Hosting The Mustn't Grumble
Find a place for us to play:
We can happily play at your house or other available public space if there is enough room for the people you intend to invite and if it is comfortable for all. You can also investigate a space where you think it would be great for us to play:
1. Find out who decides if/when/how music happens there.
2. Tell them you like us and our music and ask if we can play there.
3. Point them to our website or get their address and contact us to send them a press kit.
4. You might have to check back with them a few times to help the process along.
It's really pretty easy and it's a great way to meet new folks!
Get a bunch of folks to come:
Think of it as throwing a party with The Mustn't Grumble as your entertainment! Invite 10 or 20 of your closest friends :). Invite them by email a week or two in advance and then talk to them on the phone a few days before the show to see if they are definitely coming.
Publicize it:
We have a publicist whose job it is to post our shows on radio and newspapers, but it would still be really awesome if you wanted to do something like make a poster for the event (There are also posters for download in .pdf format here) and put it up at the place where we will play, at the local library, local coffee shops, or where-ever. Then we all have a cool souvenir of the show. Or you could stage a Performance Art Happening and stop traffic in a busy intersection to announce the second coming of the Mustn't Grumble!
Set up the space:
- Make sure there is a place for us to park when we arrive.
- Make sure there is a place for us to unpack and (safely) store our instrument cases.
- If possible, clear venue at least 2 hours in advance for setup and sound check.
- Arrange for food for the musicians.
- Help arrange for a place for the musicians to sleep.
Play Host:
Food, drink, take tickets (if venue requires it), give directions to people trying to come, deal with the police when they come to shut us down for lighting our instruments on fire, stuff like that.
Mistress or Master of Ceremonies:
You get to get up on stage to kick off the show in some way that suits you. Like, "these are my friends, they never complain, and I like their music," or, LADIES AND GENTS, Spiders and Salamanders, all the way from New England, The Mustn't Grumble Rockin' Old-Timey Gypsy Jazz Folk Swing Band!!!!!"
Invite other musicians, if you want to:
We love to jam and meet other local musicians. So if you have friends who
are good players, have them share the night with us or maybe we can
arrange to have them join us on some tunes. Or we could all play games
for song or such.
We can happily play at your house or other available public space if there is enough room for the people you intend to invite and if it is comfortable for all. You can also investigate a space where you think it would be great for us to play:
1. Find out who decides if/when/how music happens there.
2. Tell them you like us and our music and ask if we can play there.
3. Point them to our website or get their address and contact us to send them a press kit.
4. You might have to check back with them a few times to help the process along.
It's really pretty easy and it's a great way to meet new folks!
Get a bunch of folks to come:
Think of it as throwing a party with The Mustn't Grumble as your entertainment! Invite 10 or 20 of your closest friends :). Invite them by email a week or two in advance and then talk to them on the phone a few days before the show to see if they are definitely coming.
Publicize it:
We have a publicist whose job it is to post our shows on radio and newspapers, but it would still be really awesome if you wanted to do something like make a poster for the event (There are also posters for download in .pdf format here) and put it up at the place where we will play, at the local library, local coffee shops, or where-ever. Then we all have a cool souvenir of the show. Or you could stage a Performance Art Happening and stop traffic in a busy intersection to announce the second coming of the Mustn't Grumble!
Set up the space:
- Make sure there is a place for us to park when we arrive.
- Make sure there is a place for us to unpack and (safely) store our instrument cases.
- If possible, clear venue at least 2 hours in advance for setup and sound check.
- Arrange for food for the musicians.
- Help arrange for a place for the musicians to sleep.
Play Host:
Food, drink, take tickets (if venue requires it), give directions to people trying to come, deal with the police when they come to shut us down for lighting our instruments on fire, stuff like that.
Mistress or Master of Ceremonies:
You get to get up on stage to kick off the show in some way that suits you. Like, "these are my friends, they never complain, and I like their music," or, LADIES AND GENTS, Spiders and Salamanders, all the way from New England, The Mustn't Grumble Rockin' Old-Timey Gypsy Jazz Folk Swing Band!!!!!"
Invite other musicians, if you want to:
We love to jam and meet other local musicians. So if you have friends who
are good players, have them share the night with us or maybe we can
arrange to have them join us on some tunes. Or we could all play games
for song or such.
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