How (musically) famous are you?

[Brian Krashpad]

Do we have some ringers here? Answer these questions vis-a-vis your "musical career," and feel free to give explanatory embellishment (for instance, for magazine/TV/radio questions, was the press outlet/show local/national/international?, etc.), drop names, etc..

Have you ever:

Been interviewed or quoted by a magazine or newspaper?

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, a filmaker or TV show making a film/TV show about music?

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, an author writing a book about music?

Appeared in a film about music, as yourself.

Had your photo printed in a magazine or newspaper?

Had your photo on the cover of a magazine?

Had your photo on a pull-out center poster or calendar in a magazine?

Written about music in a magazine/newspaper?

Written a book about music?

Been interviewed on radio?

Been interviewed on TV/webcast?

Performed (live) on radio?

Performed on TV/webcast?

Had your recorded music played on the radio?

Been signed to an independent label?

Been signed to a major label?

Gone on a statewide or regional tour?

Gone on a national or international tour?

Played in public (either jammed onstage or as part of the band/act) with a nationally or internationally famous musician?

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, on the same stage at a single stage-venue at a single-day show?

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, at a multi-stage or multi-venue or multi-day show/festival?

Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, before they became famous?

Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, after they became famous?

Signed an autograph.

Been recognized as a musician outside of one of your shows or someone else's shows (like walking down the street or at the laundromat or something) by someone you don't know.

Charted on radio play or internet play charts?




Remember, all of the above must be in the context of your "musical career." So, for instance, if I've been interviewed or quoted in a magazine on some legal issue because I'm a lawyer, that doesn't count.

Go!

(I'll answer for myself later as a bump.)

 

[Bloozcat]

Uh....No.
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto....ad infinitum...

Wealth without fame would be my choice. Anonymous enough to walk down the street unrecognized, but wealthy enough to not give a crap.

"Lifestyles of the rich and anonymous."

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Uh....No.
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto....ad infinitum...

Wealth without fame would be my choice. Anonymous enough to walk down the street unrecognized, but wealthy enough to not give a crap.

"Lifestyles of the rich and anonymous."

Haha, yes, I could sure use some more dosh. But we shouldn't read too much into being able to answer some or even a lot of the above questions affirmatively, any more than we should if someone answers "no" to some or a lot. (I meant to put quotes around "famous" in the thread title but forgot, my bad.)

I can actually answer (truthfully!) "yes" to a lot of those questions, yet not only has no one ever heard of me, I haven't made any money to speak of off music either.

 

[Bloozcat]

Ah, fame is a fleeting thing, Brian. And 15 minutes of fame fleets even faster...

Hey, look at it this way. You're a local media type of famous guy, who's rubbed elbows with some of the more famous (with the occasional national Fender add spot here and there as well :AOK: ).

That's more fame than most will see...

I've had my picture in several of the local papers, been interviewed on TV, but never for anything to do with music.

I guess they just don't know who the hell I am...( uh, yeah...right!)

 

[Spudman]

Sure

Do we have some ringers here? Answer these questions vis-a-vis your "musical career," and feel free to give explanatory embellishment (for instance, for magazine/TV/radio questions, was the press outlet/show local/national/international?, etc.), drop names, etc..

Have you ever:

Been interviewed or quoted by a magazine or newspaper? Yes several times

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, a filmaker or TV show making a film/TV show about music? Yes Ski videos

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, an author writing a book about music?

Appeared in a film about music, as yourself.

Had your photo printed in a magazine or newspaper? Yes a couple of times

Had your photo on the cover of a magazine?

Had your photo on a pull-out center poster or calendar in a magazine?

Written about music in a magazine/newspaper?

Written a book about music?

Been interviewed on radio? Yes

Been interviewed on TV/webcast?

Performed (live) on radio? Yes

Performed on TV/webcast?

Had your recorded music played on the radio?

Been signed to an independent label?

Been signed to a major label?

Gone on a statewide or regional tour? Yes for years

Gone on a national or international tour? Yes for years

Played in public (either jammed onstage or as part of the band/act) with a nationally or internationally famous musician? Yes with a couple

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, on the same stage at a single stage-venue at a single-day show? Yes a few times

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, at a multi-stage or multi-venue or multi-day show/festival? Yes a few times

Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, before they became famous?

Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, after they became famous?

Signed an autograph. Plenty

Been recognized as a musician outside of one of your shows or someone else's shows (like walking down the street or at the laundromat or something) by someone you don't know. Yes

Charted on radio play or internet play charts?




Remember, all of the above must be in the context of your "musical career." So, for instance, if I've been interviewed or quoted in a magazine on some legal issue because I'm a lawyer, that doesn't count.

Go!

(I'll answer for myself later as a bump.)

 

[Ro3b]

Gene Weingarten, a columnist for the Washington Post, proposed a much simpler test for determining if you're famous or not, to wit: does your name, when entered in quotation marks in Google, return more hits than the phrase "she moaned?" At 2,340 to 1,420,000, I fail the test miserably.

I can answer yes to a lot of these questions, but really, now. I play Irish music. It's a peculiar little universe unto itself. None of this really means anything.

Have you ever:

Been interviewed or quoted by a magazine or newspaper?

Once by the Atlanta Journal, ages ago; several times by the Washington Times (DC's right-wing Unification-Church-owned "newspaper"), which gives me the heebie-jeebies; others I don't remember.

Had your photo printed in a magazine or newspaper?

Bunches of times, actually. The most noteworthy being a review of my old band's cd in Dirty Linen, a major folk/acoustic music mag.

Been interviewed on radio?

Yes, a few times, most recently on WNRN in Charlottesville a few years ago.

Performed (live) on radio?

Three or four times. Most recently I recorded a concert with with Maggie Sansone that was broadcast on "Fine Tuning" on XM radio.

Performed on TV/webcast?

I've played at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage a couple of times; they webcast those shows and archive them forever on their website. Much to my embarrassment in one case.

Had your recorded music played on the radio?

Quite a bit actually, albeit within the confines of the folk/traditional/world music sphere.

Been signed to an independent label?

Been signed to a major label?

Nope. Not sure I'd want to be either, given the current state of the industry.

Gone on a statewide or regional tour?

Yes, mostly in the East and South.

Played in public (either jammed onstage or as part of the band/act) with a nationally or internationally famous musician?

Nobody I've ever played with would pass the "she moaned" test. I'll drop names, but they'll just lie there. Maggie Sansone is pretty famous in the hammer dulcimer world. I play in sessions pretty often with Zan McLeod, a very well-known guitarist who I've learned a lot from. I've also played a few gigs with Billy McComiskey, one of the greatest living Irish button accordion players. I've played in sessions with members of the Bothy Band and De Danann (two of the seminal Irish trad groups from the 70s), Mick Moloney (great folklorist/ethnomusicologist and singer), Paul O'Shaughnessy (Donegal-style fiddler), Johnny O'Leary (legendary Kerry accordion player, RIP), the great Scottish guitarist Tony Cuffe (also RIP) ... you see how it is? You've never heard of any of these people, right?

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, on the same stage at a single stage-venue at a single-day show?

A friend and I opened for Solas in Charlottesville, VA in 2001. You may have heard of Solas; they've been in a Winnie-the-Pooh video. THAT'S famous, by god.

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, at a multi-stage or multi-venue or multi-day show/festival?

Sure, that's happened tons of times. Martin Hayes, Cherish the Ladies, the Tannahill Weavers, Liz Carroll. FWIW, I taught at a workshop weekend last year alongside Liz Carroll, John Doyle, Billy Jackson, and a bunch of other obscure-yet-famous people.

Signed an autograph.

Yes, a few times. It's a really weird feeling, like having people ask for a lock of your hair or something.

Been recognized as a musician outside of one of your shows or someone else's shows (like walking down the street or at the laundromat or something) by someone you don't know.

This happens fairly often, but I don't know if it counts; DC's a small town. Nobody knows me by name, though; it's always "Hey, weren't you the guy playing at, um, that place last week? With the, um, you know, the thing?"

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Gone on a statewide or regional tour? Yes for years

Gone on a national or international tour? Yes for years

Tell us some more deets about this Spud. When, where?

