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MANHATTAN SHOWS
SOHO SHOWS
GREENWICH VILLAGE SHOWS
BOWERY SHOWS
BOWERY POETRY CLUB
308 bowery street
http://www.boweryartsandscience.org
walt@bowerypoetry.com
(212)614-0505
31 december 2011
31-12-2011
(‘thirty-one twelve twenty-eleven’)
8pm (ATE-PEE-EM)
(solo set)
(with matty manning’s fender g-dec loops)
JoGa (+ Friends)
(first we take manhattan…)
people get ready…
suggested setlists?
BOWERY BALLROOM
info@bowerypresents.com
LOWER EAST SIDE SHOWS
MERCURY LOUNGE
ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL
tbm03@aol.com
(“thomas”)
info@rockwoodmusichall.com
(212)477-4155
196 allen street
New York, NY 10002
(rockwood music hall records)
(subsidiary of atlantic records)
SPRING 2014:
now they want 6 lines of text with performance history from past 2 years / upcoming itinerary / recent club performance videos…
and yet they still remember that nasty e-mail…they responded to my gig request by sending me back the email i sent them earlier…
so now they can go back to fellating jeff taylor…their “star”…he’s probably masturbating to his own music in his brooklyn bedroom at this very moment…
30 JUNE 2008:
sent email to info@rockwoodmusichall.com
Hi, I’m interested in booking a performance this month at Rockwood Music Hall. The band is a Manhattan-based rock trio (with a rotating cast of musical guests). The current lineup is a NY reunion of our Boston-based band “Gatti-Vision” (guitar/bass/drums) and we are currently booking NY shows for Summer 2008 before a fall campus tour.
Music and performance clips can be found @ www.gattivision.com
Thanks,
JoGa
Our Mission: The Sonic Personification of HOPE
(no response)
26 MARCH 2008:
(sent email to thomas for show booking)
he gave me the contact info for the booking agent (“tom”) but i never heard from him. then everytime i went into NYC, i’d leave a CD with the cute bartender. nothing came of it…
so i finally got sick of the brush-off and wrote them a nasty e-mail…
SUMMER 2007:
i’ve attempted to book a show here for years. ever since i saw jeff taylor perform here ’round summer 2007 (while walking home from BGC Partners on a friday night)…
(founded in 2005 by ken rockwood)
169 BAR
“169 bar”
(chinatown)
(21+ to enter)
http://www.169barnyc.com/cmsmadesimple/
(646) 833-7199
169 east broadway
New York, NY 10002
charles hanson (booker):
astrochuck@hotmail.com
first phone number out of service
use email (just like rockwood)
22 JUNE 2015:
got an email from 169 bar just after i read an email about getting 169 views on my webshots page…
(i claimed next sunday’s slot @ 6pm)
i booked a show there the following week with liliana…
(a sunday evening)
(charles hanson was resistant to booking a show)
(“will anyone show up?”)
(and lo and behold nobody showed up)
(even bergblum was running late)
15 JUNE 2008:
(first i played acoustic accompaniment to a liliana show)
(although my music is far better…)
(though we closed w/ “let it charge”)
e-mailed charles hanson
(1 JUNE 2008)
(he offered 11pm slot on june 1)
(along with two other future dates)
(tuesday june 17th at 1pm)
(sunday june 29th at 9pm)
(he would only book me for one date)
(he’d have to “check me out” first)
(i told him i would like to play all three dates)
(3 shows in 2 weeks)
(and that i could bring in 40-50 people)
(a flagrant lie)
(a baldface guy)
(a brutal sigh)
(a loaded gun)
(had a problem with “loud drums”)
“why the loaded gun?”
(then he offered to change set to 9pm)
(he was incredulous about my claim to bring 40-50 people)
(he would book me another set if i brought in many people)
(he “moved stuff around” to get the 9pm slot)
(then he finally settled on 7:30pm)
(he instructed me to confirm booking email or he would book the slot with some other act)
MOM
DAD
MIKE
EMILY
AI
SHANE TAYLOR
CHRISTINE FISHER
ALISON MUELLER
FISHER’S INDIAN DATE
(i only brought in 9 people)
(half-hour set)
(told him i can play a few sets if possible)
(IMpossible!)
a few weeks later, i had my own show there
(father’s day 2008)
(with liliana on vocals/guitar + socrates on backbeats)
(i made sure they had brushes for the drums)
(i invited jon to play but he was a no-show)
9PM – 10PM
oh those were the days, weren’t they? playing those dues-paying diarrhea gigs in the middle of the seediest parts of chinatown for your parents and other assorted blasts from the pasts. but it was fun while it lasted…
LOCAL 269
ARLENE’S GROCERY
(95 stanton street)
julia@arlenesgrocery.net
PIANOS
CLUB REHAB
(september 2008)
(i believe that the club has since closed down)
(212)253-2595
(formerly “club midway”)
(originally offered a spot here on 18 november 2008)
(8pm slot)
(40-minute set)
(7:30pm soundcheck)
(via SEG)
(21+)
(20-person guarantee)
($8 tickets)
(first $80 goes to venue)
(then i keep $7 for every subsequent ticket i sell)
(then ticket prices were changed to $10)
(keep $9 per ticket)
(why the change?)
