The SA Rocks Blog: March 2008

Delta House 4/5 @ Silo

http://www.myspace.com/deltahousetx

.08 4/5 @ The Hangar

http://www.myspace.com/point08satx

Drowning Pool Friday

Don't forget about the 99.5 KISS "Cuatro Cuatro" Concert this Friday, April 4th at Sunken Gardens. featuring Flyleaf, Drowning Pool, Black Tide, and Cult To Follow. And just to get you in the mood, here's the music video for Drowning Pool's newest single, “Enemy,” released on Full Circle (Eleven Seven Records):

Flesh Electric @ the Re-Opening of Logan's, 4/4

http://www.myspace.com/fleshelectric
http://www.myspace.com/logansrockbar

Cult to Follow @ Sunken Gardens 4/4

Sunken Gardens Theatre (w/Flyleaf, Drowning Pool, & Black Tide)

http://www.myspace.com/culttofollow
TICKET INFO.
http://www.gettix.net/concert/?event_id=2350

Nancy Silva Project, 4/4 @ The Mix

http://www.myspace.com/nancysilvaproject

Exit Stage Left, 4/4 @ Click's Billiards

http://www.myspace.com/exitstageleftonline

Chris Lopez Band

Mar 31 2008 10:00P
Cloud 9 - solo

Apr 1 2008 10:30P
Bar Fly (acoustic)

Apr 2 2008 10:00P
Sherlocks

Apr 3 2008 10:00P
Cloud 9

Apr 4 2008 7:30P
HOOTERS - Final 4 Friday! Selma, Texas

Apr 5 2008 10:00P
Babcock Bar

Apr 7 2008 10:00P
Cloud 9 (acoustic)

http://www.myspace.com/chrislopezband

Atomic Playboys, 4/4 @ Retox Bar

http://www.myspace.com/atomicplayboys

Dragonfly every Monday @ Retox Bar

http://www.myspace.com/dragonfly_

Every Wednesday's Car Bomb

Lavish Luck w/ Jimi Danger @ Tonic, 4/4

Paparay's - 3/29

Get the Belt @ Hemingway's - 3/29

Double Shot of FUZE

http://www.thefuzeband.com

This weekend with Prototype

http://www.prototyperockssa.com/

Bound 3/28 @ Soho Lounge

http://www.myspace.com/bound2008

Step Aside, 3/29 - Caliente Harley Davidson

http://www.myspace.com/stepasideblues

The Blend? CD Release Party 3/28 @ Limelight

http://www.myspace.com/theblendtx

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SCENE!

KISS Battle of the Bands
Thurs. 3/27
Jack's Patio and Grill
Admission
$10 - Minors
FREE - 21 & Up

* Slick Dickens - http://www.slickdickens.com/
* Second To None - http://www.myspace.com/secondtonone
* Open Chapter - http://www.openchapterband.com/
* Resyn8 - http://www.resyn8.com/

http://www.myspace.com/jackspatiobar
http://www.kissrocks.com

Edge of Grace

http://www.myspace.com/theedgeofgrace

San Antonio Current "Rammy" Music Awards, 2008

First Annual Rammy Awards

The readers have spoken: Here are the winners of the Current’s 2008 music awards!

http://www.sacurrent.com/special/story.asp?id=68441

2nd Annual Mike-arita Party with Papawood and Third Eye, 3/28

Don’t miss the most rockin’ fiesta warm-up party of the year! 99.5 KISS and Mike’s Hard Lemonade invite you to the 2nd annual Mike-arita Ville Party at Maverick Plaza in La Villita. Spend your time mingling rather than mixing with: Mike’s Hard Lemonade products including $2 Mike-aritas $3 Heineken Premium Light Live music from "Papa Wood" & Tool tribute band "Third Eye" Great food for sale Plus, the first 99 party people to arrive will receive a Mike-arita Ville collectible party cup, while supplies last. While you’re there, register to win a Three Day Weekend getaway to Lost Maples Cabins and lots of other cool KISS prizes. Start the fiesta season off right with Mike’s Hard Lemonade and San Antonio’s Rock Station...99.5 KISS! All Ages Welcome!

http://www.papawood.com

3/26 @ The Safehouse Drinkery - GTB and C5 Acoustic

Lokey CD Release @ The White Rabbit, 3/28

http://www.myspace.com/lokey

.08 3/28 @ Boozehound's

http://www.myspace.com/point08sat

Double Shot of Delta House

http://www.myspace.com/deltahousetx

Papawood 3/29 @ Wiseguy's

http://www.papawood.com

A local musician’s guide to improving the SA music scene

3/19/2008

Music Issue / The Current

Tales From the Front; A local musician’s guide to improving the SA music scene

Courtesy:
Ernesto Olivo drums for Kick It!