These are two that I hafta answwer "no" to.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

I can answer yes to a lot of these questions, but really, now. I play Irish music. It's a peculiar little universe unto itself, so none of this really means anything.

Well, it's not meant to imply that any of it means anything. Just a fun way to get people to interact and know more about each other.

Nobody I've ever played with would pass the "she moaned" test. I'll drop names, but they'll just lie there. Maggie Sansone is pretty famous in the hammer dulcimer world. I play in sessions pretty often with Zan McLeod, a very well-known guitarist who I've learned a lot from. I've also played a few gigs with Billy McComiskey, one of the greatest living Irish button accordion players. I've played in sessions with members of the Bothy Band and De Danann (two of the seminal Irish trad groups from the 70s), Mick Moloney (great folklorist/ethnomusicologist and singer), Paul O'Shaughnessy (Donegal-style fiddler), Johnny O'Leary (legendary Kerry accordion player, RIP), the great Scottish guitarist Tony Cuffe (also RIP) ... you see how it is? You've never heard of any of these people, right?

Wrong! I've heard of both the Bothy Band and De Danann. As would anyone who's heard the "Thistle and Shamrock" radio show more than a few times.

This happens fairly often, but I don't know if it counts; DC's a small town. Nobody knows me by name, though; it's always "Hey, weren't you the guy playing at, um, that place last week? With the, um, you know, the thing?"

What thing is that? A bodhran? Guitar?

And yes it counts! DC is a lot bigger town than Gainesville.

 

[Ro3b]

Wrong! I've heard of both the Bothy Band and De Danann. As would anyone who's heard the "Thistle and Shamrock" radio show more than a few times.

Well, ok, I'll spot you those guys.

What thing is that? A bodhran? Guitar?

You know, that thing! The kind of thingish thing.

I play mainly guitar these days, but also Irish flute (the old-system wooden one) and button accordion, and sometimes mandolin.

 

[duhvoodooman]

Like BC, I achieved a perfect score on this. 100% "No". But I'm a legend in my own mind!

Kudos to you real famous guys, though! :bravo:

 

[Spudman]

Tell us some more deets about this Spud. When, where?

These are two that I hafta answwer "no" to.

I toured the Western USA and Canada for about 5 years with no home eating from dumpsters and left behind lunches in restaurants. Pretty much everything west of the Mississippi. It was a fine young man's sport but I don't think I could do it these days in the same fashion. This was during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Remember disco? Disco made it very hard to get paid well for being a live entertainer for many years hence the struggle for food at times.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Like BC, I achieved a perfect score on this. 100% "No". But I'm a legend in my own mind!

Haha, me too!

Kudos to you real famous guys, though! :bravo:

Well, like I said, I can answer "yes" to a lot of these questions, but I'm still not really at famous. Bloozcat hit the nail on the head in describing me as a "local media famous" type guy, but even that probably overstates it!

 

[Brian Krashpad]

I toured the Western USA and Canada for about 5 years with no home eating from dumpsters and left behind lunches in restaurants. Pretty much everything west of the Mississippi. It was a fine young man's sport but I don't think I could do it these days in the same fashion. This was during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Remember disco? Disco made it very hard to get paid well for being a live entertainer for many years hence the struggle for food at times.

Ah, yes, I remember disco all too well.

Kids today who didn't live through it and celebrate it's kitschiness have no idea how truly evil its results were.

I take it you were a solo act at the time? Or was this a team dumpster diving event?

 

[Jimi75]

Have you ever:

Been interviewed or quoted by a magazine or newspaper? yes

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, a filmaker or TV show making a film/TV show about music? yes

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, an author writing a book about music? no

Appeared in a film about music, as yourself. no

Had your photo printed in a magazine or newspaper? yes

Had your photo on the cover of a magazine? no

Had your photo on a pull-out center poster or calendar in a magazine? no, but playgirl called several time ;-)

Written about music in a magazine/newspaper? yes

Written a book about music? no

Been interviewed on radio? yes

Been interviewed on TV/webcast? yes

Performed (live) on radio? yes

Performed on TV/webcast? yes (local tv station only)

Had your recorded music played on the radio? yes

Been signed to an independent label? yes

Been signed to a major label? no, almost

Gone on a statewide or regional tour? yes

Gone on a national or international tour? yes, national

Played in public (either jammed onstage or as part of the band/act) with a nationally or internationally famous musician? yes, several times during my years with Fender

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, on the same stage at a single stage-venue at a single-day show? yes

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, at a multi-stage or multi-venue or multi-day show/festival? yes

Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, before they became famous? no, don't remember

Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, after they became famous? no

Signed an autograph. no

Been recognized as a musician outside of one of your shows or someone else's shows (like walking down the street or at the laundromat or something) by someone you don't know. yes, very embarassing, it happened once after a show the next day in a guitar store.