(so the venue will receive $100 per band instead of $80)
(i was sent a ‘contract’ for the show)
THE ANNEX
(*CLOSED*)
“remember the annex!”
(Xiaoting Luo)
xxxxing@gmail.com
(212)673-3410
152 orchard street (near rivington)
New York, NY 10002
15 DECEMBER 2008:
(monday night)
(i booked a show through the venue’s booking agent)
(after seeing socrates perform there with his band earlier in the fall)
(my guitar strap broke)
(riff forgot some parts for the drums)
(ames parents attended the show)
(as did cheryl)
(otherwise it was a thoroughly dismal outing)
NATIONAL UNDERGROUND
(downstairs)
i originally booked an 7 april 2010 national underground show
(7:30pm wednesday night)
(through ‘angela’…another e-mail “booking bot”))
(well that never happened…)
(you just can’t trust these “booking agent” flakes)
so i just ended up walking into the joint and booking the gig myself…
it looked like a nice play to play…
(and the male bartender gave me the e-mail address of the booking agent)
20 july 2010
(tuesday night)
(6:45pm)
(owned by gavin degraw)
159 East Houston Street
New York, NY 10002-1004
take the F or V to 2nd Avenue
{21+ Venue}
www.thenationalunderground.com
(drummers bring cymbals + snare)
(a place where ‘downstairs’ means underground and ‘upstairs’ means ground level)
(across the street from the rockwood music hall)
(another solo acoustic set)
(by this time, i was already performing with the fragnitos)
setlist:
(18 songs)
no other baby
trespassing
baltimore blues
bigtime blues
katerina
cosmic creep
diamonds in the rough
let it charge
missed opportunities
past masters
rocky raccoon
dell dear
timber
to utopia!
like a lion
great white
don juan
virgin
(arrive at national underground by 5pm)
(probably will need to park at a parking garage)
(bring both guitars)
show starts @ 6:45pm
(played until sometime before 7:30pm)
(just electric guitar and voice)
(i went through about 12 songs)
(and my voice felt great tonight)
(only CJ Stenisci says he’ll be there)
(…and he won’t)
(allie mayzel and stef’s cousin christa marie said “maybe”)
(…and they won’t)
(danny coury “works too late” to come)
(same with stein)
(i was hoping that liliana and her boyfriend’s crew frequented the joint)
(but they never showed…)
(used house amp)
(first one didn’t work)
(so i used their other fender amp)
(with a bit of reverb)
(mama was the only person who came to the show)
(she videotaped the show)
(along with the soundman (a nice white dude), a cute blonde bartender, and a couple appreciative stragglers…)
(i was supposed to play ‘downstairs’)
(which was really the ‘underground’)
(but i played ‘upstairs’)
(which was really the ground floor)
(there was no “upstairs”)
PARKSIDE LOUNGE
friday may 21 @ parkside lounge NYC
(317 east houston st / between Ave B and Ave C)
“jenny”
parksideny@aol.com
*doors close @ 9:30pm*
(F train to second avenue stop)
(walk east 3 blocks)
http://www.parksidelounge.net/
21 MAY 2010
(a friday night)
(9:30pm)
drummers required to bring cymbals
either i’ll drive them in for roboray or he’ll have to bring them in himself…
for the facebook event, i got 5 affirmative responses to the invite:
roboray (who was playing the fucking show!)
rain man ranelli
emilia
giamo
eric(a) birmingham
(all but roboray failed to show…)
(along with 32 ‘maybes’)
(all of whom failed to show…)
including:
jessica tuck
kristin savoly
robert mcnamee
i thought roboray would be able to get a couple hot chicks to show…
(most notably christine hauer and amanda lynn best…)
(even though they were under 21 at the time, they were more than hot enough to get into any 21+ club…)
(christine told me this herself…all she needed to do was “get dolled up”…)
LEFTFIELD
CAKE SHOP
FAT BABY
THE DELANCEY
EAST VILLAGE SHOWS
SIDEWALK CAFE
yossarianbeeback@gmail.com
sidewalknyletter@gmail.com
the booking agent is “benjamin krieger”
(http://benkrieger.com/sidewalk/opencal.html)
(aka “ben sidewalker”)
(a musician himself of course)
http://www.google.com/profiles/110939827140583294900
(first performed here as a solo act in january 2010)
(played to an empty room)
(then performed here w/ roboray in ‘february 2012’…)
.
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LIT LOUNGE
(performed here in november 2010)
(with roboray)
(right before i started dating emma)
(and then roboray left some drums here)
(and i had to drive him back to retrieve them after we “performed” at cafe cielo in december)
(212)777-7987
THE BLACK ROSE
http://www.theblackroseny.com/
117 Avenue A
(between 7th + 8th st)
new york NY
(“adam garrison” hosts tuesday night jam sessions)
(december 2015)
(i lost his business card)
(organize “featured artist” tuesday night)
(archibald is the soundman)
29 DECEMBER 2015:
(played a set here from 8pm – 10:30pm)
(then i followed three dumatalianas out of the bar)
(an old folk singer started playing with harmonica)
(i broke 3 guitar strings)
(and my guitar plug wasn’t working)
(so i mic’ed it)
OTTO’S SHRUNKEN HEAD
http://www.ottosshrunkenhead.com/
bookings@ottosshrunkenhead.com
538 East 14th St.
(between avenue A + avenue B)
NYC 10009
212-228-2240
(lee lawless played here with his band in december 2015)
“tiki bar”
(is “tiki barber” a play on “tiki bar”?)
