so i sing in a punk rock band.
there, i said it. Shalome was like, oh you can't make it obvious, or make a self-depreciating joke about it, or something. but the honest truth is that i almost never bandwhore, because anything that has anything to do with marketing and promotion begins to make me feel queasy.
but she and her right-hand man said some really kind things, so i thought maybe i'd get solicit the opinions mainly of the very most important constituency for any band, promotion wise: pretty girls. and you want pretty girls to like your music, anyway. guys, that's fine, i guess, but i'm not really up there for guys. hmm am i being honest with myself right now? because it's not like i use this as a vehicle to get laid (much). i'm a wanderer; i usually dissapear immediately after we play and make a concious effort not to look for hot chicks in the audience (i know, worst rock singer ever, right?) not my fault i'm a sub.
am i rambing? i usually do. anyway, i'm in a band. great. who isn't. your boyfriend almost certainly is, if you're an SG, i mean... come on.... isn't he? (obviously a generalization, but you know what i mean.) we self-identify with punk because we borrow a ton from the genre and i tend to live by the aesthetic, even if i sometimes care too much about the world, but there all are sorts of sub-genres in all sub-cultures.
i bet if i were able to be more precise, i would get more people to bother to read all the way through. anyway, i'm not going to do this much, but bolstered (did i already use the word bolstered? it's a good word) by my friends who sounded like they weren't lying, why not give it a shot. you've got a myspace, right? who doesn't. well my myspace is attached to the band page, so please feel free to check it out.
as a SUPER BONUS FREE OFFER, any SG that wants a free t-shirt can get one just by asking, provided they take their picture in it. i don't care how. you can roll it up and wear it like an ass dildo or you can put it over eight layers of grandma's clothing (that'd be awesome.) so there it is, right there. please make luke want to die by making him send out 300 free t-shirts.
STANDARD ARTIST WARNING: i hate the demos up there, of course; they're well over a year old, and they were done when the songs weren't really finished. maybe that helps make it kind of raw, but coming from a sort of screamo background, i know i've re-developed the singing skills i used to have as a kid. it's weird. i actually sing in a band. the new songs, which aren't recorded, are much better in my opinion, and if any pretty girls want to mail our page and say "HEY GET TO CRACKING" that'd be super. i don't expect it. i can't believe i've gone on for this long about it.
anyway, go to my myspace link and there you are. i don't feel like working too hard right now, so instead of linking it in this article, i'm just going to tell you you can go there if you want. you know, no big deal. whatever. YEAH PUNK
there, i said it. Shalome was like, oh you can't make it obvious, or make a self-depreciating joke about it, or something. but the honest truth is that i almost never bandwhore, because anything that has anything to do with marketing and promotion begins to make me feel queasy.
but she and her right-hand man said some really kind things, so i thought maybe i'd get solicit the opinions mainly of the very most important constituency for any band, promotion wise: pretty girls. and you want pretty girls to like your music, anyway. guys, that's fine, i guess, but i'm not really up there for guys. hmm am i being honest with myself right now? because it's not like i use this as a vehicle to get laid (much). i'm a wanderer; i usually dissapear immediately after we play and make a concious effort not to look for hot chicks in the audience (i know, worst rock singer ever, right?) not my fault i'm a sub.
am i rambing? i usually do. anyway, i'm in a band. great. who isn't. your boyfriend almost certainly is, if you're an SG, i mean... come on.... isn't he? (obviously a generalization, but you know what i mean.) we self-identify with punk because we borrow a ton from the genre and i tend to live by the aesthetic, even if i sometimes care too much about the world, but there all are sorts of sub-genres in all sub-cultures.
i bet if i were able to be more precise, i would get more people to bother to read all the way through. anyway, i'm not going to do this much, but bolstered (did i already use the word bolstered? it's a good word) by my friends who sounded like they weren't lying, why not give it a shot. you've got a myspace, right? who doesn't. well my myspace is attached to the band page, so please feel free to check it out.
as a SUPER BONUS FREE OFFER, any SG that wants a free t-shirt can get one just by asking, provided they take their picture in it. i don't care how. you can roll it up and wear it like an ass dildo or you can put it over eight layers of grandma's clothing (that'd be awesome.) so there it is, right there. please make luke want to die by making him send out 300 free t-shirts.
STANDARD ARTIST WARNING: i hate the demos up there, of course; they're well over a year old, and they were done when the songs weren't really finished. maybe that helps make it kind of raw, but coming from a sort of screamo background, i know i've re-developed the singing skills i used to have as a kid. it's weird. i actually sing in a band. the new songs, which aren't recorded, are much better in my opinion, and if any pretty girls want to mail our page and say "HEY GET TO CRACKING" that'd be super. i don't expect it. i can't believe i've gone on for this long about it.
anyway, go to my myspace link and there you are. i don't feel like working too hard right now, so instead of linking it in this article, i'm just going to tell you you can go there if you want. you know, no big deal. whatever. YEAH PUNK
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now comes the time where i actually have to tell luke that i promised people free merch : D oh well, fuck him, i don't ask for much.