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How to book the acoustic music series at the Ugly Mug

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

In today's high-tech music market, sometimes you just can't trust what you hear. Consider the ease with which artists can produce their own tracks bursting

Tips on how to book a show at Don Quixote's International Music Hall

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

Don Quixote's booker Tom Miller has been booking shows in Santa Cruz for more than 30 years, so when he tells you how to jump, you say how

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

Tips on how to book a show at the Blue Lagoon

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

In a world where e-mails go unanswered and phone calls never get returned, local bands can find a kindred spirit in Blue Lagoon booker Cory Atkinson. Coming up

Festival del Sole ~ Napa Valley 2010

July 16 - 25, 2010

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Tips on how to book a show at Henflings Roadhouse Tavern

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

The term "roadhouse" is said to date back to the mid-1800s. One history of the term originates from the gold rush. As travelers

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

If I could summarize exactly how to sell out every show in Santa Cruz, I would be writing this blog from my yacht in Spain, instead of at this faux wood desk. People with brains much bigger than mine spend

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

I've heard that what makes a good pub is its purpose and spirit. If this is true, local Westside watering hole The Parish Publick House is in good shape. In addition to providing an insane selection of beer and

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

My latest blog features Coaster's

Ask anyone with a little punk rock running through their veins if they've seen a show at a bowling alley, then stand back as they reel off a virtual who's who of punk rock

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

My latest blog features The Crows Nest

Sun in your face, salt water in your hair, hundreds of summer lovin' people ready to shake what their mamas gave them and become your next biggest fan. This isn't a dream,

Part of my series for the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

My first blog featured The Crepe Place.

As local bands come up the ranks from street corner to coffee shop to house party, they eventually reach the point where they're ready to hit the big stage.

Part of my new series featured in the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

This post focuses on tips for bands emailing venues or booking contacts for the first time.

There are people in the world who make your job easier and those who make it harder. In order

wooster always has good flyers, so i can't think of a better way to start this post off than with their flyer for a show last month at moe's.

it's funny, i have no idea what wooster sounds like, but i always look forward to their flyers. those are polaroids, in case you can't tell. i like the lettering a lot and the colours are great.

i fall in love with

paul took to the marquee of the ed sullivan theater and rocked it out big time. wish i was there. sound quality on get back is a c, but improves to a on the 3 unaired clips, which is good because the band kills it on helter skelter! plus they sound super dreamy during band on the run. dig the mandatory vegetarian plug and i'm surprised paul knows about

june was a good month for flyers in santa cruz. i know there is nothing new in art, but last month's visual contributions were less than inspiring. i photographed a lot of black and white flyers in may. they all reminded me of hardcore flyers circa 1984-6. they seemed interesting at the time, but when collected together, looked kinda boring and a little

Parades

april was a great month for flyers in santa cruz! rest assured, there was no shortage of beautiul pastely, watercoloured flyers. as much as i love that style of art, i thought i would showcase an artist operating against the grain in the santa cruz flyer world. dae's work is a breath of fresh air in a, sometimes, stagnant pool of creativity. his work is

   The TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder) which I wrote about in previous posts is getting better.  My jaw is more aligned, my teeth are straighter, and my bite is more even than it's been in years.  I'm also getting out of my apartment a little more often these days. 

I'm not out of the woods completely however.  Loud noises still grate on me