“tiki bar” is any “exotic” bar
(does “exotic” mean “complex”?)
(as in an “exotic derivative”)
“JOE’S PUB”
(attempted to book a show here in december 2011)
(never received a response…)
425 lafayette street
new york, NY
bookings@joespub.com
jpautoreply@publictheater.org
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN SHOWS
“MADISON SQUARE GARDEN”
(located between 7th and 8th avenues from 31st to 33rd street)
(yearly new year’s eve concert @ MSG)
CARNEGIE HALL
“HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM”
311 west 34th street
info@mcstudios.com
THE JAZZ STANDARD
116 east 27th street
New York, NY
info@jazzstandard.com
MARITIME HOTEL
363 west 16th street
new york, NY
events@themaritimehotel.com
BB KINGS
237 west 42nd street
New York, NY
lauren sachs
lauren@bigmachinemedia.com
(venue publicist)
(lee lawless performs there)
CLUB BONAFIDE
212 East 52nd Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10022
(josh told me “53rd + 3rd”)
DESMOND’S TAVERN
433 Park Ave South
New York, NY
(212)685-0901
(212)725-9864
(drop off demo @ the bar)
nocoverbooking@hotmail.com
performed solo show @ desmond’s tavern (with loops pedals) in may 2010
(i played desmond’s tavern three times in 2009)
(as my friend derrick noted, the place seemed ‘cleaner’ this time ’round)
(after the show, i decided to go out with my fans/family/friends. i had driven the yukon in from jersey. i seemed to have the backend of said vehicle illegally parked in a hotel loading zone at some hotel franchise that has just moved in next door to desmond’s tavern. forgive me if i forget the name)
(to make a long story short, i indulged in one too many tequila shots. and when i went back to my yukon and then decided to hit another bar before calling it a night, i inadvertently locked my keys inside car. not a smart move mind you. i only realized i did this after hopping a taxi to the east village and ordering the driver to turn around once i in a panic realized i was without car keys. in this panic, i believe i lost my FLIP camera (featuring footage of the performance earlier that night) for good. the taxi driver was kind enough to inform me of a locksmith located a block away, which of course was closed. so i flagged down an NYPD officer. the chubby white man took pity on me but offered no solution. he advised me to call 911. which i did. and the 911 operator told me he couldn’t help me. so i went to the subway help desk. and he told me to go to duane reade ‘to buy tools’. which of course i did. and the 2 cashiers didn’t know what to tell me)
NYC booking agent “lee sobel” lined us up with the midtown manhattan gig…
(i’ve never actually met the dude)
(we only communicate via e-mail)
(i believe he started out as spam in my inbox)
he’d send me emails that went something like this…
Saturday September 12 : 10, 11PM, 12AM OPEN
Saturday September 26 : 8, 9PM OPEN
Saturday October 3 : TOTALLY OPEN
Saturday October 10 : TOTALLY OPEN
Saturday October 17 : TOTALLY OPEN
Saturday October 24 : TOTALLY OPEN
Saturday October 31 : TOTALLY OPEN
PERFORMANCE 1:
(valentine’s day 2009)
played as duo w/ riff on drums
(ames was a no-show)
i had high hopes for this performance. two hotties (olivia serino + erica henriques) responded affirmatively to the facebook invite (although neither of them showed up…)
all these facebook “false positives”…my god!
(most are no-shows once showtime rolls around…)
now you know why JoGaBot has a decidedly misogynistic streak…
(“me no fan of woman…”)
(“oh, like me!”)
though el madre was always a reliable attendee to the shows (even if there was no one else there…)
cheryl lynn austin (mark’s “cafe orlin” co-worker) and her friend “kate” were in attendance…i felt bad about blowing them off after the show…
for this was the very evening that riff brought along his cornell friend “purba mukerjee”. he drove us all back to his father’s house in watchung that night. purba and i waited until everyone went to sleep and shared a joint on the back porch. things progressed rather smoothly from there. if only i’d had a condom on me…
(here she is in riff’s watchung bedroom…she’s the gal on the right…)
(i never saw her again…)
PERFORMANCE 2:
(5.9.09)
(what can i say? we’re masochists. we enjoy repeatedly performing at long-forgotten filthy irish pubs in midtown manhattan…)
PERFORMANCE 3:
(august 2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N03-k2pCeOE
PERFORMANCE 4:
(may 2010)
a solo performance (using my BOSS RC-50 for loops)…
no video footage exists (as i carelessly left my video camera at the venue)
(i also locked myself out of the car and got punched in the face that night…)
in the summer of 2010, i met a girl named “sara” after performing @ desmond’s tavern in midtown manhattan. though thoroughly blue-eyed, she seemed of russian extraction. she rubbed up against me in just the right way in an extremely crowded “meat market” bar (swarmed with “wall street lite” schlumps). i was already on edge that night. i had my electric guitar strapped to my back, making me even more of a nuisance. the smattering of struggling male artists at the bar must’ve considered me a real “douchebag” for reminding them that they themselves should be “baring their peacock feathers” by carrying around their musical instruments.
