"Shhhh-it!": Introducing Idolator's AnonIMous Music-Biz Interview Series - Idolator: "VivSavage1984: okay, so first question: do you actually read/care about music blogs?
RockClubBigWig: I do read them, every day, when I get to work. Just the major ones--Idolator, of course, Pitchfork, Brooklyn Vegan, Stereogum, Product Shop NYC, etc.
VivSavage1984: well, thanks for the plug. So, do the blogs have any big impact on what bands you guys book?
RockClubBigWig: Sometimes. I would say that more often, we book the bands first and then the blogs write about them. Blogs are more useful for finding out about shows going on at other venues.
VivSavage1984: really! interesting. well, what do you think about when blogs take credit for helping to 'break' a band? is there any merit to that? so what's the day-to-day of your job like?
RockClubBigWig: go over the schedule for the evening. listen to a lot of cd's and visit a bunch of myspace pages. respond (or don't respond) to a couple hundred e-mails. answer the phone. bullshit with colleagues. talk shit about shitty bands. and praise good ones. ... There are a lot of new venues. But there's a big market out there. I mean, I wish I could say that there's cutthroat competition in the New York live music scene. But it's kind of like, Clear Channel/Live Nation, whatever, they're on one side, and everyone else is on the other. And the balance seems to be tilting towards the independents. Irving Plaza, Nokia Theater, BB Kings: their booking has really gone downhill in the last couple years."
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