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circaman circaman
 
M$2.05 November 09, 2009 08:45 PM

Would you host an indie band at your house/apt for free tickets to see their show?

I'm starting a couchsurfing website for bands, just wondering if people are willing to host(lets bands crash at your place) indie bands, especially if free tickets were involved? Tell me what think about this idea.
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thebandit thebandit
 
 November 09, 2009 09:08 PM
If I had the resources to do it, I'd definitely consider it! One artist who's been doing something similar is Kristin Hersh from Throwing Muses. Over the past year or so, she's hosted a series of house concerts for people and their friends. It's a great concept, one that I hope catches on. After all, bands and musicians willing to try something like this out are likely to be good people, not rock-star stereotypes. Plus, it helps the relationship with the fans.
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circaman circaman
 
November 09, 2009 11:29 PM
thats interesting you say that, because i thought of a similar idea of using my site to arrange house shows, throwing house concerts could be a extra stream of revenue for a band. And like you said it would help the relationship with fans.

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cheapgamer cheapgamer
 
November 09, 2009 10:05 PM
Brilliant!

Yes I would do this, with several limitations.

1) I may not be able to host an intire band with gear.
Make sure there is an option to host one member.

2) I want to know these guys before hosting, you may want to post detailed bios & make sure that I can get to know somone before agreeing to the stay. I have a dry household so you can imagine me paired with a heavy drinker not happy!

3) I would want to know my guest's transportation needs. Do I need to be the one to drive him/her around?

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circaman circaman
 
November 09, 2009 11:39 PM
well the band's gear would stay in their van. secondly, if a band is asking you if they can crash, I'd recommend everyone check their myspace, facebook, and their main website to do a little research on them and see if their actually on tour. I'd imagine their transportation would be their van, so hopefully they wouldn't ask for a ride .

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vladis vladis
 
November 09, 2009 10:13 PM
YEAAAAHHH!!!!! I would do that!!!! No question about it!!!!!

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extrudedco... extrudedco...
 
November 10, 2009 12:37 AM
Absolutely. Set them up in the basement and lock down your valuables, offer to cook breakfast for them for a fee. I've known a few band members that have talked about having to sleep in their van or couch surf every night after a show. Having a way to set that up in advance would be a huge help for small bands trying to tour on a budget.

I know someone who used to host shows in his basement. It wasn't unusual to end up with around 100 people along with the band in his house. He arranged for all his neighbors to either be invited to keep complaints down.

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albanian albanian
 
November 10, 2009 02:22 AM
Yes, I would love to host a fest/concert at my house. No electric guitars though, strictly acoustic instruments for me. Jazz, Klezmer, German, Greek, whatever ( but no - absolutely no rock and roll or its derivatives!).

I might note that I have the space and the PA equipment too.

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mr_nicepan... mr_nicepan...
 
November 10, 2009 05:27 AM
I actually had a band stay at my apartment for a while, and I will never ever consider that kind of arrangement again.

While it is cool for a week or two, the band lifestyle is not that much fun when it's in your own house at all times.

For me I got tiered of band practices, post show parties at 5 am on a weekday, not to mention the stream on unknown people invited over.

All this with a band where I knew all band members well already. Housing an unknown band would just be even worse. Count me out.

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squirrelie... squirrelie...
 
November 10, 2009 10:36 PM
Ha yeah definitely I would, though I don't live near any venues, and I still live with my parents but when I move to Seattle in a few years I would totally love to do this. I would even cook them some dinner :D

Circa Survive is amazing by the way, I love your picture. :]

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circaman circaman
 
November 10, 2009 11:51 PM
thanks! good to see that there are circa fans on mahalo.

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