i got her phone #. she stopped returning my text messages when i revealed i was “joga”…
i ended up having a hell of a shitty night. i foolishly locked myself out of my car. then i met up with the younger sister at an upper east side bar and ended up getting punched in the face by some meathead who took offense to me dancing with his friend’s girlfriend…
(every summer i end up getting punched in the face. cars also seem to cause me problems every summer. the very next summer, i was arrested for OUI and had my skull fractured from a punch to the face delivered by my younger brother. come to think of it, in most of these episodes, i end up being lured into danger by the younger sister. the OUI bust occurred because i was heading back to the jersey shore for her graduation party. and this facepunch occurred when i followed her out to the upper east side for more meatheads dancing to shitty top 40 music. each summer merely ups the ante!)
in any case, i have a strong attraction to “saras” of all shapes and sizes. beginning with “padua”. in this case, at least i had the good sense to immediately delete her phone #. and without knowing her last name, there’d be no temptation to track her down via the world wide web…
and i haven’t been back to desmond’s tavern since!
CONOLLY’S KLUB 45
(june 2009)
a solo acoustic set
(the rest of the band was already starting to flake…)
.
CAFFE CIELO
debbie hannon first suggested performing @ caffe cielo in summer 2010
(mama and i had visited her husband’s (adopted) parents’ house via waverunner that afternoon @ my urging)
caffecielo@gmail.com
(212)246-9555
i started playing monday night open mics there in fall 2010
(driving in from watchung and parking the car in midtown manhattan)
“pedro”:
i mostly went there to hit on bigtittied bartender taryn chory
(who was also commuting from watchung @ the time)
caffe cielo closes @ 10:30pm / bar @ 11pm
she seemed into the music after my first acoustic set (i played 3 songs)
(of course she’s an aspiring “singer” herself)
(accompanied by the old man house pianist “michael”)
(couldn’t figure out whether he was gay or just creepy…)
got her phone # but she never returned my calls…
the second time i played there she was notably cooler to me…
she was busy flirting with a chubby middle-aged patron…
when i pressed her on the issue, she merely responded: “you don’t know what it’s like to be a woman!”
i was also trying to establish a connection with paul schaffer (the “letterman” host)
he was reputed to regularly frequent the establishment…
one night in november 2010 (another “open mic” night), i played a particularly great set to a packed house…but it was right when paul schaffer stepped out to the bathroom…so he missed it…
i later approached him and attempted to give him a CD…he told me that he doesn’t have any pull when it comes to who gets booked on the letterman show…
i finally booked a show proper with the owner joseph gambuto’s busty young daughter “isabella”…we were set to perform on 12 december 2010…
august 2011:
(“bye bye”)
rachel hasn’t been there in a while
(hit up caffe cielo)
taryn chory (next monday open mic)
(she’s hanging on the beach with isabel gambuto)
i may as well go for what little options i’ve got left…
SPIN NYC
48 E. 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
booked a 9pm show on friday 25 april 2014
(through lee sobel)
(he wants ME to book the 8pm slot)
$10 admission
all ages admitted before 9pm
(after 9pm 21+ with ID)
(all band members must be 21+ with ID)
load in through main entrance 1 hour before showBackline: Pearl Vision series drum kit. Drummers must bring cymbals, snare drum, kick drum pedal, felts, and hi-hat clutch. Ampeg BA 115 Bass Amp. THERE ARE NO HOUSE GUITAR AMPS, but bands are encouraged to communicate pre-show and share amps if they wish. Video projector is available for bands with advance notice. Set Length: Up to 45 mins. Payment: Admission is $10; your band will be paid for anyone attending the show to see your band $5 a head starting with the 16th person, but you must draw at least 25 people to be paid. The door person will ask every attendee the name of the band they are there to see. I am not paid by the club; out of my cut of the door I cover costs like sound, door people, room rental fees, etc.”two week blackout rule”
(do not book any NYC gigs within two weeks of the show)
brendan j. daily is booking agent under lee sobel
(“getitonbooking@gmail.com”)
https://www.facebook.com/GetItOnPresents
(profile of “emily rock”)
emilyrock6969@gmail.comCLUBS WE WORK WITH:NEW YORK CITY: Pianos, Arlene’s Grocery, Lit Lounge, Connolly’s, The Delancey, Desmond’s Tavern, Alphabet Lounge, Spin New YorkBROOKLYN, NY: The Fifth Estate, Branded SaloonWASHINGTON, DC.: Axum LoungeBOSTON, MA: Copperfield’sWORCESTER, MA: Electric HazePHILADELPHIA, PA: Voltage LoungeLOS ANGELES, CA: Five Star Bar
SAN FRANCISCO, CA: 50 Mason Social House, Connecticut Yankee, The KnockoutOAKLAND, CA: Eli’s Mile High ClubSAN DIEGO, CA: The Shakedown BarSEATTLE, WA: Central SaloonDALLAS, TX: Bryan Street Tavern, Curtain Club, The Double WideDENTON, TX: Andy’s BarFORT WORTH: The GrottoARLINGTON, TX: The Chuggin’ MonkHOUSTON, TX: AcadiaCHICAGO, IL: Jerry’s, Debonair Social Club, Elbo RoomMINNEAPOLIS, MN: Red Sea, Crooked Pint, Lee’s Liquor LoungeCLEVELAND, OH: 21 LoungeCOLUMBUS, OH: Rumba Cafe, Bernie’s Distillery, Bossy Grrl’s Pinup JointCINCINNATI, OH: Mad Frog, Stanley’s PubRALEIGH, NC: The MaywoodCHAPEL HILL, NC: The LibraryLOUISVILLE, KY: Gerstle’s Place
