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guarantee you infant the ultimate 90's rap fan has never listened to a cypress hill cd
Awesome story. So, when will we see you in the Smokebox with B Real?
Quote from: Marty Jannetty on September 17, 2014, 10:15:36 AMAwesome story. So, when will we see you in the Smokebox with B Real? I was offered many times from b real, sen, bobo, and all the cypress crew to smoke but I gave it up many years earlier to focus on my voice and eliminating any possibilities of damaging it on the road. Trust me, they are very generous and laid back. Well spoken and cordial. There's a reason why they've been around as long as they have. Talent will get you far, combine it with being good people others always want you back. The last time we partied was after a show in Detroit, from what I remember we started out by ordering 16 or 24 budweisers lol. Whatever amount it was the tray the waitress was carrying was over capacity haha. Never a dull moment.
Quote from: AlerG on September 17, 2014, 04:58:41 PMQuote from: Marty Jannetty on September 17, 2014, 10:15:36 AMAwesome story. So, when will we see you in the Smokebox with B Real? I was offered many times from b real, sen, bobo, and all the cypress crew to smoke but I gave it up many years earlier to focus on my voice and eliminating any possibilities of damaging it on the road. Trust me, they are very generous and laid back. Well spoken and cordial. There's a reason why they've been around as long as they have. Talent will get you far, combine it with being good people others always want you back. The last time we partied was after a show in Detroit, from what I remember we started out by ordering 16 or 24 budweisers lol. Whatever amount it was the tray the waitress was carrying was over capacity haha. Never a dull moment. can't believe you didn't smoke just once with themayo tell a story about twiztid
l.a.m.b and alerG from 2002 (14 year old sccit)http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=61546&songID=838746
Quote from: Hack Brodenheimer on September 17, 2014, 06:02:14 PMQuote from: AlerG on September 17, 2014, 04:58:41 PMQuote from: Marty Jannetty on September 17, 2014, 10:15:36 AMAwesome story. So, when will we see you in the Smokebox with B Real? I was offered many times from b real, sen, bobo, and all the cypress crew to smoke but I gave it up many years earlier to focus on my voice and eliminating any possibilities of damaging it on the road. Trust me, they are very generous and laid back. Well spoken and cordial. There's a reason why they've been around as long as they have. Talent will get you far, combine it with being good people others always want you back. The last time we partied was after a show in Detroit, from what I remember we started out by ordering 16 or 24 budweisers lol. Whatever amount it was the tray the waitress was carrying was over capacity haha. Never a dull moment. can't believe you didn't smoke just once with themayo tell a story about twiztid Nah some of the others in the band did however. They respected why I didn't smoke, also at the time one of our other members had quit drinking for many years and they were always respectful of that. Anyway a little Twiztid story. For those of you who know how the touring part of the industry works, you'll know what I mean when I say a 'buy on'. For those of you who don't, when you aren't too well known in the business if you're hungry you'll do whatever you can to cut your teeth and make a name for yourself. That's where we were. We were offered an opportunity to buy on the tour, meaning we pay to play. I'm not going to go to deep into logistics but I can honestly say the day we put the key in ignition and head towards Kansas City for the first date of our two month tour we were already well over $20,000 on the hole. This did not include any previous debt. Anyway when we crunched numbers meaning buy on, gas, hotels, tolls, oil changes, random shit for the tour van among other shit we figured we had to sell minimum $600 a night in merch to break even. Before this tour a good sales night was $200-300. We learned very quickly that first night on the road how different the juggalo culture was. We had definitely underestimated what we had gotten ourselves into.That first night we sold $275 worth of merch and immediate panic set in, no bullshit. With those types of numbers we'd be broke and on our ass before half the tour was overlol (on a side note Tech Nine came out to that first show and went out of his way to tell us he thought we were dope, which sounds so cool now but at the time I couldn't spend time patting myself on the back).. This is where the animal instinct kicked in and songs like 'Machine' were written : I can totally understand what Jay-Z meant when he said 'I Will Not Lose'. Bowing out with our tails between our legs would be losing, and after all the hype we generated with our fans previous to this tour it would totally kill the momentum we worked our asses off for. Anyway I spent that night awake, driving, thinking of ways to approach how we come off to their fans. We can't just be this fun funk/rock band, we have to be aggressive like no one can touch us, or fuck with us. Once the doors open we had to go for heads, shit was all business from there on out. I'm not fucking going home, so I will do whatever the fuck I can to sell our music and keep us out here. I looked at it like I was doing them a favor anyhow, the music of ours I was selling them was great, they were going to be happy regardless, and they were. From there I got into my guys heads, we were going to greet every motherfucker who walked through that door, introduce ourselves, establish a relationship, let them know who we were and when we performed. It was ducking tiring, on a slow night there are 450 people through the door which is a lot of ground for 5 guys and a roadie to cover. I lead by example, you can't be shy, you have to be confident, and when you hit that stage you better bring your best or it was all for nothing. The second night in Tulsa, OK we sold just under $500 in merch (so there's potential light in this tunnel). Or is there?Haha I feel like I'm writing a book for y'all. I'll write some more later and get more in depth with this tour if you like. After all this is after 2 of 40 shows haha. To anyone trying to make it in this business, a lot of these words probably hit home, and if so, it's worth taking the time to write them. Have a good day.
Good stuff my dude. Who woulda thought that something people actually cared about would come out of this thread?
Quote from: NIKCC on September 17, 2014, 07:01:38 PMl.a.m.b and alerG from 2002 (14 year old sccit)http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=61546&songID=838746Jesus wow I haven't heard that in years. Props, Scitt. On a side note I remember back in the day you used to be known as 'I Don't Know' correct?If that's true I can't believe I remember that haha.
Just wanna say the "My World" track and especially the video with all the facts (are they really facts?) is really dope. Props for real.
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Quote from: Marty Jannetty on September 19, 2014, 04:35:58 PMJust wanna say the "My World" track and especially the video with all the facts (are they really facts?) is really dope. Props for real. i second this