The Band Wife

Yes, it is the Shy Green from Bath. You have peaked my interest!

Ah, ok. They are in a difficult market. The "jam band" market is pretty saturated in northern new england. I gave a quick listen to the music, they have talent, there is no doubt about that. But we are still faced with a "nich" issue. YOur promotion should be targeted to venues that frequently have this type of music. Out door shows and festivals seem to be the best choices, but with summer winding down, it is going to present a problem, so look at the more "hippyish" type clubs in Portland, L/A, etc. I would also start maybe looking in to places like Sunday River and other resorts. If they are willing to travel a distance, Burlington Vt. is still pretty huge in this type of music. As to recording a propper dem. Have they looked in to computer based recording? there is a plethora of software out there and one can indeed have an entire studio contained in a single PC. WIth propper use, you can record a very professional sounding demo. But if they don't know their way round recording gear, the result can be the oposite. they should spend a lot of time working with it at first before they try to release something for demo use, but over all, it seems like the way to go. They will need to outfit the computer with a good quality sound card though, still not too expensive compaired to buying a full blown digital recorder though. As for the software, I use "Cakewalk SOnar" myself, I have been using cakewalk for years and am pretty comforatable with it. Most musicians seem to be drawn to "Pro-tools" though and I didn't care much for the interface, but it seems to be the industry standard and comes with it's own hardware. The music I heard from them sounded good over all, they seem to be a talented bunch and have their shytte together individualy and collectively. Marketed right they could continue to do pretty well. If you don't have any marketing experience though, I would ask around, read up on it and talk to a lot of people who DO havethat expereince. I am just a musician and not much of a promoter, so I hesitate to give too much in the way of advice where that is concerned, other than what I have already said. Anyway, best of luck. I spend a lot of time in Maine and if they ever happen to be performing at Crazy 8 in South Paris when I'm there, I may go and check them out.

Great! Thanks for the information and spending time listening to the music! It sounds like I am on the right page. We have a few good responses at the ski resorts in the state which should be nice for the winter months. They have been recording there own music for a while now and it is next to impossible to find something they all like from the mixes. They did just start working with a sound technician who has taken an interest in the music, hopefully this will prove to be fruitful! I contacted Crazy 8's a while back and have not heard anything from them. Have you had much experience with promoting music through Myspace and getting gigs? It seems like a logical fit but I am not getting any good feedback from my few attempts. Again, thanks so much for taking the time to respond!