Charted on radio play or internet play charts? yes




Remember, all of the above must be in the context of your "musical career." So, for instance, if I've been interviewed or quoted in a magazine on some legal issue because I'm a lawyer, that doesn't count.

Go!

(I'll answer for myself later as a bump.)[/QUOTE]

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Have you ever:Had your photo on a pull-out center poster or calendar in a magazine? no, but playgirl called several times ;-)

Funny as it sounds, I can answer "yes" to that one! I used to write for a regional (southeast USA) music mag called Ink 19. While it was still a print mag, it had a two-page monthly calendar of bands playing in Florida and up in Atlanta, which calendar was in the middle of the magazine. One month my band was actually playing twice in a month, and I pulled some strings to get listed on the calendar. Our band and a couple others that had shows on the calendar had their photos on the calendar, just a little 2"x3" photo in between the various dates and band/venue listings.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Here's a few answeers to my own questions to bump the thread, more later:

Have you ever:

Been interviewed or quoted by a magazine or newspaper?

Yes, at least half a dozen times. Local paper, the University of Florida paper, local community college paper, regional music magazine ("Ink 19"), local "alternative newsmonthly" (Satellite magazine), some others I'm forgetting.

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, a filmaker or TV show making a film/TV show about music?

Yes. A local musician filmaker is working on a documentary about the birth and growth of the Gainesville (Florida USA) music scene. I lent him some old video, and also was filmed for it.. Presently it remains unreleased, and sfaik, unfinished.

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, an author writing a book about music?

No.

Appeared in a film about music, as yourself.

Not yet, although, as noted above, there's footage of me taken for an as-yet unreleased documentary.

Had your photo printed in a magazine or newspaper?

Many times.

More later!

 

[markb]

Interesting questions, Brian. Here we go...

Have you ever:

Been interviewed or quoted by a magazine or newspaper? Yes, see below

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, a filmaker or TV show making a film/TV show about music? No

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, an author writing a book about music? No, but I once sold a guitar to the respected UK collector Paul Day whose collection contributed to The Ultimate Guitar Book. Mine didn't appear :whatever:

Appeared in a film about music, as yourself. No

Had your photo printed in a magazine or newspaper? Yes, the London Daily Telegraph and the Catford News Shopper (front page, that one :rotflmao: )

Had your photo on the cover of a magazine? Does The Catford News Shopper count?

Had your photo on a pull-out center poster or calendar in a magazine? No

Written about music in a magazine/newspaper? Yes, as a reviewer for a youth newspaper long, long ago.

Written a book about music? No

Been interviewed on radio? No

Been interviewed on TV/webcast? No.

Performed (live) on radio? No

Performed on TV/webcast? No

Had your recorded music played on the radio? Yes. Oddly, this happened about five years after the recording and the demise of the band. It was The John Peel Show on BBC Radio 1 for the record.

Been signed to an independent label? No

Been signed to a major label? No

Gone on a statewide or regional tour? Yes

Gone on a national or international tour? No

Played in public (either jammed onstage or as part of the band/act) with a nationally or internationally famous musician? Yes, but they're all UK/US folk players so a bit obscure in the rock'n'roll world.

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, on the same stage at a single stage-venue at a single-day show? Yes, see answer above.

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, at a multi-stage or multi-venue or multi-day show/festival? Same again.

Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, before they became famous? No

Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, after they became famous? I wish.

Signed an autograph. Yes, but i have no idea why I was asked...

Been recognized as a musician outside of one of your shows or someone else's shows (like walking down the street or at the laundromat or something) by someone you don't know. No

Charted on radio play or internet play charts? No.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Interesting questions, Brian. Here we go...

