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kooking forward to this one most out of all gigs on the tour as its been a couple of years since Ive had a hometown gig.... though any association to Girl Said No is purely circumstantial, Baxter definitly doesnt resemble GSN!! Anyway looking forward to seeing some old faces on the night MySpace.com - BAXTER - London, UK - Indie / Rock / Post punk - www.myspace.com/baxteruk

Baxter will be hitting Aberdeen as part of their 'Call Off The Search' tour on Saturday 12th April. The band have been hailed as 'the new kings of the underground' in London by the NME and have recently been shortlisted as 'Best Indie Band Uk' at this years Indy Awards and are currently attracting a lot of interest in London and headlining venues as diverse as the iconic Astoria and the Marquee to celebrity hang outs such Chinawhites and Punk. The band features ex Aberdeen fellow and former guitarist from Girl Said No .... but anyone that remembers that name can rest assured this is not cheesy girl fronted pop! Check out www.myspace.com/baxteruk or www.baxteruk.com and get own to the gig and get involved. Look forward to seeing you there.

sorry no offence just a personal opinion, i just dont have time for cover bands and i suppose i have never had any experience of doing a residency so i am probably not totally clued up... house band just makes me think of the dave letterman show for some reason! I still stand by the point that band benefit more playin to people than to no one. i reckon any local based band could get a good sized crowd once a month even if they were only forcing there mates to come along. as we were talking about promotion i just think that with that in mind the venues benefit from bigger crowds as do the bands as if the bands make the bar money they will get better money next time as well as better gigs on better nights. regards promoters they are only as good as the bands they put on. if they get the right touring band they will get the crowd. I think it is more about the line ups than the promotion, i am sure all venues have there top bands that they know will work hard and pull a crowd hence they get the best support slots over and over again. i guess the real skill is putting on the right bands together to ensure that the fanbase of each band cross polenates each other ensuring that lesser supported bands grow there fan base to make them a better asset to the venue. in this way promoters and bookers probably do a lot of good work for bands in terms of exposing them to a potential fanbase that will be warm and receptive to their sound. i also take on Grame C point about lemon tree crowds which is exactly what i was saying it is about finding the venue that people will come to see you in

as i am leaving these shores for the gold lined streets of london town i thought i would give me 10p worth on this subject so here goes... there are some great points there and in a perfect world everyone would help each other and the music scene would be better though i think every venue owner would admit that their profits were more important than the strength of the scene which is right and the only way to support a business. as a former nightclub/ bar manager who booked a lot of acts (though back in the day it was over price/ arsehole /pilled up djs and cheesy soap stars) i know that these were extras from a predetermined budget but at the end of the day what mattered was numbers through the door and the GP on drinks that I was focusing on. If the acts or bands werent making money or adding to the profits then they were the first to go regardless of any idealogical thinking regarding creating ' a scene'. as i say there have been some good points but maybe a couple of things i have come across which i thought were worth mentioning. 1. (and this is my biggest gripe) too many bands play far too many gigs in a short period of time within aberdeen. i wont mention names but some bands seem to think they are hard working and when they play 3+ gigs in aberdeen n the space of a month. total waste of time for the bands and also to the venues. all venues should have it as a rule that bands cant arrange any other local gigs within a minumum of a month either side of their gig at a venue. this means that the band wil pull a bigger crowd, meaning the band wil have a better gig and the venue will get a better return.... not rocket science 2. bands should stop moaning about how the promoters dont help and how hard it is to put up posters and how it costs too much and how everyone is out to screw them and how other bands hace it easier because they are friends with so and so ...etc. the fact is if you put in the work you get a bigger following, you get bigger gigs, you start getting noticed and you start making money. due to the amount of venues and the regularity of gigs in aberdeen nowadays it is too easy for bands to get gigs and maybe there is a bit of complacency from some (generalising here so no offence meant). a lot of people didnt like the way i promoted my old band but the fact was that we worked hard to make sure we got noticed and to make sure we sold out our headline gigs. this meant we got to the stage where we got better deals from venues as well as decent gigs and thus made decent money. there is no substitute for hard work when it comes to promoting your band regardless of how good you are and it should be the bands responsibility to make sure their gigs are sold out not the venues . im sure any promoter or vene booker wil agree that they will pay a band more and offer more support to the bands that dont moan or make excuses but that actually make the effort and get the tickets sold regards this site it is an excellent tool for finding out about things, i never really appreciated until a friend came over to stay with me. he is well into all the heavier stuff and found this site and the people who use it really helpful in finding out where to go, meeting people, discussing music, finding out about local bands and when they were playing. As i have no interest in the hardercore/metal scene this was the only place i could direct him so it certainly does serve a purpose. i suppose the only negative about it is that regardless of what band s name is mentioned you can guarantee by the end of the thread at least one person will have something shitty to say about them.... but i guess thats aberdeen for you. anyway thats my 10p worth though will say that in the 8 or so years i have been in aberdeen there are definitely a lot more bands with the potential to achieve something great

we played the AECC a few months ago as part of the Live 8 thing you may be right about the photo in retrospect not our greatest moment and i will get the spellcheck sorted! Regards your opinion on our music fair enough. the fact that there was 20 bands on the cd highlights the diversity of the scene, i dont think you will ever find us on stage with a lot of the bands on the cd but it is still a pretty decent collection of bands and hopefully it will get people into other bands on the cd who they may not have been exposed to before. Stand out tracks for me were definitely Eddison and Hot Mangu's tracks and although our recording is pretty live and not our best recording we are pretty happy with being one of the bands highlighted in The Daily Record review. on another note cheers to everyone who bought tickets for our gig at the lemon tree on friday making it another sell out, get there early and catch The Front and Redd Up who are both quality

just got email from nemis and seen that there is a musicians union roadshow at the lemon tree tonight, been to one before and it was really useful, have attached the advert below - The Musicians Union hosts a series of four informal free-to-attend evening roadshows and networking events around Scotland later this month (September). Visiting Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Inverness and Ayr the events will kick off at 7pm feature informal presentations from the Musicians Unions Dave Arcari, Stuart Fleming of the Performing Right Society (PRS) and Duncan McCrone from the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS). The presentations will give an outline of the services provided by these key music industry organisations and how they can help artists and businesses wanting to get a good start in the music business. There will be plenty opportunity to ask questions and the chance to hang around for a beer and a chat. Both members and non-members of the organisations are welcome at the events which are aimed at anyone interested or starting out in the music business whether a performer, writer or providing a music-related service. No pre-registration is necessary and entry is free just turn up at 7pm at any of the following events: Monday 19 September Cabaret Voltaire, Blair Street, Edinburgh Tuesday 20 September The Lemon Tree, West North Street, Aberdeen Wednesday 21 September Hootananny (upstairs), Church Street, Inverness Thursday 22 September The Market Inn (upstairs), Castlehill Road, Ayr For further info contact Dave Arcari at the Musicians Union on 0141 248 3723

we just recorded at floortom out in Clola by peterhead. Steve curtis is a brilliant producer who had a lot of input into our stuff and was excellent for string arrangements etc as well as having an excellent bank of effects and samples. also he is a drummer himself and gets a tremendous drum sound which is often the problem when you record at local studios. check out his website - www.floortom.com should mention that if it is metal / heavier music probably not the place for you but if you are recording more commercial music it is definitely quality