A lot of bands and musicians mistakenly believe, you need to play bar rooms all the time, to get your music out there and be heard. That’s not true. You don’t really have to play shit hole bars & clubs, if you don’t want to. It’s really all up to you to decide on what type of venues to play in. To those that know me, would know that I prefer to play small cafes and diners more, than the bar gigs. Why do I hate bars so much?

Well, for starters, I hate the loud noise over the music. Too distracting and annoying. Plus, I don’t like being around too many drunk people. The way they talk to you being drunk is pretty nuts. I enjoy talking to people more when they are sober. As you can probably tell, I’m not the partying type anymore like I used to be.

I prefer the cafes and diners more, where people can sit and actually listen to you. It’s more quiet and calm. I prefer performances like that.

If I get a band someday though, that might be a bit of a problem. Most cafes and diners don’t like loud rock bands. I’m sure there are large venues that don’t involve alcohol that will welcome loud rock bands, those venues are hard to find. I just like quiet and intimate performances more. Most bands enjoy performing in front of a bunch of drunk people, but live performances don’t always have to be that way. This is why I mostly liked to perform at small places like the Cafe Lena, Flavour Cafe, Slow Jed’s, and places like those.

With the band thing, I don’t really want to be a bar band. I want to find places where people can sit and listen to you. We’re not going to be a party rock band where you can dance your ass off all night. I’m planning to be a rock band that plays art. Nothing wrong with bands wanting to play bars, they play where ever they want to play, but do you really want to be looked at as a bar band when you would rather be performing a bigger stage?

You can get a better reception from the fans when performing at venues that doesn’t involve alcohol.

Kev