dertoxia said:

blackmetallady said:

DrinkHardThrashHard said:

Does every band have to be gunning for Century Media and the Billboard Top 40 for you to accept them?

YES

i would be appaled if at any point in my life i actually made money playing music. thats not why i do it. thats not why anyone on here does it. we dont play music to have a big house and shiny cars. we do it because we like it and we want other people to like what we do. actually....fuck that. we dont even care if other people like what we do. we just do it for ourselves. you are completely self absorbed and expect people to give you money just for you existing. i absolutely despise going to shows of nationally touring bands. i just look at what theyre charging for merch. i've never seen a local band charge more than maybe $15 for a shirt yet i see these nationals charging fourty-fuckin-five dollars??! what does that tell me? they aren't in it for the music anymore, theyre in it for the money. i don't respect people like that and i dont respect you. get aids you filthy dumpster whore.

Oh my, silly boy. You know abosolutely nothing. These "touring bands" eat from merch money, that's how they make most of their money. God, the money they have to pay back to the labels and such is a lot! The merch is what they rely on. Morover, most promoters take 15-50% of merch money from the band at every show. THAT's WRONG. I never take merch money, because I know that's how they survive on the road. This is why I'm a well liked promoter by nationals. So stick that up your ass and learn the biz.