SANCTUARY HOTEL
RODEO BAR
UPPER EAST SIDE SHOWS
THE UNDERSCORE
“underscore / bar east”
www.bareast.com
booked through angelabookings@live.com
(she must’ve found me through the myspace page)
3 july 2010
(saturday night)
(8pm)
(hadn’t played here since mischief night 2009)
(back then it was a saturday night solo trip)
(even the fans forgot to show)
(i was left with an overappreciative plain jane barmaid to carry my belongings back to the parking garage)
(word to the wise: the upper east side is no place to launch a music career)
(played this place 3 times before this)
(kicked off year 2009 here in fact)
(back when it was called ‘the underscore’)
(i don’t think you can quite call it a bar)
1733 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10128-5102
(between 89th & 90th, below Bar East)
Hey there,
Thanks for taking an interest in booking a show with us! We are currently booking for Bar East and would love to have you! Our last minute opening is on Saturday, June 1 and all of the dates and details are below (so please make sure to scroll all the way down this email and check them out). We book all genres except for hip hop and hardcore, and you can perform originals, covers, or both. If you’d like to book a show, please send me the following info:
Artist/Band Name:
Venue:
Date/Time you would like to book:
Number and type of instruments you will use for the show:
Number:
Email:
Website Link/ Myspace Link:
Area in which you are based (Manhattan, Jersey, etc):
Expected fan turnout:
Thank you and please scroll down and review the show info!
Julie
**************SHOW DETAILS**************
************PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING- VERY IMPORTANT************
All artists are screened and booked based on quality and on how many people they can draw to the show. Our venues do not have a built-in crowd, so it is extremely important that you can bring a following of 6+ people. If you cannot meet the draw requirements, please do not book a show.
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DATE LIST:
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Bar East (www.bareast.com)
June 1 at 7pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm
June 8 at 7pm, 930pm, 10pm, 11pm
June 13 at 10pm, 11pm
June 20 at 7pm, 10pm, 11pm
June 22 at 8pm, 10pm
June 29 at 7pm, 830pm
July 6 at 7pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm
July 13 at 7pm, 8pm, 10pm, 11pm
July 18 at 7pm, 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm
July 20 at 7pm, 8pm, 10pm, 11pm
July 27 at 7pm, 8pm
August 1 at 7pm, 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm
August 3 at 7pm, 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm
August 10 at 7pm, 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm
August 17 at 7pm, 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm
August 22 at 7pm, 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm
August 24 at 7pm, 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm
August 31 at 7pm, 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm
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VENUE INFORMATION:
Bar East (Basement Level)
Capacity: 175
Stage Dimensions: 13×13
Parking: Right outside the venue, but not always available
Merchandise: Feel free to sell merchandise at this venue
PARKING: There is parking right outside the venue, but it is not always available. Parking garages can be found nearby: (http://www.parkme.com/map?gclid=COaYp7K017UCFVGf4AodYjEArA#89th%20st%20and%201st%20ave,%20ny)
AGE RULES FOR BAR EAST: {21+ Venue/ band members can be underage/ underage guests may attend only if accompanied by a parental guardian who is 35+ years of age/ stray underage guests will be turned away at the door}
SET TIMES: Set times are a default of 30 minutes and longer sets (up to 45 minutes) will be provided upon request. Please arrive to the venue at least 30 minute prior to your scheduled set time.
DOOR DEAL AT BAR EAST: The cover is $10. The door keeps the first 15 covers. The performer keeps 90% of all covers collected from their individual audience after the first 15.
DRINK MINIMUM AT BAR EAST (SATURDAYS ONLY): There is a two drink minimum per guest on Saturday nights only; drink tickets will be sold at the door for 5 dollars each (totaling to 10 dollars), and are good for well drinks, beers, and the like. You can emphasize to your fans that they are getting drinks at a discounted price, compared to typical Manhattan prices. Also just to be clear, this applies to Saturdays only, and there is no drink minimum on Thursday nights.
CANCELLATION POLICY: All nights are subject to cancellation – it is a rare occurrence, but it can happen if unforeseen circumstances come up
CONFIRMATION POLICY: You are not confirmed for a show unless you receive a clear confirmation letter from your booker (so if you submit for a show booking and do not hear back, you are not confirmed for the show)
BAR EAST BACKLINE / DRINK SPECIALS:
**$1 off all drinks for band members, one drink served at a time.**
Equipment provided by Bar East includes:
1. Full drum kit – minus cymbals, snare drum, felts, and wing nuts, which you’ll need to bring yourself.
2. ALL bass players MUST use House Bass Amp
3. State of the art sound system, including 3 vocal mics, 3 instrument mics, and monitors – bring more; mics for horns, etc.
