More Sketchiness From the Sketchballs at The Webster
As Q-Tip put it on The Low End Theory:
"Music Industry Rule number 4080:
RECORD COMPANY PEOPLE ARE SHADYYYYYYY!"
For our purposes, let's include The Webster Theatre in that assessment.
From a recent post by The Sesha Loop on MySpace:
CD Release show POSTPONED!!
Hey everyone,
In light of some new details in regards to our time slot at the Webster Underground, we are postponing the CD release show and cancelling the Webster show on Thursday. We can't in good faith expect our fans to plunk down 10 bucks to see us perform for *20* minutes without even a guaranteed time slot (could be 6:30pm, could be 9pm...). To those of you that purchased tix through us, we'll be happy to refund em for ya. Instead of paying your 10 bucks to the Webster Theatre, use that money to buy our CD instead--we could use the money more than they can!
In case you didn't know, the Webster's policy re: local/opening bands is NOT TO LET YOU KNOW YOUR SET TIME UNTIL YOU ARRIVE ON THE NIGHT OF THE SHOW. This is because they choose your set time based on how many tickets you sold. (More tix sold = later set time.) Not only is this incredibly unprofessional -- how can bands expect fans to show up if they can't give them an approximate showtime? -- but it creates all sorts of ethical problems. I spoke to both The Webster Theatre's owner and the guy who books local bands there. You can read what I discovered here.
You can listen to and buy The Sesha Loop's CD at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/seshaloop
1 comment:
You know, I've been disagreeing with you lately on here (not intentionally), but I completely agree with you on this. The Webster has shot itself in the foot with the way it handles local bands. They used to be one of the best places to see local bands. Now, you're lucky if you can make it through the openers to the main act.
They've pretty much settled for having mediocre bands that can sell their tickets (often to themselves) rather than risking a few bucks here and there to actually have bands that entertain their crowds.
I haven't set foot in that place since I saw The Get Up Kids there a few years ago. No desire to go back. Give me Toads Place any day over the Webster.
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