By Ernesto Olivo

I play drums for the band Kick It! and I’ve been involved in the San Antonio music community for more than 13 years.

Over the years, I’ve worked with Chapstik, IG-88, The Tonebenders, Dodge, The New Teen Titans, Speeder, and Kowalski, among others. And just as bands come and go, so do musicians and local venues. I‘ve lived and traveled in other parts of the country and it’s obvious to me that musicians everywhere have one thing in common: the desire to be appreciated by their own peers and the people in their own city. As I talk, listen, and work with local musicians, we all tend to agree on several changes that could benefit the San Antonio scene. Here’s a quick
rundown:

1. Promoters

With so many people starting music promotion/production companies locally, it is very difficult to distinguish between those who honestly want to help our local musicians and those who want to make money solely for themselves. To promote is to publicize, advertise, support, and encourage something. Those are all things that promoters should be practicing. The musicians should be there to help out in anything the promoters need assistance with, including promotion itself. Promoters should always use the local media to help and promote their events. Without musicians there are no promoters.

2. Venues

All grumbling aside, this city does not lack for music venues. Just like promoters, local venues should not only establish a relationship with local musicians, but with each other as well. A real source of frustration for local musicians is the fact that SA clubs do not allow bands to distribute fliers for gigs at other venues. This is a shortsighted policy that fails to acknowledge how a scene rises or falls together. If a band draws well at a competing venue in March, they’re liable to do well at your club in April. If you stifle the growth of the scene, you’re ultimately stifling your own growth.

There are so many bands that want to play shows and don’t really know where to start. These venues, by establishing relationships with each other, can work together to help the local musicians and make them feel welcome in their establishment.

3. Compensation

The majority of the music scene consists of working-class musicians. We buy our own instruments, make our own T-shirts, pay for our own recordings, make our own CDs, schedule practices, load up our equipment and so much more. We depend on equitable pay from our shows to cover certain costs, and when there isn’t enough we pay out of our own pockets. If you are a good promoter/club owner, you will always compensate the bands in a fair and just manner. That should be established at the time the show is booked. We deserve pay for our hard work. The Mix is a good example of a local venue where the management always thanks the band for its efforts and pays them a percentage as well as complimentary drinks.

4. Performers

Musicians who mobilize can also make a change. All over the country there are musician organizations and coalition groups who work together so that they can all succeed in their music scene and keep it alive. Educate yourself and use local media (print, radio, etc.) to get the word out about your band.

I am a member of the Texas Media Empowerment Project, a local media justice group. Texas MEP and local musicians have started a music coalition group and it’s open to anyone and everyone who wants to join the effort to make the SA scene stronger.

http://www.texasmep.org/

http://www.myspace.com/sa4dn

http://www.myspace.com/onourtime

Get the Belt this Sunday

http://www.myspace.com/getthebelt

ALTER EGO at CLICK'S 3/21 & TONIC 3/22

www.thebandalterego.com

www.myspace.com/thebandalterego

Radio Junkies 3/22 @ Wiseguy's

http://www.myspace.com/radiojunkiessuck

Edge of Grace 3/22 @ Boozehound's

http://www.myspace.com/theedgeofgrace

Exit Stage Left 3/21 @ Hemingway's

http://www.myspace.com/exitstageleftonline

Prototype 3/21 @ Brook's Pub

The Sons of Sancho and Slick Dickens, 3/21 @ Paparay's

Papawood, 3/21 @ Retox Bar

http://www.papawood.com

3/21 @ Club Rio

Ruben V on Hiatus

from the Ruben V newsletter:

Hey everybody, the Ruben V band will taking a hiatus. There are a couple of shows the band has scheduled, other than that, just a few
solo shows left.

I'm gonna take some personal time. Stay tuned to myspace.com/rubenvband or www.rubenv.com for any show dates featuring myself
or shows with friends.

Looking forward to some studio work, and if any of you guys need a guitar player, I will be for hire for awhile.

Thank you so much for your continued support. See you in a few months.

