How NOT To Make It (for long)
Y’know, we’ve talked a lot about how to start a rock band, get its first gigs and into the ears of those who can help move it forward.
But there’s one thing that every band should do … and that’s make the act non-offensive in its presentation. Make your band and music acceptable to fans in general, and you’ll have very little problem growing one helluva fan-base (which, btw, buys the CDs, attends paying concerts, etc.).
But, for the sake of “getting noticed”, some will take the opposite (read: dumb) approach. For example: there are a few bands on a limited 
(very limited) circuit that have the “F-word” in their names.
While they might think it’s radical or sends a statement, don’t kid yourself: They’re doing it because it’s the only way they can get noticed! Their sound’s just not that good to begin with!
And they seem to forget the number of legal issues surrounding the use of their “name”, which include various decency and incitement ordinances.
In other words, the sound you’re hearing from their sets isn’t a snare’s rimshot … it’s the sound of them shooting themselves in their musical feet!
They won’t be heard on radio; most TV gigs will be out-of-the-question; and larger venue managers will, for the most part, avoid them like the plague!
Remember … whatever you begin to play now, the way you carry that act onstage, even down to the band name you choose … can typecast you, not only now but all through your entire musical career!
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