Jem's Infinite Playlist

Garbage - Girls Don't Come
A Perfect Circle - Orestes (Acoustic)
Weezer - Paperface [#][Demo Version]
Autovaughn - On the Radio
Amherst - Ship's End
Queen - Let Me Live
At the Drive-In - Pattern Against User
All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell
Garbage - Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) (MaUVe’S Dark Vocal with Accapella Mix)
Breaking Benjamin - Sooner or Later
Saosin - I Wanna Hear Another Fast Song
Dredg - Sorry But It's Over
Alkaline Trio - Clavicle
Taking Back Sunday - I'll Let You Live
Queen - Son & Daughter
Johnny Cash - Orange Blossom Special (Live)
Johnny Cash - Hardin Wouldn't Run
My Chemical Romance - Drowning Lessons
System of a Down - Question!
Johnny Cash - The Wonder of You
Finch - Ravenous
Queen - I'm In Love With My Car
Faith No More - Be Aggressive
The Smashing Pumpkins - Spaced
Evanescence - My Immortal
Portishead - Strangers
The Ataris - Better Way
Faith No More - Ashes to Ashes
My Chemical Romance - Bury Me In Black
Breaking Benjamin - Shallow Bay
Cursive - Polar
The Ataris - The Saddest Song
The Beatles - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

Jem's Infinite Playlist PM

Mr. Movie Theater Ticket Ripper Upper (Budweiser Commercial)
Queens of the Stone Age - Go With the Flow from Songs for the Deaf
Sometimes 5 - Easily Amused
Bluf - Reunion
Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like a Lady
Breaking Benjamin - Natural Life
Splashdown - Halfworld
The Clash - Straight to Hell
Chris Daughtry - It's Not Over
KMFDM - Mini Mini
New Year's Day - Part Time Lover
The Lost Riots - Me Ves Y Sufres
Nirvana - Mexican Seafood
Kill Hannah - Love Sick
Relient K - Falling Out
Rufus Wainwright - Poses
The Misfits - Nine A Go Go
Freyja - The Uglylights
Goodness - Our Last Goodbye
Eva - Spinning
Sugar Glyder - Without One
Mae - Home
Mindless Self Indulgence - Clarissa
Sparta - Light Burns Clear
The Smashing Pumpkins - Lily (My One and Only)
Lovefool - The Cardigans
Fickle - Emory
Acceptance - Over You
Gwar - Don't Need a Man

Jem's Infinite Playlist AM

Esthero – If the Mood from Wikked Lil’ Grrrls
Holly McNarland – Water from Stuff
Pike – Chosen from The Sound of Power Tools
Superdrag – Extra-Sensory from Last Call for Vitriol
Jimi Hendrix – Fire from The Ultimate Experience
Between the Trees – All You Need is Love
The Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock from Siamese Dream
A Voice Like Rhetoric - Familiarity Breed Contempt from Ethos
Lamb of God – Flux
Dolly Parton – Jolene
My Latex Brain – Remover Installer
The Shins – Split Needle from Wincing the Night Away
Placebo – Blind from Meds
Mew – Saliva from Half the World is Watching
Goodness – The Waiting Game from These Days
Over the Rhine – Sister from Patience
Razorblis – Love Me from Comedy of Errors
Half Past Forever – Closer from Take a Chance on Something
Garbage – Temptation Waits from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Soundtrack
Relient K – I’m Lion-O from All Work & No Play
Mr. Big – Never Say Never from Lean Into It
Tori Amos – Spark from Spark EP
fORMER – Nobody Knows You from …And Nothing But the Truth

Yup, Mr. Big. I said it, I did it. It rules.

Recommended reading: How To Get Band Sponsorships & Endorsements by Tish Meeks!

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Jem's Infinite Playlist

Here's some more (lots of Garbage, literally, not figuratively, wish I could say that more often):

NIN - Eraser (Polite) from Further Down the Spiral
The Ataris - Choices from Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits
Jewel - Love Me Just Leave Me Alone from This Way
Live - She from Birds of Pray
Garbage - Stupid Girl from Stupid Girl [7" LP] [UK] [Red]
Garbage - Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) (Roger Sanchez Tha S-Man’s Release Mix) from Cherry Lips (Remixes) [UK Promo]
Avril Lavigne - He Wasn't from Under My Skin
Bush - Greedy Fly from Razorblade Suitcase
Garbage - Breaking Up the Girl (Acoustic) from Breaking Up the Girl (Remixes) [UK Promo]
Kings of Leon - California Waiting from Holy Roller Novocaine [EP]
Portishead - Glory Box (Mudflap Mix) from Melody Nelson

Not a very good job on iTunes part. I love Garbage, but aside from the Stupid Girl remix the others were pretty terrible.

I admit there are parts of Avril Lavigne I like which is why it is in my mix, but this song is fucking horrible.