4. Electric guitar players must bring their own guitar amps
5. No amp required for Keyboards or acoustic guitar.
6. Load in is anytime after 630pm and the sound man will do a quick line check before your show.
If you have any tech questions about the equipment or sound, please call the sound the sound
guy, Craig at 347.728.0896.
HOW TO PROMOTE THE SHOW: Show promotion is a great way to remind your fans that you are out there rocking the world! Some easy and effective ways to promote your show are the following:
* texting/calling everyone you know and inviting them 1-2 weeks in advance
*making a facebook event invite and inviting all of your friends + sending a show reminder to all attendees the day prior
*inviting people you run into all throughout the week before the show
*sending out a mass email invite
*creating an electronic flyer to advertise for the event.
*for bands: if each person in the band commits to drawing at least 2 close friends, then you have met the draw requirements collectively without anyone having to try extremely hard
(3 january 2009)
jogabot performed as a power trio
(ames on bass / riff on drums)
(march 2009)
he played a show @ the underscore with riff on august 1 2009. they were accompanied by dyke van larnald. ames flaked out on the gig. they picked up riff at the denicholas home. it was that night he met barnet. she was a high school friend of alison boylan, who was a friend of riff. she and his brother had apparently worked on some science project together. he didn’t notice her rack at first (she didn’t wear very revealing clothing), but he was attracted to her from the very beginning. so he got her cell # before she left. she seemed confused. bob raymar and aliza olive were also on hand. he also picked up ashley mount’s number as she manned the door. after the show, larnald and joga met up with ash n and her vampire friend at a nearby bar.
(so i got my jewish support system…)
played a solo show @ the underscore on mischief night (–> halloween) 2009
(it was a midnight set and there was nobody there except the other bands and a plain jane bartender…)
(who took pity on me and helped me carry my equipment to the car…parked in a garage a few blocks from the club…)
the middle-aged bassist from the prior set even had the audacity to come up and play bass on one of my songs…
(without drums, bass sounds absolutely awful)
(especially when you’re unfamiliar with the song)
(the guy looked like a hispanic steve perry)
(he probably just took pity on me…)
come to think of it, there were several cute bartenders that worked @ the underscore
i have not played @ the “underscore” since
(and i don’t plan on ever playing there again!)
BROOKLYN SHOWS
VOX POP CAFE
in december 2009, jogabot played a show @ brooklyn’s “vox pop cafe”
SANTOS ANNE
366 Union Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 486-6979
(heard about the club via joshua wacaster)
JALOPY THEATER
RAKIT CLUB
(bushwick arts community)
338 Moffat St
Brooklyn, NY 11237
Unit L
(three blocks walk from the L train’s Wilson stop)
(646)341-0975
(deena spaner suggested i attend the monday night jam session)
(8 – 10)
8 NOVEMBER 2015:
(asked micha when the next rakit club session was)
(“soon”!)
(but she didn’t tell me when)
20 JULY 2015:
(i sang at the rakit club)
(i met a drummer)
(i was with lorna)
(micha told me that they wouldn’t be having the rakit club next week)
SPIKE HILL
29 OCTOBER 2008
(9:40pm)
(no cover)
(bring 15-20 people to the show)
(wednesday night)
(a followup gig to the public assembly show)
(i met molly clifton)
(bergblum + AI in attendance)
(along with cheryl / jude + laura lark)
(we played at club rehab the night before)
(and i was again suffering from extreme insomnia)
(smoked a joint before catching the subway)
(and the show came off well)
184 + 186 bedford avenue
(williamsburg)
(L train to bedfor avenue stop)
booking@spikehill.com
(718)218-9737
(an “irish pub” with a separate room for live music)
(opened in early 2008)
(MAY 2014:)
(performed with roboray on drums)
PUBLIC ASSEMBLY
DECEMBER 2009
(26 december 2009:)
NOVEMBER 2008
(show organized by socrates cruz)
(18 november 2008)
(tuesday night)
$150 house fee
(split between 5 bands)
($30 each)
($10 cover charge)
(80% to bands / 20% to house)
(at first i thought i was playing club rehab that night)
(but then the show got cancelled and i was able to perform)
(we were the last act)
(didn’t get onstage til past midnight)
(when most of the crowd had already left)
(go figure)
SEPTEMBER 2008
(he changed the date of public assembly show to 30 september 2008)
(tuesday night)
(9pm)
(williamsburg venue)
booking@publicassemblynyc.com
christinabouza@gmail.com
Cubana Social // Public Assembly
70 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718.782.3334
(take L train to bedford avenue)
(718)384-4586
(21+)
BACK ROOM:
Console
1. SoundCraft Spirit 8 32/8
PA
1. 2 1″ horns
2. 2 12″ Eminence Mids
3. 4 18″ Eminence Woofers
4. 2 18″ JBL Woofers
5. 4 Double 15″ Yorkville’s w/ 4 2″ horns
Power Amps
1. 3 QSC RMX 2450
2. 1 Berhinger 1400
3. 1 QSC 1500
4. 1 QSC PLX 1202
5. 1 QSC RMX 1450
Outboard and Driverack
1. DBX 1046 Quad Compressor
2. 2 DBX 231 Graphic EQ’s
3. Berhinger Driverack
Mics and DI’s
1. 4 Shure SM58’s
2. 4 Shure SM57’s
3. 1 Audix D6
4. Audix f10
5. Audix f12
6. 2 Passive DI’s
7. 4 Berhinger Active DI’s
Monitors
1. 1 JBL Eon (self-powered)
2. 2 EV 115’s as sidefills
DJ
1. 1 Technics SP 1200 turntable
2. 1 Neumark Turntable
3. 1 Berhinger mixer
Backline
1. 1 Yamaha drumkit (drummers should bring felt washers, high hat clutch and cymbals)
2. 1 4×10 Bass cabinet 1000 watts @ 4ohms
3. 1 2×12 Guitar Cabinet Vintage 30’s closed back 120 watts @ 8ohms
Lighting
– 8 channels NSI dimmer packs 1200watts a channel
– 4 Par 64 (500 watt)
– 4 Strand Lekolite (500 watt)
– 2 10″ fresnel (1K watt)
Projector
– Epson Powerlite S1+
jaclyn (of SEG) told me that they were hosting a “talent show” at public assembly on 1 october 2008. $8 tickets. profit of first 12 tickets goes to the venue. then you keep 50% of the remaining ticket sales. SEG was offering free promotion for the event. they give each artist 500 promo flyers and the SEG street team delivers more promotional material around the venue in the days leading up to the show. SEG works closely with a PR firm called “absolute pitch” that will send representation to the show. the band that sells the most tickets will get a complimentary meeting with the firm after the event.