Have you ever:

Had your photo printed in a magazine or newspaper? Yes, the London Daily Telegraph and the Catford News Shopper (front page, that one :rotflmao: )

Had your photo on the cover of a magazine? Does The Catford News Shopper count?

Is there actually a place called Catford? I should imagine that's a pretty shallow ford if a feline could cross it!

Had your recorded music played on the radio? Yes. Oddly, this happened about five years after the recording and the demise of the band. It was The John Peel Show on BBC Radio 1 for the record.

Wow, John Peel is the bigtime! Despite being a Yank I know who that is.

Played in public (either jammed onstage or as part of the band/act) with a nationally or internationally famous musician? Yes, but they're all UK/US folk players so a bit obscure in the rock'n'roll world.

I'm not very knowledgeable about folk but I have done some reading and my dad is kind of a folkie type (plays banjo mainly) so we used to have folk records around (things like the Wayfarers at the Hungry I, Pete Seeger, etc.). I'm keen to see who these were, I might actually know some of the names!

 

[markb]

Is there actually a place called Catford? I should imagine that's a pretty shallow ford if a feline could cross it!



Wow, John Peel is the bigtime! Despite being a Yank I know who that is.



I'm not very knowledgeable about folk but I have done some reading and my dad is kind of a folkie type (plays banjo mainly) so we used to have folk records around (things like the Wayfarers at the Hungry I, Pete Seeger, etc.). I'm keen to see who these were, I might actually know some of the names!

Yes, Brian, there is a place called Catford in southeast London. I was playing the Lewisham folk festival as part of a dance group and somehow made it to the front page of the local free rag. Here's a link to a picture of the fiberglass cat that stands over the shopping centre.

As for folkies, I've opened for Martin Carthy and Bruce Molsky as part of the band Tobacco Road (among more obscure names) and numerous british acts as part of The Flying Pig String Band when we were the resident band at London's Cellar Folk Club.

Jamming is a way of life for folk musicians so you tend to play with more or less everyone over the years in one informal session or another. As I've played both english dance music and american old-time string band stuff, this includes a lot of people.

The track John Peel played came from a cassette that was given away with a fanzine. We had one side and the band Flux of Pink Indians had the other. About three songs each, I've probably got one or two copies around somewhere.

 

[Naz Nomad]

Played in public with a nationally or internationally famous musician? ... Yes

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, on the same stage at a single stage-venue at a single-day show? ... Yes

Been recognized as a musician outside of one of your shows or someone else's shows ... Yes

Oh well, I guess 3 is better than nothing :thwap:

 

[player]

Don't know if this counts but f you had a band(long ago) that opened for then CTA better known today as Chicago.would that work?btw the band was called Tumbleweed.it changed names so often that it stuck.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Don't know if this counts but f you had a band(long ago) that opened for then CTA better known today as Chicago.would that work?btw the band was called Tumbleweed.it changed names so often that it stuck.

Sure, I'm old enough to remember them being Chicago Transit Authority. :AOK:

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Yes, Brian, there is a place called Catford in southeast London. I was playing the Lewisham folk festival as part of a dance group and somehow made it to the front page of the local free rag. Here's a link to a picture of the fiberglass cat that stands over the shopping centre.

As for folkies, I've opened for Martin Carthy and Bruce Molsky as part of the band Tobacco Road (among more obscure names) and numerous british acts as part of The Flying Pig String Band when we were the resident band at London's Cellar Folk Club.

Jamming is a way of life for folk musicians so you tend to play with more or less everyone over the years in one informal session or another. As I've played both english dance music and american old-time string band stuff, this includes a lot of people.

The track John Peel played came from a cassette that was given away with a fanzine. We had one side and the band Flux of Pink Indians had the other. About three songs each, I've probably got one or two copies around somewhere.

That's a scary looking cat!

I ddin't recognise those folk people names but I do remember having heard of the band Flux of Pink Indians. Of course, that's a pretty hard name to forget!

