ATTN: Boston People - Question about jamming on street corners[views:2194][posts:23]____________________________________________ [Sep 11,2010 10:45am - FuckIsMySignature ""] Wanna start doing some promotion for Boston shows with my rock band. Me and my singer will just jam out our tunes acousticly and give out demos and flyers and shit. Will we get hassled by the police if we dont have a permit? What are some good areas to do this? |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 11,2010 10:46am - arilliusbm ""] Yes, you will |
| ____________________________________________ [Sep 11,2010 10:47am - FuckIsMySignature ""] so how do we get a permit to do it legally then? |
| ____________________________________________ [Sep 11,2010 10:48am - FuckIsMySignature ""] and can i sing love ballads to Tom Menino and John Kerry in the elevator of the Fed Reserve? |
| ________________________________________________ [Sep 11,2010 10:54am - IllinoisEnemaBradness ""] Gov't Center would be a better choice. During the day though, it's kind of a ghost town on the weekends |
| ________________________________________ [Sep 11,2010 10:58am - aaron_michael ""] you have to call town hall about it. I think it's roughly $50 for several hours. |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 11,2010 11:00am - arilliusbm ""] Only the Jamaican trashcan drummers and incredible guitar player in South Station are real. |
| ____________________________________________ [Sep 11,2010 11:02am - FuckIsMySignature ""] aaron_michael said:you have to call town hall about it. I think it's roughly $50 for several hours. eh thats not bad we have some band funds to toss around. i just wanna try to create kind of a buzz in the city so we dont have rely totally on our worcester fanbase for our upcoming show at Copperfields. |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 11,2010 11:13am - arilliusbm ""] Just play at hennessys before me & Julio. You'll have all the 35 year old poontang you'd ever want |
| ____________________________________________ [Sep 11,2010 11:20am - FuckIsMySignature ""] you had me at poontang |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 11,2010 11:26am - arilliusbm ""] the band would fit perfectly |
| __________________________________________ [Sep 11,2010 12:52pm - Kadoog-a-go-go ""] I've always been told its 25-30 bucks for a pass that lasts you a full year, from the day you get it. http://www.mbta.com/business_center/subway_performers/ Cambridge: Harvard Square is best area in the evenings and weekends. Cambridge permit is $40 from Cambridge Arts Council, 344 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 617-349-4380. http://www.cambridgeartscouncil.org or http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/~CAC/ Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA permit and regulations. This permit is good for one year beginning January 1st. You can sell your own cds and use amplification at 80db in a 25 feet distance. Download copies of Cambridge Ordinance from this site or the arts council site (Laws are periodically updated so always check the City Clerk office for latest version). I can't find anything about actually playing on the STREET in BOSTON, though. Just MBTA stuff. |
| ____________________________________________ [Sep 11,2010 12:57pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] awesome thanks dude! |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 11,2010 1:02pm - arilliusbm ""] Tom Bombadil and the Unnatural Disasters coming to a street corner near you |
| __________________________________ [Sep 11,2010 5:39pm - ShadowSD ""] Extremely useful information is extremely useful. |
| __________________________________________ [Sep 12,2010 11:01am - Kadoog-a-go-go ""] FuckIsMySignature said:awesome thanks dude! Not a problem. I've been meaning to look that shit up for myself anyway. TEAMWORK. |
| ___________________________________ [Sep 12,2010 12:41pm - ShadowSD ""] I hope you saw the slightly amended version of your advice in the other thread. |
| ______________________________________ [Sep 12,2010 4:16pm - dertoxianli ""] just make sure you dont do this.... http://www.aolnews.com/story/wis-police-street-musician-hit-man-with/1266425 ....i mean DO THIS |
| ___________________________________________ [Sep 12,2010 4:34pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] hahahahahaha |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 14,2010 7:41am - Alexecutioner ""] go shred on the corner of Newbury and Fairfield in front of the CVS, enough room to set up without being on the sidewalk and you can usually play for at least an hour before the cops try to fuck with you if you dont have a permit |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 14,2010 9:11am - ouchdrummer ""] dertoxianli said:just make sure you dont do this.... http://www.aolnews.com/story/wis-police-street-musician-hit-man-with/1266425 ....i mean DO THIS This is funny as hell! Bongo Jesus? Awesome name! |
| __________________________________ [Sep 14,2010 5:54pm - sethrich ""] arilliusbm said:Just play at hennessys before me & Julio. You'll have all the 35 year old poontang you'd ever want HAHA, very true. No originals though. Those saggy poons only like shitty Journey and Bon Jovi covers. |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 14,2010 5:58pm - arilliusbm ""] Actually, I'm getting a guy I work with (who frequents there every Friday and has had sexual relations with every woman in that bar) to talk to the person about possibly booking Hard Number 9. Doubt he'll remember but we'll see. |
| ___________________________________________ [Sep 14,2010 6:03pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] sethrich said: arilliusbm said:Just play at hennessys before me & Julio. You'll have all the 35 year old poontang you'd ever want HAHA, very true. No originals though. Those saggy poons only like shitty Journey and Bon Jovi covers. wtf...we play mostly originals with a few covers |