(then this # was changed to ‘400 flyers’)
SEPTEMBER 2008:
i lined up the gig after posting my music to “sonicbids”
(i called in sick to work that day because i was struck with severe insomnia)
(and nardilla never showed up)
played to a pretty empty room:
cheryl
michael anthony
AI
fisher
“LUNA LOUNGE”
played an open mic @ this brooklyn venue in fall 2007
(to no avail)
(now closed)
GARFIELDS
(PARK SLOPE)
in early 2011, i started playing shows @ “garfield’s”
(hosted by “poison ivy mgmt”)
DEATH BY AUDIO
http://myspace.com/deathbyaudioshows
49 south 2nd street
williamsburg, NY
entertainment4every1@gmail.com
ISSUE PROJECT ROOM
22 Boerum Place, Ground floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-330-0313
lawrencekumpf@gmail.com
MARKET HOTEL
http://myspace.com/markethotelnyc
themarkethotel@gmail.com
brooklyn NJ
PARIS / LONDON / WEST NILE
http://shinkoyo.com/parislondon
285 Kent Ave #2
Brooklyn NY 11211
zeljko mcmullen
plnywn@gmail.com
SILENT BARN
http://myspace.com/thesilentbarn
silentbarn@gmail.com
915 Wyckoff Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
“the resistants”
http://myspace.com/theresistantsbklyn
theresistantsbklyn@gmail.com
SHEA STADIUM
http://myspace.com/sheastadiumbk
sheastadiumbk@gmail.com
“nora garcia”
(aka “nora dabdoub”)
noradab@gmail.com
20 Meadow St.
Brooklyn, NY, 11206
STARR SPACE
starrspace88@gmail.com
108-110 Starr Street
Brooklyn, NY 11237
(currently not accepting proposals)
FRONT ROOM
147 roebling street
williamsburg, brooklyn
“boy racer”
boyracerxxx@gmail.com
LAKE JOHNSON
http://myspace.com/lakejohnson
“THE GLASS DOOR”
http://myspace.com/theglassdoorbk
SLEEP WHEN DEAD NYC
CASTLE OSCAR CATSYLVANIA
http://myspace.com/oscarcastle
ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE
http://myspace.com/rsassistance
JUNGLE SPACE
http://myspace.com/junglespaceny
DEAD HERRING
http://myspace.com/deadherringhouse
“BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC”
info@bam.org
“KNITTING FACTORY”
361 metropolitan avenue
BAR MATCHLESS
(greenpoint)
TRASH BAR
(CLOSED)
256 Grand St
Brooklyn, NY 11211
b/t Driggs Ave & Roebling St
Williamsburg – South Side
(SEG offered my group a spot @ trash bar on 9 october 2008)
(a thursday night)
(21+)
(20-person guarantee)
(midnight show)
($6 tickets)
(first $60 goes to venue)
(then i keep $5 for every ticket i sell)
(then she reneged and told me that the date was no longer available)
BARBES
PETE’S CANDY STORE
THE LIVING ROOM
UNION POOL
UNION HALL
BELL HOUSE
by october 2009, “jogabot” was on its last legs…
(ames provided me with a list of brooklyn hipster venues)
i’ve got a word or two for all these hipper-than-thou brooklyn nightspots. lemme letya in on a little secret. they are all managed by goofballs who pine for the days of hardcore punk rock. how about instead of making burgeoning bands bring their entire backstories to each and every gig, try attracting some clientele to your establishment so that the brand new bands can actually build a fanbase? because as a bandleader myself, how i hate the task of dredging up anyone and everyone from my past just to see me cringe-inducingly express myself under the white-hot spotlight. only to have a fast-aging femihipsters criticize my outift! how’s that for hell? talk about eternal recurrence!
i sincerely believe that hipster brooklyn is the final refuge of those underappreciated cute girls from high school who were never really given a chance to shine. well lemme letya in on another little secret. there’s a REASON they weren’t given that chance. and it’s all my fault actually.
now i hear they’ll fina ya for putting out flyers! what kinda hipster totalitarian regime is this? and how exactly can one infiltrate it without getting hurt? (emotionally or otherwise)
QUEENS SHOWS
BLACKTHORN 51
80-12 51st avenue
elmhurst, NY 11373
(off queens boulevard)
take R train to Grand Avenue station. Walk west on Queens Blvd.
take Q60 bus to 51st Ave. On south side next to Nevada Diner.