 

[tot_Ou_tard]

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, an author writing a book about music? No, but I once sold a guitar to the respected UK collector Paul Day whose collection contributed to The Ultimate Guitar Book. Mine didn't appear :whatever:

That's a nice book of guitar porn.

Add me to the list of perfect No's.

& yes CTA counts.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Thanks for the responses!

Here's some more answers for myself to bump the thread:

Had your photo on the cover of a magazine?

Yep. Now that I think of it, a few times. A couple of them were for the UF student-run newspaper (The Alligator), which has long had weekly entertainment mnagazine inside every Thursday. The first one was the most impressive, they'd done a story on the band I was then in (Camp 7), and our three mugs filled up the whole cover. A little scary! Another time, same mag, they did a story on an upcoming local showcase-type festival Crash Pad was playing, and they put the pictures of 6 or 7 of the bands playing, including ours. It was pretty small and I could recognize myself (DeArmond Jet Stars have a pretty unique shape) though I doubt anyone else could, although it did have a caption with the band name over it. The third time was on the cover of an "alternative newsmonthly" magazine called Moon (called that because it was seen as an alternative to the local NY Times-owned paper, the Sun) when they did a story about the "Hogtown Music Awards," which they were a sponsor of. The entire cover was a montage of the bands who were up for awards, and Crash Pad was in there along with dozens of others.

Had your photo on a pull-out center poster or calendar in a magazine?

Funny as it sounds, I can answer "yes" to that one! I used to write for a regional (southeast USA) music mag called Ink 19. While it was still a print mag, it had a two-page monthly calendar of bands playing in Florida and up in Atlanta. One month my band was actually playing twice in a month, and I pulled some strings to get listed on the calendar. Our band and a couple others that had shows on the calendar had thier photos on the calendar, just a little 2"x3" photo.

Written about music in a magazine/newspaper?

Yes, both as author (which was how the question was intended) and subject (how some here or elsewhere have interpreted it). I've written for several local, and one regional, mags over the years, as have several of my frineds and acquaintances from the local band scene, so my bands tended to get ink somewhat out of proportion to our popularity.

Written a book about music?

Nope, though it'd be fun to do.

Been interviewed on radio?

Yes, several times. One was for a pirate radio station with a secret location at someone's house (they were later raided and shut down by the Feds), the other two times for the 2 stations that were/are at the time (the first station was sold and changed formats to "talk radio") the leading local alternative rock (as opposed to the big local mainstream rock) radio stations.

Here's me, with DJ, at the latter:

Been interviewed on TV/webcast?

Yeah, a band I was in during the 90's was on a local cable TV show that showed "alternative" music band videos. They came out to the garage at Casa Krashpad, and filmed little snippets of us playing, and asked us some questions, which they used as content between showing the videos.

Performed (live) on radio?

Nope, I've never done the solo thing and setting up a full band in the studio was too much hassle.

Performed on TV/webcast?

In addition to the cable TV thing mentioned above, one of the other bands I played with on a bill recently, in one of my side bands, did a webcast of the whole bill's performances.

Had your recorded music played on the radio?

Yes, on the 3 stations mentioned previously and on the local music show on the mainstream rock radio station, and on another free-form radio station that no longer exists. Except for the pirate station, this was almost always in the context of a show featuring local music.

 

[player]

Sure, I'm old enough to remember them being Chicago Transit Authority. :AOK:

imagine our surprise getting a call from Jimmy Guercio to back them at GiGi a Go Go's back in the day.this after just an honorable mention at a battle of the bands.guess we impressed someone.

 

[luvmyshiner]

Have you ever:

Had your photo printed in a magazine or newspaper?

Does the FBI's "most wanted" list count?

