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3 hours ago, Nuge said:

She's gorgeous, for sure.  Super nice and approachable, too.  We still chat.  She's from Vancouver BC but has family in the area - so she stayed with them sadly. 

You should set up the concert so that they are streamable on Surly in the music forum and advertise the date in advance. 

At $9.95, when you get 50 of us to agree to pay for the concert to support live music you have close to $500 more bucks to give them. 

Do you have any female flutists from Band Camp giving concerts?   We can move it to the pee in the butt forum and charge real money!

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6 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

You should set up the concert so that they are streamable on Surly in the music forum and advertise the date in advance. 

At $9.95, when you get 50 of us to agree to pay for the concert to support live music you have close to $500 more bucks to give them. 

I'd be totally down for that.  Count me in.

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Loch Lomond will take the stage Saturday night. I'm really excited to see them play. Hopefully the backyard is full so they can make some money.

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My last show of the season is this Saturday 9/7.
Echo Onda is a Portland band fronted by Jacque Fitzgerald with several members of popular indie band Ages & Ages backing her. Looking forward to her new material and the full band.
Dark Reflector is taking the stage after sundown to herald in the night with goth darkwave electronic music.
Should make for a very cool show.

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4 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

This is all so cool. There’s a place in my town that does this too, and you can see from the pics they get a good turnout:

Matildas Music Under the Pines

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That looks awesome.  Love that stage under the trees.  Mine is a work in progress and I love seeing all of these other venues.  It inspires me.

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4 hours ago, Nuge said:

That looks awesome.  Love that stage under the trees.  Mine is a work in progress and I love seeing all of these other venues.  It inspires me.

It was closer to “downtown” and got squeezed out by developers. I was glad when they found a place to land. 

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1 hour ago, G650 said:

So what does one have to do to get an invite to play

It would help if you have music on spotify, etc.  Do you play?

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Posted
3 minutes ago, Nuge said:

It would help if you have music on spotify, etc.  Do you play?

I was mostly kidding but yes. Hope to have a new EP out by summer

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Posted
3 minutes ago, G650 said:

I was mostly kidding but yes. Hope to have a new EP out by summer

Awesome!  

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Posted
Need a middle-aged dad band that has never toured and doesn't have a drummer?
If only you knew a drummer...
Posted
2 minutes ago, Nuge said:
On 3/28/2025 at 7:26 AM, jimmyjazz said:
Need a middle-aged dad band that has never toured and doesn't have a drummer?

If only you knew a drummer...

Clarification:  a drummer who is interested in playing with us

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These folks are playing on August 2nd.  If any of you miscreants are in the Portland area this summer come on over to my place for a show.

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The first date is coming up fast and I'm getting pretty excited.

Setting up the yard/ house and barage is fun.  The anxious part is trying to wrangle people in the door. 

I post stuff on fb & instagram, text people individually, and put up the posters I create but I never know who or how many people are actually going to show up - that is the stress inducing part. 

I want a good crowd for the musician's ego and bank account.  My ego too, if I'm being honest.

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My second show of the summer will be Branson Anderson on July 19th.

I discovered his stuff in 2023 when I first built the stage.  He was just starting out but I could see he was very talented.  He put on a great show at my house and has gone on to bigger and better things.  I was really happy when he reached out a couple of months ago to see if he could play again.  Yes, please!

 

 

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Posted

would you get twice the number of people if the cover was $10? $20 is kind of steep for a backyard concert. i go to a lot of concerts and i'm not sure i'd pay $20 to sit in someone's backyard...but i'm assuming the turnout is mostly people who live in the neighborhood and not folks who are coming for a specific artist. in that case $20 is probably the way to go. 

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It's more of a suggested donation. I had people coming out last year and paying $20 for 5 people or not at all. And these were friends. So I'm putting out an expectation of payment for the artists.

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My immediate neighbor knows that he doesn't have to pay but he usually drops a little something in the tip jar.  In actuality, some of the other neighbors have gatherings in their backyard and listen to the music from there.  Usually, someone will show up with a little cash and then head back over to their party.  I appreciate the gesture but wished they would just gather at my house and fill the backyard.

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I think $20 per is on target.  I don't know how much money you collect per show, but if these are touring acts then hotels and gas can add up quickly.  I'd pay that for sure.

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