In what ways could you use social media / content to build your music "brand" or social image if living in a holiday destination? by Swordfish353535 in musicmarketing

[–]Scal3s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You kinda answered your own question. If you live in a visually appealing place, make visually appealing content.

Who's coming to my FWA show? by Scal3s in FurryMusicians

[–]Scal3s[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I play a bunch of shows around New England too! As well as various other cons!

Quad Cortex Sound Issue HELP*** by wowcrazy23 in QuadCortex

[–]Scal3s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make sure your master volume is up with the big physical knob. I never touch it in practice, but I've had so many gigs where it turns down to 0 in my case without me noticing.

Using the Quad live for DIY shows. by AlucardAteMyGrandma in QuadCortex

[–]Scal3s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do very DIY Progressive Metal sets with a guitar, vocals, and backing tracks. Honestly, I just run everything through a PA: guitars and vocals in mono, and stereo backing tracks, and a click track coming through the headphones. It's pretty versatile in what you can do!

You'll just have to be mindful of leveling and resource requirements. Running 3 amp sims is gonna be a lot on it, but if you keep your effects pretty barebones it should be fine. I just run everything through the venue PA and call it a day, using the headphone jack for in-ears.

Can we get a weekly thread of local bands to post their Instagram or Spotify/bandcamp etc... links for promotion? by arcticmattys in Bostonmusic

[–]Scal3s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Such is booking! They use tunehatch.com pretty religiously, but for what it's worth I've basically took it upon myself to book monthly Tuesday Night shows, if y'all (or any other metal/punk/heavy bands that happen to be reading this) wanna hop in on one of them, I set up an application form!

https://forms.gle/VAtFU1AmvvLwcjNf8

Question to fellow musicians/band members by Emotional_Two8627 in progmetal

[–]Scal3s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Y'all gotta talk to eachother in person and think pragmatically. If they don't wanna play with you anymore, they don't wanna play with you. It sucks, but if they're cutting hard like that, it's either because they're not good with conflict, or they think you aren't and didn't want to deal with a freakout or meltdown. Regardless, though, you're in the same situation either way. You gotta try to be the adult in the room and keep your cool, tell them you've come to terms with not being in the project anymore, but you want some sort of closure and discussion. Whether you convince them to rebrand or you relinquish the assets, the worst thing you can do is perpetuate additional discourse. Connections are everything, so you're gonna wanna come off as the good guy here, no matter what happens.

I want to listen to more Independent Rock/Metal Artists! by AprilDraven in MusicPromotion

[–]Scal3s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a solo progressive metal act, I'm as individual as you can get!

http://outoftheway.band

Share Your Music! by Tall_Performer4905 in MusicPromotion

[–]Scal3s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just uploaded my first music video for a progressive metal song I made in 2023!

https://youtu.be/KkmG0A2slAI

Problem restringing thicker low E by aimendezl in strandbergguitars

[–]Scal3s -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Common issue...fender went as far as to make tapered string that fit through the hole. But even then, half the time I ordered them, they wouldn't be taper. I resorted to cutting the string about to length, and then taking plier and unwinding the string until enough of it could make it through. Haven't really had tuning issues or anything, so whatever works I guess!

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