Be A Blessing
V

Vallejo, NSP, The Conflict +++, The White Rabbit 3/21

SA Productions Benefit @ Reptilez, 3/21

Third Eye @ Hooligan's, 3/22 with NSP and Flesh Electric

http://www.myspace.com/thirdeyesa

The All-In Blues Band, San Marcos 3/22

http://www.allinblues.com/

Lokey CD Release Party - 2 dates

http://www.myspace.com/lokey

The return of Dark Apathy 3/21 & 3/22

http://www.myspace.com/darkapathy06

Structure, Open Chapter, Our Envy , The Heroine +++ @ The White Rabbit, 3-20

http://www.myspace.com/structureband

Prototype 3/20 @ Broadway 50/50

http://www.myspace.com/prototyperocks

Delta House 3/20 @ Silo

Radio Junkies rock Club Rive

ALTER EGO at Pat O'Brien's Monday March 17 - ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

From Alter Ego: Where else would ya want to celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Lá fhéile Phádraig sona! Téimis ar meisce! ("Happy St. Patrick's Day! Let's get drunk!" in Irish). Come out and celebrate in a REAL Irish bar!

www.thebandalterego.com
www.myspace.com/thebandalterego

Bliss

Mar 17 - Bennigan's by Ingram Park Mall, Cinema Ridge on LOOP 410 east

http://www.myspace.com/theblissband

Mad Dog's with C5 on St. Patty's Day

Lavish Luck w/ Jimi Danger @ Tonic's St. Patty's Day Party

Sherlock's Pub, St. Patty's Day with Papawood and Drive

Club FYVE St. Patty's Day

*Formerly The Falls - 226 W. Bitters
Cover $10 - $15 Minors

St. Patrick's Day Party, Retox Bar 3/17

Prototype Triple Shot B-Day Weekend!

http://www.prototyperockssa.com/

Madwagon

http://www.madwagonband.com/index.cfm

FUZE @ The Steer, and Click's!

http://www.thefuzeband.com/

Spoonfed Tribe and Middle Ground @ The Limelight 3/14

http://www.spoonfedtribe.com/

Dog Men Poets 3/14 @ The Mix

http://www.dogmenpoets.com/

Bond's 007, 3/14

Double Shot Weekend with Edge of Grace

http://www.myspace.com/theedgeofgrace

Get the Belt - Cloud 9

*Cloud 9 formerly known as Shenanigan's

http://www.myspace.com/getthebelt

TONIGHT

HEMINGWAY’S…

RESYN8.

FULL BAND.

FIRST TIME.

EVER.

Friends, Family & Fellow Musicians…

Details at: RESYN8.com or MySpace.com/resyn8rocks

The Black Doves, 3/14 @ Tonic

http://www.myspace.com/theblackdovesusa

3/15 @ Retilez Bar

Delta House 3/14 @ SoHo

http://www.myspace.com/deltahousetx

Papawood Weekend

http://www.papawood.com

James Perez & Karnaval @ Lion and Rose - St. Patty's Day Party

http://www.ridekarnaval.com/

.08 all weekend!

http://www.myspace.com/point08satx

Our new friends from Crossroads

Some extremely sad news about our friends and their new band Crossroads.

Steve Cooper, their bass player passed away yesterday:(

We're rooting for you all and so sorry for your loss...

I started playing guitar at 9, and bass at age 10. Through my teenage years and into the 70's, I played in a band called the Redcoats. Our claim to fame was being recognized by Billboard magazine as the youngest rock n roll band in the midwest. I put the bass aside for many years to ride submarines in "uncle sam's yacht club" and raise a few future musicians and sailors of my own. But the itchin' never left my fingers. In my current life, I have played with local bands such as: Scratch, Sol Patch, Retrofit, & The Amazing Echoes until I met up with Crossroads, and the magic happened!

http://www.crossroadsrockssanantonio.com/

Voting ends 3/14 @ KISS 99.5

(Click on the KISS logo for full details)

Vote In The Battle
We need your help to choose our twelve finalists! Cast your vote for your favorite band daily and give them a chance to compete in the 99.5 KISS Battle of the Bands! But hurry...the voting ends on Friday, March 14th at 12pm.

Thank you...

Just wanted to say "Thanks!" to the sponsors/contributors of SA Rocks.

If it weren't for you pitching in last month, we wouldn't be able to do what we're doing, and that's awesome...

Have a great weekend!

Los Rokmantix 3/13 @ SAC - Loftin Student Ctr.

http://www.myspace.com/losrokmantix

Battle of the Bands @ Tonic

Free registration
No having to sell tickets
$1 Pint Night
21+
No Cover to get in!
If you want to play let us know Soon!!
Spots are filling fast.

