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