Squire, or a great singer like Mr Belew"<BR/><BR/>PS: Hey men hear "The Mars Volta", is a great band that you had influensed.<BR/>Have good week Ade, read you later.Miztlahui from Mexicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698452636080668071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-26915335610578037022007-05-27T17:58:00.000-05:002007-05-27T17:58:00.000-05:00i'll tell you something:Here in Mexico the people ...i'll tell you something:<BR/><BR/>Here in Mexico the people don't have good taste for music, and every musician is pay for less than 1000 mexican pesos ($900 dls).<BR/>I'm a keyboard player in a Bar when the people just hear what the Radio wants to.<BR/><BR/>We are trying to turn the comercial pop song into jazz, 'cause we want to have fun playing covers from latin bands like Mana, Caifanes (Jaguares), Belanova, but with improvisation and rare sounds with my keyboard, a computer with a SuperCollider software and other music devices that turns every song into a rare explotion of fantastic noise, and the manager don't say "you need get shoes shine" he gives us beer, tequila and any drink for play "so happy", and we enjoy it very much, But... But... But...<BR/>I need to play my music (with out drink) and I don't care that the boss say "shine your shoes" if it means tha I can play my music.<BR/><BR/>The tranforming of covers is something that I have learn from Mr.Belew. (I remmember songs like Heroes, If I feel - and other by The Beatles)<BR/><BR/>What is the cover that you have enjoy too much to play?Miztlahui from Mexicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698452636080668071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-15867898216430848002007-05-27T17:26:00.000-05:002007-05-27T17:26:00.000-05:00OMG! - after almost starving, $350.00 a week (back...OMG! - after almost starving, $350.00 a week (back then) would have felt like heaven - especially with a room included with the gig.... could one almost say - a lucky break...? Certainly better than going hungry - even if you did have to play that 'lounge music' - I shudder at the thought ;.( <BR/>Although 2 months on the gulf coast, being able to go to the beach everyday, wasn't such a dreadful sentence - for a while, anyways.... Leaves me wondering how long you had to endure 'the lounge gig from hell'? <BR/>Thankfully you never let 'Don Sheik's' advice stop you from playing the guitar...! Have you ever had any contact from 'Don' in the years since that Holiday Inn stint? Or from Barry Howell and Dave Rumpke, for that matter?<BR/>I sure hope that 'Don Sheik' finally realized just exactly how misguided his judgement was of your talents!belewhalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03434408074794881982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-71751970701603945422007-05-27T15:45:00.000-05:002007-05-27T15:45:00.000-05:00Great Stories!I have vague memories of Holiday Inn...Great Stories!<BR/><BR/>I have vague memories of Holiday Inn bands. Where I lived in northern Michigan there was a resort called Schuss Mountain where they would always have a group in the summer called the Schussy Cats. Eee gads! I guess it provided employment for musicians and college students majoring in theater.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118634680482507725noreply@blogger.com