I mean, come on, Throwing Copper was so good I downloaded the whole discography, but still have yet to find anything even close to the greatness that was this one album by Live. There are a few gems, but nothing that shall ever seem to survive the greatness of that one album.

The Glorybox remix wasn't nearly as good as the original. A lot of drowning happening with the vocals.

The Ataris, NIN, Kings of Leon, Jewel and Bush are always hit or miss. Most of these were misses. Actually, the Jewel tune wasn't too bad. Neither was Kings of Leon, but I just don't understand the revelation of this band. I either haven't found the thing that makes everyone shit themselves over them. Maybe someday.

Until then, I'll keep hitting random on the iTunes button.

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I dunno. Maybe it will inspire someone to listen to something new. I don't know what this is all about. I just feel like I should post this every now and again.

Lacuna Coil - Falling from Lacuna Coil
The Beatles - Taste of Honey from Live at BBC
Dredg - Sang Real from Catch Without Arms
Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm from Siamese Dream
After Elvis - Man With No Fear from Four Ways to Start an Apocalypse
Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror from Bad
Radiohead - Down is the New Up from In Rainbows
Veruca Salt - Don't Make Me Do It from Eight Arms to Hold You
Finch - Letters to You (Live) from Demo & Rare Songs
Johnny Cash - The Frozen Four Hundred Pound Fair To Middlin' Cotton Picker from Come Along And Ride This Train CD4
Deftones - Digital Bath (Acoustic) from B-Sides & Rarities
Johnny Cash - I Can't Help It from The Songs That Made Him Famous
Johnny Cash - Wild Flower from Orange Blossom Special
Foo Fighters - Hell from In Your Honor
At the Drive In - Lopsided from In/Casino/Out
The Beatles - We Can Work it Out from Yesterday and Tomorrow
Zwan - Settle Down from Mary Star of the Sea
Taking Back Sunday - New American Classic from Where You Want to Be
The Beatles - Octopus's Garden from Love
My Chemical Romance - Drowning Lessons from I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
Garbage - Bad Boyfriend from Bleed Like Me
My Chemical Romance - I'm Not Okay (I Promise) from Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
The Exies - Straight Girl of the Universe from The Exies
No Doubt - Simple Kind of Life from The Singles 1992-2003
Garbage - Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) (Roger Sanchez Tha S-Man’s Release Edit) from Cherry Lips [Japan]
Fiona Apple - I Know from When The Pawn...
The Exies - These Are the Days from A Modern Way Of Living With The Truth
Rasputina - Possum of the Grotto from Frustration Plantation
The Beatles - Getting Better from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Tool - Intolerance from Undertow
Norma Jean - Scientifiction from O' God The Aftermath
Saosin - Say Goodbye from In Search Of Solid Ground

Nice step by step show booking instructions by the fabulous Charlie Cheney!

A buddy of mine that I met a few conferences a few years back, Charlie Cheney, is coming to Nashville on Monday to hang out and I thought I'd look over some things of his that I hadn't looked at for a while. I found this on his web page www.charliecheney.com. I thought it made a nice straight forward checklist for bands. Charlie is a musician, speaker and designer of the fabulous software Indie Band Manager which can be found at www.indiebandmanager.com.

Booking & Promotion Seminar

Required Startup Items (Hard Copy and Digital)
1) Professional CD (in sound and appearance)
2) Action Photo in color & B/W
3) Artist Profile One-Sheet
4) Matching Business Cards & Letterhead
5) Postcards/Flyers
6) Booking Contract
7) Performance One-Sheet
8) Press Reviews
9) Website with band name as domain name
10) At least one compelling story
11) A systematic way to do research, organize, and stay on task

Optional (Recommended) Startup Items
1) Stickers and other Merch (hats, t-shirts, cups, etc…)
2) Venue and media contact lists
3) Gear, posters, sampler CDs, sales displays, table tents

Steps To Success

1) Rough Out Your Goals (assign dates)
a. Who are you… who do you want to be by ______________
b. What are you… what do you want to be by ______________
c. Where are you… where do you want to be by ______________
d. Goals without dates are just dreams. Write down your goals and assign dates
2) Brainstorm 20 ways to accomplish your goals
3) Define yourself, your story, your value proposition
4) Do your research
a. Target audience, fan base
b. Appropriate venues (play where the people are)
c. Appropriate media targets (print, radio, tv, internet, retail)
d. Realistic service area and scope of offering
i. How far can you travel
ii. How much will you charge
iii. How often will you perform
iv. With this research in mind, define the venues to start calling for the booking process

The Booking Process

1) Call the venue, qualify that you’re speaking to a decision maker, say who you are, why you’re calling, and what’s in it for them. Be courteous, professional, concise, and upbeat.
2) Ask if a specific date or very small date range well in the future is available for you to perform. If the date is open ask to be booked on that date tentatively pending review of your promo kit.
3) Confirm mailing contact and address to mail kit, ask for email an address for your records. Mark down to send kit and follow up in one week.
4) Repeat
5) At end of day, prepare all the kits to mail them the following day