Take the Q59 from Brooklyn to Grand Ave & Haspel St. Walk North on Grand, make left on Van Kleeck St to Queens Blvd, make left and pass Nevada Diner.Take Q60 bus to 51st Ave. On south side next to Nevada Diner.
drummers must bring:
snare
hardware
cymbal stands
hi-hat stand
bass pedal
throne
(at least they have a guitar amp)
(shows booked by nicki camp)
(requires minimum of 20 tickets sold before the show)
(doors open @ 7pm)
call kevin scondotto to confirm:
(347)798-3914
castlelifer1@aol.com
40-minute set
$10 for 21+ / $15 for 18+
22 MAY 2015:
(FRIDAY NIGHT)
booked a show with arv
(you need to get into NYC to pick up tickets at blackthorn 51)
(sell 20 tickets for $13)
(find out link for online sales)
(find out the cut we make)
(opening for sean danielson of “smile empty soul”)
(born 1982)
(“post-grunge” / “alternative metal”)
31 MAY 2014:
(saturday night)
11:15pm
slot available on may 30 (friday night)
(opening for judas priestess)
i should’ve promoted the show better…
roboray had better bring friends…
(or at least his siblings)
i wonder if cheryl lynn will show…
(i know the old man and emilia would never come see a show)
AI said “maybe”
michael anthony will be there
(he’d better bring friends)
nick crowley will be there
(he’d better bring friends)
(and his girlfriend should bring friends)
(or is she pissed that i defriended her?)
we took the stage sometime after 11:30pm…way too late…i should’ve taken the 8pm slot…
setlist:
helter skelter
take me to the river
born on the bayou
hannah montana
timber
roadhouse blues
hell hath no fury
oh! darling
zero
my voice was not in top form…my guitar kept going out of tune…gotta get that fixed…and my tuner AGAIN disappeared right before we were to take the stage…cheryl captured the set but left after 20 minutes…so the latter half was relegated to a junk shot on the side of the stage…oh well…
nick brought his girlfriend and 4 friends
(one of them an attractive young indian girl)
(and three generic dudes)
(they had to leave before our set ended because they had to catch the train back to jersey)
i thought the set was solid…but both cheryl + michael anthony said i was “tipsy” and it wasn’t a good show…roboray and i had been drinking bud lights during the day…and nick bought me a gin + tonic before the show…and i asked cheryl + michael anthony for a beer before i hit the stage (they refused)…i was too broke to afford booze myself…i could only chain smoke…
slot available on june 12 (thursday night)
(opening for “tracii guns”)
(a proto-slash)
GOVERNOR’S ISLAND SHOWS
FIGMENT
*WEBSITE*
*PICS*
13 JUNE 2010:
then i performed a solo “show” @ the 3-day FIGMENT concert series on governor’s island…
(june 11 – 13)
(friday – sunday
(i believe i performed on the sunday)
JC Cassis lined me up with the gig…
i wasn’t selected for the “main stage”…
“when you get off the ferry, either from Brooklyn or Manhattan, walk to the right around the perimeter of the island and you will come to a long, straight road that leads right down to the Point Stage. It’s probably about a 30 minute walk, perhaps a bit longer if you’re carrying equipment, so please allow time for that. Ferries leave every 30 mins from Manhattan and continuously from Brooklyn, and the ride itself is about 5 minutes, but PLEASE NOTE you should show up way early for ferries in case there are huge lines to get on them, which there probably will be…”
13 june 2010
(sunday 11am – 6pm)
governor’s island
FIGMENT
(to learn more visit http://figmentproject.org)
(joga features on the Picnic Point Stage/Point Stage/Pop Music stage @ 1pm)
(also featuring JC Cassis)
(next year we’ll be on bigger and better stages i tellya!)
arrived @ governor’s island by 11:30am and got to the “stage” (i was actually just playing in the middle of the park) by 1:30pm…i even brought my own extension cord…and in case of rain, i brought a tarp (luckily it didn’t end up raining that day)…
(check in @ figment headquarters building 110)
this is located just to the right when you get off the ferry from Manhattan. After you check in, make your way to the Picnic Point Stage/Point Stage/Pop Music Stage. It may be referred to as any one of those three names…
i used matty manning fender g-dec loop amp (and guitar chord)
(along with my own microphone + mic stand)
i wasn’t feeling particularly healthy that day…
i didn’t gain much from playing this gig…
LONG ISLAND CITY SHOWS
FLUX FACTORY
shalin scupham
shalin.scupham@gmail.com
39-31 29th St
Long Island City, NY 11101
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*27 OCTOBER 2008* –>
sent shalin an email asking to play @ “the end of the end of the end of the end” show on thursday 30 october 2008
(ames told me about it?)
(no response)
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