ARATSTJ Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Playin a gig at a local hotel. Having a problem with the management tho. Anyone care to offer sage advice? They won't let us put up our sign out the front saying we are here tonight! Name of the band? Free Beer! Sign?. "Free Beer here tonight!" I would venture it is NOT false advertising! [biggrin] Cheers (P.s. yes - we are on a percentage of the door takings)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenKen Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Look at it from their side. They have a business (the Hotel) that they have invested time and money to develop. What do you think will happen if you were to put up the Free Beer sign? What kind of clientele to you expect to attract? Do some research. What is the history of events of this nature? Your best bet is to seek a compromise and see if you can get your band's name posted. Give up the idea of the Free Beer sign. And if you are giving away free beer, watch yer gear by the end of the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 What Ken said. Additionally, you guys should try to come up with a better name; "Free Beer" is one of those band names that somebody ALWAYS suggests when a group is trying to decide on one, kind of like "Van Zeppelin" or "Led Halen." Everyone has a chuckle then moves on to other ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenKen Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Doh, I didn't get the band name joke. But my comments still stand. Funny story. Back in the early 70's a group I was in wanted to re-tool, play hipper music and come up with a clever name. One of the guys, probably in a drug induced haze, suggested we call the band Sh?t (replace the ? with i). He said "then when people come in the club and say, they sound like Sh?t, our buddies could say, "yep, that's them". We fired him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 The name is shooting you in the foot....change it to the barenaked ladies....hey, it worked for them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Sage advice? Change your name. It's cute but it's deceptive. I wouldn't let you put a "Free Beer" sign in front of my establishment. Insights and incites by Notes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjl200 Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Sage advice? Change your name. It's cute but it's deceptive. I wouldn't let you put a "Free Beer" sign in front of my establishment. Insights and incites by Notes ? This site is the greatest... WOW thanks for the links' date=' Notes_Norton! I asked a question about "backing tracks" in the 'recording room' on this forum and received some advice. Helpful but I needed the "Making Backing Tracks for Dummies " version. BUT having just read your Norton music site about how you make tracks has provided that "eureka" moment for me. I noticed your article on backing tracks was written in 2007 do you have any advice as to current available BIAB versions and midi sequencers ? What about dedicated laptops? any current recommendations? I'm starting from scratch. Thanks Notes_Norton PS didn't mean to hijack this "free beer" thread. Notes_Norton you could respond to my queries in the Recording Room of this Forum. Thanks again. Recording room "backing Tracks" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Sexual Cliche is available again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Perhaps if the sign CLEARLY indicates it is a band and not a promotion? "LIVE TONIGHT at "Insert Name of Bar" - FREE BEER- onstage at 9 PM." or whatever and see if the manager will go for it. Or change the name.... which is the best idea. It will be more trouble than it's worth, I think. Besides, it is likely taken by the morning radio duo "Free Beer & Hotwingz", anyway. Other band names that might create a similar issue: Closed For Remodeling Condemned For Health Code Violations Home For The Criminally Insane Band names you might consider, that would likely solve your problem and allow you to keep the name despite all the excellent advice to the contrary: Fri Bier Friebier Free Bier Freebere Fre Ber Oh, and for the record, AXE® is the only one I know qualified to give "Sage" advice.... get it?? Sage advice?? /chuckle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Its a put on. He ain't even in a band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Its a put on. He ain't even in a band. In that case, I regret removing the section of my post where I accused him of doing bong hits and eating cheeseburgers while naming the band..... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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