Just dropped off the posters for the show at
The Mansion.
Kinda felt a bit small-time, with my home-made efforts next to a lot of amazing graphics and stuff; they have a great wall of band posters when you walk in the door. It's funny, 'cause I actually had my dad print up a whole wack of large colour posters, all of which would look great, but they got folded and crushed along the way. I guess I didn't figure it would take 5 years for the band to actually start playing shows on a more regular basis (is that what we're doing?). I should see if he still has those files from the posters to print a few more for venues.
I was talking to Sienna about posters, and how, if you're not a "name" band, what good it actually does you to spend time/money plastering the city with the name of your venue. I can't remember anyone ever coming to one of my shows because they saw a poster, even when we got really good turn-outs, I felt like I knew everyone there; which is a nice thing. I guess it puts the name out there, so the next time they see a poster, they're like, "oh, yeah, I've heard of the them" and then maybe 10 more times down the road, they decide to see a show because one of their friends is going. . . I don't know.
Eitherway, look for our posters downtown, in store windows and official poster places only, because apparently, The Mansion gets ticketed if their shows break bylaws. I know I can legally poster for shows, as a private person, but I guess it gets messy with an establishment.
Oh, the most exciting thing -- the CD's arrived today! They look awesome, and I'll post pictures of my children holding them in awe and wonder a.s.a.p. The album will be for sale at the cd release show, and after that from me, and maybe a few small downtown locations (the efficacy of putting product in stores seems only slightly higher than postering. . .)
So, again, JAN 24, THE MANSION (in the living room), 7:30 PM (NEW TIME). $5 for big people, free for little people. They also have great food if you want to catch dinner first.
These pictures were taken by Kev's gal-pal Emma. Thanks Emma! That's Kev on the drums, Kev on the lead guitar, and Kev on the Bass. Oh, the Kevin jokes. They never get old. . . Ha, ah, ah. . . Hmmmmm. . . It's the same name! Isn't that wacky!? All of them! Kevins!