(fr: Craig's List, SA Hot Spots and confirmed by Tonic)
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Hey musicians my name is Jason Hernandez and I am putting on a battle of the bands/singer-songwriter at Tonic so if you are a solo artist or a full band, all are welcome; the bar is located in San Antonio, TX at 5500 Babcock rd. - 9 week event starting on March 3 the event will take place every Monday with the winners from each of the first 8 weeks competing for the grand prize in the last week of the event, there is no entry fee and the grand prize is $500 cash, 2 bookings, one at Tonic and one at Soho Lounge on Thousand Oaks, and a trip for the band to either Vegas, Tahoe, or Reno plus some spending cash. Also I do believe we are getting a studio to donate time and an EP to the winner as well.

Please check out Tonics MySpace site as well, http://www.myspace.com/tonicthebar.

All band members must be at least 21 and please no cover bands only originals please. If you are interested please contact me at jasonhernandez1@mac.com

Thanks and hope to see you there.

The Falls now Club FYVE

*Please see thread re: updates in the Music Forum!

226 W. Bitters

http://www.myspace.com/thefallssatx

Papawood - Slinging Ink Tattoo Expo, Sunday 5pm

http://www.papawood.com

Prototype tonight @ Speedway Sports Bar

Mark Odom Band

Hello everybody:

Check out http://www.themobrules.com

Tonight we are at Hemingway's Tavern on Wurzbach (Wurzbach at Gardendale).

Tomorrow nite we are at Silo on 1604.

Have a great weekend....hope to see you there!

Mark

ALTER EGO at SOHO, Sat. March 8

From ALTER EGO:

Thanks to all that came out to the Revolution Room last Saturday and helped welcome our new guys Roy, Jeff and Ruben into the band! It was jam-packed with family, friends, both new and old, and it made our first show with the new lineup extra special. Hope you all can make it out to SOHO Saturday!

Ruben V

Ruben V Newsletter

Thursday March 6, 2008 7:30 pm

Special Guest for Jimmy Spacek at
Sam's Burger Joint
330 E Grayson St.

By the way, if you get a chance, please stop by Ruben V Fans and add as a friend for some other V news.

BE A BLESSING
V

Stop by our website
www.rubenv.com

Chris Lopez Band solo tonight @ Cloud 9

http://www.myspace.com/chrislopezband

BBQ Monday night with The Last Vegas @ Jigger's!

http://thelastvegas.com/

March 6 @ The Cove, House of RAM

Nightrocker Presents:

One More Time for the March of Dimes...
PUSSY !!!

Jason Trevino is on at 8:30
Masters Of love are on at 9:45

I miss the old man, I miss the Place, I miss you [all my Tacoland Friends]
Don't Forget the Tequila !!!

Crazy Night @ Sam's Burger Joint! 3/8

Slinging Ink Tattoo Expo, March 9

Click on the icon for all of Slinging Ink Tattoo Expo 2008 info and links!

Papawood this weekend (With Drive 3/8)

Get the Belt, 3/8 @ Wiseguy's

www.myspace.com/getthebelt

Jiggers 3/8

Bound 3/7 @ Boozehounds

Exit Stage Left 3/7 @ Roxy's for Amanda's BDAY!

http://www.myspace.com/exitstageleftonline

Slurly - Battle of the Bands

http://www.myspace.com/slurlyband

Dog Men Poets 3/8 @ Tonic

http://www.myspace.com/dogmenpoets

James Perez & Karnaval this Weekend

3/7 The Cove
3/7 Club Rio

Please check MySpace for Club Rio confirmation!

http://www.myspace.com/ridekarnaval

Monkeysoop, Mindframe, Accord of Dissonance and Mani Sierra Band 3/7

ARTWORK BY ERICA MISSEY

Girl in a Coma 3/8 @ Hooligan's

ALL AGES SAN ANTONIO SHOW!
Cost : $7 (21+up)/ $10 (under 21)

Also check them out online as special guests with Dave Navarro!

Girl in a Coma will be the musical guests on Dave Navarro’s "Spread" show on Mania TV next Thursday, March 6. Go to http://www.Maniatv.com for more details and airtimes.

http://www.girlinacoma.com/girlinacoma/main.html

VOTE!

FW: Wednesday, 12 March 2008

Friends,

Don’t forget to go to kissrocks.com starting tonight at 5pm (and you only have a few days) and vote for us to be in the 99.5 KISS Battle of the Bands contest. The winner opens for Alterbridge at Fiesta Oysterbake!!! We really would appreciate your support, as being a brand new band here in San Antonio, we are literally going to need every single vote we can get. If you have not heard the music at all yet, our sound has been described as “3 Doors Down meets Nickelback with a twist of System of a Down, at times.” If you want to hear what’s in store, please go to resyn8.com or myspace.com/resyn8rocks and check out the music samples, and we hope you leave us some feedback!! Thanks so much for the support of everyone who frequents sarocks.com.

Scottie of RESYN8