The Rave and Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk is coming to The Rave. They will beep and pop on the state on April 20th. I think that it will be in the Eagles Club, rather than the Ballroom. If enough tickets sell, they will move the show into the Ballroom. See you there.

Milwaukee Music for Rock fans

The best way to book a show at a club is to get a shot as an opener for an established band. Bring 50 of your friends and family, and they might ask you back. Ok, you say that it's obvious. You say "of course you need to get butts in the door". That helps, but the more important thing is to get those Rock and Roll fans to BUY DRINKS! We used to play Teddy's back in the 80's and 90's and they loved my band. The venue held about 300 people. We would bring in over 150. The half-full venue was full of drinkers though. They would throw down their cash and the bar would make great money. In fact, we broke a record for liquor sales one night. The owner said that we sold more liquor for a local band night than any other. On another occasion, we played The Unicorn in Milwaukee on the night before New Year's Eve. The owner was so pleased that he invited us back the next night to celebrate for free. So to recap, bring your friends, but better yet, bring in those drinking friends.

Summerfest coming up fast

Why did Summerfest book The Jonas Brothers to headline the last night at Summerfest? They sold out a 3000 head venue this year, but they are not worthy of a 23,000 seat venue. Sorry, put "JOBRO" on a side stage. Hell, push them out onto a lake barge for all I care. I can't believe that Summerfest would sell enough Marcus Amp. tickets to make this work. The comments I get from the adults of Milwaukee regarding Summerfest have a similar ring. They basically want to know why the festival has dropped in quality. I think I know why. It's been about the beer for the past 10 years, not the music. Summerfest pays less and less money for the musical acts, so what do you expect?