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Big Andy, the Destroyer's Interests
General
Music, movies, books, comic books, video games, gaming, making sweet sweet love. Waiting a half hour (give or take) then making sweet sweet love again.
I'm also a writer. Short stories so far, more in the future.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Kung Fu Hustle, Exorcist, Evil Dead, Spider-Man 1 & 2 (not 3; 3 blew very hard and made me sadder than sad), Adaptation, 40 Year Old Virgin, Yi Yi, Amelie, Ordinary People, Little Miss Sunshine, Superbad, Batman Begins, The Incredibles.
Television
Arrested Development (R.I.P.) Family Guy The Office (U.K. & U.S.) The Tick (animated) Twin Peaks Aqua Teen Harvey Birdman Sopranos Quantum Leap
Books
Daylle Deanna Schwartz's books: "The Real Deal: How to Get Signed to a Record Label", "Start and Run Your Own Record Label,"I Don't Need a Record Deal"
Patricia Shih-"Gigging: A Practical Guide for Musicians"
Donald Passman- "All you Need to Know About the Music Business"
Sidney Shemel & M. William Krasilovsky-"This Business of Music"
Tad Lathrop & Jim Pettigrew-"Music Marketing and Promotion"
David Nevue-"How to Promote your Music Successfully on the Internet"
Jeri Goldstein-"How to be your own Booking Agent"
Hal Galper-"The Touring Musician"
The Musician's AtlasThe Indie Bible
Heroes
My Dad. And Alan Lomax.
And all local musicians trying to make it. Even if they suck.
My new blog, devoted to helping beginning and struggling musicians avoid the many mistakes and pitfalls of the music industry.
If you have a gig you would like me to post in my calendar, let me know. I go to a lot of local shows, so the chances are good that if I don't already know you, I may attend at least one of your shows.
I can't expect everyone to follow my lead, but if more local musicians would get off their asses and actually support local music, rather than just supporting their own bands, the Milwaukee scene would be a lot better than it is.
To everyone, I say, get out to a local show once in a while, and support local music in any way you can. Milwaukee has some extremely talented bands, and it hurts to see so many of them fall to obscurity just because of poor support from their home town. Milwaukee has a lot more to show than just Violent Femmes and the Gufs, so let's all do our part to get Milwaukee on the map.
And to all local bands that I'm not friends with, don't just try to add me and assume that I'll come to your shows. Send me a message and tell me about yourself. Be a real friend, not just a myspace friend. If you do this, I may bring a real friend or two to your show.
Check out my calendar for upcoming Milwaukee area shows.
Who I'd like to meet: "Someone to believe in, someone to trust."
hi! sorry we missed u guys last nite! we checked out the color truth and they were great! after, d's foreign exchange buddies wanted to see the bravery... hope u had an awesome nite :)
No big guy, YOU ROCK. You guys were freaking incredible last night. Thoroughly impressed, as usual. Can't wait to share the stage with you guys again! Much respect, Tom and Lithic