 

[Jipes]

Been interviewed or quoted by a magazine or newspaper? No

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, a filmaker or TV show making a film/TV show about music? Yes on aregional TV show
Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, an author writing a book about music? Yes on Story with the Blues about how amateurs playing blues have met this music
Appeared in a film about music, as yourself. no
Had your photo printed in a magazine or newspaper? Yes several times for gigs announcement and concert reviews
Had your photo on the cover of a magazine? no
Had your photo on a pull-out center poster or calendar in a magazine? no
Written about music in a magazine/newspaper? No
Written a book about music? No

Been interviewed on radio? yes several times
Been interviewed on TV/webcast? No
Performed (live) on radio? yes two or three times

Performed on TV/webcast? no
Had your recorded music played on the radio? yes on local radio or Internet radio (mainly with my blues band Mojo

Been signed to an independent label? no
Been signed to a major label? no
Gone on a statewide or regional tour? no
Gone on a national or international tour? no
Played in public (either jammed onstage or as part of the band/act) with a nationally or internationally famous musician? no
Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, on the same stage at a single stage-venue at a single-day show? yes at least 10 times (Popa Chubby, Alvin Lee, Calvin Russel
Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, at a multi-stage or multi-venue or multi-day show/festival? no
Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, before they became famous? no
Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, after they became famous?no
Signed an autograph.Yes it was funny
Been recognized as a musician outside of one of your shows or someone else's shows (like walking down the street or at the laundromat or something) by someone you don't know.Yes it was funny
Charted on radio play or internet play charts? No

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Here's some more answers from me:

Been signed to an independent label? Been signed to a major label? Gone on a statewide or regional tour? Gone on a national or international tour?

No to all of these. Over the years, I have managed to play in various cities around Florida outside of my town: Tallahassee, Jax, St. Augustine, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa, and Ft. Myers, plus a couple shows out in rural areas not in any town (one at a campground/music park near Live Oak, and one in the middle of an orange grove in Lake County, north of Orlando). But never on a little weeklong tour. Never played outside Florida either. Sigh. Maybe some day.

Played in public (either jammed onstage or as part of the band/act) with a nationally or internationally famous musician?

Yes, you all are sick to death of hearing that I got to play bass for Bo Diddley a couple years back at a pickup benefit gig.

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, on the same stage at a single stage-venue at a single-day show?

Only sorta to this one. Played a little multi-act free daytime show at a local community college. They moved it inside because of inclement weather, then realized they'd scheduled the show during EXAMS. Brilliant thinkers, that lot. At the time I was playing bass in a sorta post-grunge type band, and we basically got thrown offstage because there was no way we could "just turn down" low enough to make them happy and have it still be our music. So we did our one slow song after the first couple warnings and packed it in.

Up after us: Sister Hazel. They had no probelm with volume. Though they became pretty famous later, they were not famous at the time.

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, at a multi-stage or multi-venue or multi-day show/festival?

Yes. We used to have a local festival called the Alachua Music Harvest (Alachua is the county Gainesville is in) that started as a showcase of local bands and eventually grew to include national acts.

The year Crash Pad played ('96) the big acts were They Might Be Giants and George Clinton. Other acts that year that were then relatively unknown but later got some national recognition were Ben Harper, Sister Hazel, and For Squirrels.

Several years later (2002) another band I was in played a sort of successor to the original Harvests, called the Florida Music and Film Harvest, which was up north of Gainesville in a big camping/music park called the Spirit of the Suwannee, near Live Oak Florida. The big acts that year were Train, Sister Hazel (by then they were nationally known), and The Wailers.

Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, before they became famous?

Yeah, in 2000 the group Against Me! (for you oldsters or non-punk folks these are a Gainesville punk band that's nationally very hot currently) opened a local show for Crash Pad. At that point they were not a full band as they are now, but an acoustic guitarist and a percussionist.

Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, after they became famous?

Nope to this'un.

More later!

 

[deeaa]

I'll just list the ones I'd answer yes to:

Been interviewed or quoted by a magazine or newspaper
Had your photo printed in a magazine or newspaper
Written about music in a magazine/newspaper?
Been interviewed on radio?
Been interviewed on TV/webcast?
Performed on TV/webcast?
Had your recorded music played on the radio?
Been signed to an independent label?
Gone on a statewide or regional tour?
Played in public (either jammed onstage or as part of the band/act) with a nationally or internationally famous musician?
Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, on the same stage at a single stage-venue at a single-day show
Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, at a multi-stage or multi-venue or multi-day show/festival?
Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, before they became famous?
Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, after they became famous?
Signed an autograph.
Been recognized as a musician outside of one of your shows or someone else's shows (like walking down the street or at the laundromat or something) by someone you don't know.
Charted on radio play or internet play charts?
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