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Yes it's not easy doing booking under those conditions. Make sure you have everyone's calendar, preferably in your Blackberry or whatever, and that once people say they are available for a certain date they are held to it. If you only play once a or twice a month you should be able manage it.

OK...finally got myself into a professional project which includes: Set salary gigs, No opening acts, Already established band with a VERY healthy following and they play out at least twice a month! They are only in this project which will make life a helluva lot easier as far as booking and I'm guaranteed not to walk out with less an $100.00 in my pocket! No more worrying about playing for the door!!

Good news for sure Kerry.

Rock on brother!

Thanx guys... as I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm more of a Halen/Satriani/Yngwie,etc... type player but even though their songs are more "pop" mainstream, I've already figured out over 30 of their set list in about a month and I NEED the extra $$ due to my present job cut so what better way to make extra cash on the side than to do it through music! The local clubs love these guys and they have a lock-in in quite a few places so I'm gonna have fun doing this one!

Thanx guys... as I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm more of a Halen/Satriani/Yngwie,etc... type player but even though their songs are more "pop" mainstream, I've already figured out over 30 of their set list in about a month and I NEED the extra $$ due to my present job cut so what better way to make extra cash on the side than to do it through music! The local clubs love these guys and they have a lock-in in quite a few places so I'm gonna have fun doing this one!

Well, Eddie Van Halen, Slash, Steve Stevens, and Carlos Santana all played for Michael Jackson.

lol....and....they are giving me a "no holds barred" on a few tunes where they purposely want the leads extended due to the fact they HAVE to do at least 3 sets so till I learn about 60 tunes... Nothing like doing an Yngwie lead in a "Maroon 5" tune!

Holy Sh¡t! The lead vocalist already has 11 freakin' gigs booked Jan-March!

Bro, your plate is packed! And what you have to learn is just crazy. The pressure is really a positive pressure though.

Kill em!

NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE:
NEW YEARS EVE WITH "THE FUSE"
Friday, December 31 at 10:00pm at RIC JAMISONS BAR, Mount Sinai, NY
JOIN US IN RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH ONE OF LONG ISLANDS BEST ROCK COVER BANDS, THE FUSE! IT'S ALSO THE DEBUT OF OUR NEW GUITARIST, KERRY CESORO, AS WE EMBARK ON A NEW CHAPTER OF THE FUSE.

HERE IS HOW TO GET THERE...
On Rte. 25a just east of the King Kullen shopping center and Maximum Music, and About 1/4 mi. east of the Rte 25a/Rte 347 Merge on the south side of the road. From CR83, make left on Rt 25a, it’s about a mile on the left hand side.(Across from Benten Japanese Restaurant and White Castle)

Yikes! Heading off to my debut in an hour! Wish me luck! This is the beginning of many gigs...

Break a string, Crip! Blow a tube! Give someone a conniption with your mad skills!

I WISH I could be there!

Happy new year, my friend!

Happy New Year, Phil.. What's funny is I've been doing live gigs for years but Im actually nervous about this one because they already have a healthy following and I've gotta "one-up" their old guitarist! I guess after this gig, I'll be fine but believe it or not..I freakin' nervous like it's my 1st gig

Awesome gig... Packed house and my first 3 minute solo ever...will post vid when uploaded on Youtube!







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk--vI4dN0w

Well, it's cool that you got to use the new Les Paul .

But, I just don't understand the appeal of cover bands. Even when I played in cover bands I hated it. But, they make all the money at gigs nowadays. Go figure.

Maybe I should try to pass us off as a "cover band" that only does Mike Nobody covers . "Hi, we're NegativeM+, the first Mike Nobody Tribute Band!"