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[daveofficer]

Originally Posted by incredibledisc

I was gonna bring this up but it seems you beat me to it - surely the key to this is networking. Isn't this how punk groups in the US have been doing it for years? If your band wants to become known outside of Aberdeen then arranging gigs with likeminded souls in places like Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth etc is the way to go. The added bonus is you can then reciprocate and bring bands from outside the local scene up here - everyone's a winner baby!

Just my two cents

yea that's how bands all over the world have been doing it for years, not just US punk bands. it's still a winning plan though, there actually is no bad thing about gig swapping(unless the band your swapping with are crap at arranging gigs).

incidentally i went to a similar gig about 8 years ago in glasgow with Lift, Pheno and Maple. they hired a bus and we all trooped down to glasgow and it felt pretty busy in king tuts. everything was going smoothly until C from maple said "hands up if you're from glasgow!"

i think there was about two people there from glasgow.

[kallan]

Originally Posted by stuartmaxwell

utter garbage

for more info on what glasgow is getting like, see london. you struggle like fuck to get a good crowd in london and most big touring bands will struggle to get a decent pay at the end of the night, never mind some pap local bands from aberdeen that nobody has heard of

one way round this would be to have explicit mutual arrangements with bands in other cities, say in scotland first of all.

1. form a collective with them (use myspace to organise it).
2. invite them to play in aberdeen, with local bands supporting
3. in return play in their city, supporting them.

if this was tried a few times we would soon know whether it would work, and was building something that would last, or if it was failing in practice.

easy (on paper at least).

[RockAustin]

Originally Posted by kallan

one way round this would be to have explicit mutual arrangements with bands in other cities, say in scotland first of all.

1. form a collective with them (use myspace to organise it).
2. invite them to play in aberdeen, with local bands supporting
3. in return play in their city, supporting them.

if this was tried a few times we would soon know whether it would work, and was building something that would last, or if it was failing in practice.

easy (on paper at least).

We have only managed to get one band up from Glasgow purely because we had control over that gig. Now they are organising a gig for us in Glasgow and have become decent mates with them. We will go down and be able to take advantage of their fan base as well as our own Glasgow fans (we do have some!). It could create more of a community spirit to intercity music rather than as individual places. Need to make it a lot easier for out of town bands to play in Aberdeen.

I would definately go and watch a Glasgow Invasion night in Aberdeen.

[daveofficer]

Originally Posted by kallan

one way round this would be to have explicit mutual arrangements with bands in other cities, say in scotland first of all.

1. form a collective with them (use myspace to organise it).
2. invite them to play in aberdeen, with local bands supporting
3. in return play in their city, supporting them.

if this was tried a few times we would soon know whether it would work, and was building something that would last, or if it was failing in practice.

easy (on paper at least).

it does work, it's called gig swaps and bands have been doing it for years all over the world. why do people keep introducing this as a new concept in this thread?

[Spoonie]

playing gigs in glasgow and meeting bands has shown me that there's a real intrest in playing in aberdeen. i'm asked at every single gig whether i could hook someone up with a gig up there and i always say no problem and point them in this direction or give them my phone number. based on that alone, gig swapping should be really simple if you have a desire to get out of the city.

/x

[RockAustin]

Would you come and watch a bunch of quality Glasgow bands playing in Drummonds on a Friday night?

[kallan]

Originally Posted by daveofficer

it does work, it's called gig swaps and bands have been doing it for years all over the world. why do people keep introducing this as a new concept in this thread?

because its a very active thread and updates are going on all the time. and who cares if its new or old, it just needs to be done to see if it will work now, this year, in scotland.

[daveofficer]

Originally Posted by kallan

because its a very active thread and updates are going on all the time. and who cares if its new or old, it just needs to be done to see if it will work now, this year, in scotland.

i wasn't having ago. however you're saying this thread is moving so lightning fast that you missed similar posts to yours from 4 days previous? ok.

and it will work now. it works all the time, gig swaps happen all over scotland every week. it's a tried and tested strategy for any band to use. it's a great way for bands to play to new people and to meet likeminded bands.

it's pretty easy to arrange as well, go onto http://www.jockrock.org and say you're looking for a gig swap in glasgow/edinburgh/dundee/perth etc or go onto specific bands web pages. you could also get in touch with venues and ask them if they know any bands looking for gig swaps or if they could put you in touch with any to ask.

it's not rocket science, you've just got to be motivated. like i said in an earlier post the only drawback is if you gig swap with a band who can't organise a gig to save their lives but that's probably the only risk.

[kallan]

yeah fair point. i didnt check the thread properly before posting the first time, then when i looked again there were suddenly loads of replies - so i figured it was suprisingly fast moving...

ill check out jockrock. cheers for pointing it out.

Originally Posted by daveofficer

i wasn't having ago. however you're saying this thread is moving so lightning fast that you missed similar posts to yours from 4 days previous? ok.

and it will work now. it works all the time, gig swaps happen all over scotland every week. it's a tried and tested strategy for any band to use. it's a great way for bands to play to new people and to meet likeminded bands.

it's pretty easy to arrange as well, go onto http://www.jockrock.org and say you're looking for a gig swap in glasgow/edinburgh/dundee/perth etc or go onto specific bands web pages. you could also get in touch with venues and ask them if they know any bands looking for gig swaps or if they could put you in touch with any to ask.

it's not rocket science, you've just got to be motivated. like i said in an earlier post the only drawback is if you gig swap with a band who can't organise a gig to save their lives but that's probably the only risk.