The Promotion Process

Once you have the gig, ask venue if/how they promote and provide any materials they need, and ask them for their media list.
1) Print Media
a) Contact media outlet
b) Confirm where to send event calendar listings and preferred delivery method (email, fax, mail, internet form). Confirm submission deadlines
c) Ask for names of writers who might be interested in writing an article about your type of story. Be ready to state story concisely
d) Mark down when and where to send materials & follow up
e) Repeat

2) Radio – all of the above and ask for studio appearance day of show
3) TV – same, particularly for morning an/or afternoon news & talk shows
4) Internet – Submit shows to Jambase, Musi-Cal, MySpace, Broadjam, and every other website you can think of, including your own and the venue’s.
5) Research every band in the area that’s like you or might like you on MySpace, PureVolume, Broadjam, Google, etc… and contact all of them
6) Ask your street team members to poster, flyer, and PLAY your music for people
7) Email all your fans in the area
8) Repeat
9) If you have budget, you can advertise judiciously with radio spots, TV spots, Print Ads, Direct Mail, POO Retail displays, sampler CDs, co-op compilations, etc…

Gig Execution

1) Be early. Make sure you have everything you need (gear, merch, contract, promo materials, email signup, pretty girl to man the table). Don’t suck EVER. Rock the place.
2) Decorate the stage, make it your environment
3) Talk with the people in the audience before, during, and after the show. Be an ambassador
4) Take pictures from the stage during the show and post them on your site
5) Promote during the show, the merch table, your website
6) Have at least one band member walk off the front of the stage at the end of the show to help sell merchandise immediately
7) Make buying merchandise as simple and convenient as possible. Take cash, credit cards, sell package deals, link it to a mission or cause, etc…
8) Load in and out on time, thank the venue, the fans, and the media that helped you

October 18 - Kill the City, Darling Parade, Supre X @ The Rutledge - Go for free!

Outrageous Productions is proud to present Kill the City, Darling Parade & Supre X at The Rutledge in Nashville, TN on October 18, 2009!

Want a chance to go in free of charge? Post any of the 3 flyers posted in our "Flyers" section (and below) on your web page, My Space or Facebook (or just your face) and you can! Make sure that you email us here, post a blog comment, or email us at outrageousproductions@gmail.com so that we can check up to make sure the flyer is on your page (we can't check everyone psychically unfortunately).

Post it as your default picture and receive 2 free admissions (so maybe you can get lucky by making us luckier).

You MUST keep the flyer up until at least October 18 for the offer to be valid. You will be put on the list at the front door and allowed access to the show.

You must be 18 or older to enter the club, but we appreciate any extra help we can get with promo for the show and so do the bands you support.

You aren't familiar with the bands on the bill? Don't be a pussy. Check them out, be adventurous. It can't hurt when we're giving it to you for nothing except an incredible lineup that people will talk about for centuries to come. CENTURIES!!!!!!!

Other surprises coming your way for this event! Do it! Do it now! You know you'll just forget if you don't and nobody likes a forgetful party pooper.

Yours truly,

Jem
Outrageous Productions
Less talk, more rock!

Cheap live pictures of your band or really anything!

Cheap live pictures of your band (or really anything)!

Hey everyone! I know I said I'd never really do this, but since I'm still looking for some steady income around here I wanted to see about finding some random income. Random income is so much more exciting and though!

So, here's the thing. Any band playing that would like live pictures of their show I will take their pics at any show that I can make for $10 a pop. I will burn a disk of the pictures at the end of the show and they will be yours to do with what you will. Unwatermarked (although any credit you'd like to give is appreciated if you like them), unPhotoshopped, uncensored, etc. You get all the shitty pictures with the good ones too. I have no shame.

If you're a fan and want pics that aren't just shitty snapshots and would like to buy a disk or have me come out let me know!

I'm not the best, but I'm not the worst and I'll let you know if I don't think I got a good take of the night due to lighting or my slightly shitty knowledge of proper lighting.

I'm in Nashville now, so if you're heading through and want this or if you're local here let me know. I only have one trip to Cincinnati planned right now for the 2nd weekend of October and will be unavailable Saturday night unless you are playing my Slick Idiot show at The Mad Hatter. Any other night around that time though I will hook it up.

Rock over London, Rock on Chicago.....

Want half price tickets to Slick Idiot (KMFDM side project)?

Tickets to Slick Idiot will be $10 at the door. Get your tickets half price from one of the supporting bands:

Common Man Down

Another Tragedy

Chakras

RIOTHEAD

Bloodwerks


Want to buy them online?
Visit Cincy Ticket!

Check the event page out here!