How (musically) famous are you?

[Brian Krashpad]

Do we have some ringers here? Answer these questions vis-a-vis your "musical career," and feel free to give explanatory embellishment (for instance, for magazine/TV/radio questions, was the press outlet/show local/national/international?, etc.), drop names, etc..

Have you ever:

Been interviewed or quoted by a magazine or newspaper?

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, a filmaker or TV show making a film/TV show about music?

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, an author writing a book about music?

Appeared in a film about music, as yourself.

Had your photo printed in a magazine or newspaper?

Had your photo on the cover of a magazine?

Had your photo on a pull-out center poster or calendar in a magazine?

Written about music in a magazine/newspaper?

Written a book about music?

Been interviewed on radio?

Been interviewed on TV/webcast?

Performed (live) on radio?

Performed on TV/webcast?

Had your recorded music played on the radio?

Been signed to an independent label?

Been signed to a major label?

Gone on a statewide or regional tour?

Gone on a national or international tour?

Played in public (either jammed onstage or as part of the band/act) with a nationally or internationally famous musician?

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, on the same stage at a single stage-venue at a single-day show?

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, at a multi-stage or multi-venue or multi-day show/festival?

Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, before they became famous?

Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, after they became famous?

Signed an autograph.

Been recognized as a musician outside of one of your shows or someone else's shows (like walking down the street or at the laundromat or something) by someone you don't know.

Charted on radio play or internet play charts?




Remember, all of the above must be in the context of your "musical career." So, for instance, if I've been interviewed or quoted in a magazine on some legal issue because I'm a lawyer, that doesn't count.

Go!

(I'll answer for myself later as a bump.)

[Brian Krashpad]

Nobody here has done anything on the list? I find that hard to believe.

Don't be shy.

[Monster]

Been interviewed on radio?
Performed (live) on radio?
Had your recorded music played on the radio?
Gone on a statewide or regional tour?
Been recognized as a musician outside of one of your shows or someone else's shows (like walking down the street or at the laundromat or something) by someone you don't know.

i have played with a few famous guitar players from bands back stage and hung with them when ever they came to town... when i lived in mass.......

also came close to a record deal with my band but i gave i gave it up to settle down and have a family..... the band is signed now and has a few albums out..... this was almost 10 years ago when i left my band... do i regret it nope.. my wife and kids mean more to me..... maybe cause they all support my music... i think it bothers the wife more then me that i gave up a music and a record deal for her...

[Brian Krashpad]

Thanks for the response!

Who are some of the people you've jammed backstage with?

What is your former band called? Are they on an indie or a major?

Enquiring minds wanna know!

[characterzero]

Not much for me, as I haven't really started a music career or anything yet. I have played a benefit concert on the same bill as the Gordon Stone Band (Jam Bluegrass with a funk/Caribbean vibe) www.gordonstone.com/ (http://www.gordonstone.com/). They're sort of well known in the North-East, Gordon sits in with a bunch of jam-bands who tour around. He has complimented me on my playing a few times, which was cool.

I also have sat in with this piano player's gigs before http://www.myspace.com/morningsidecollective. That's about it for my music fame, aside from being mentioned in a local paper a few times (for music).

[Brian Krashpad]

Here's a few answeers to my own questions to bump the thread, more later:

Have you ever:

Been interviewed or quoted by a magazine or newspaper?

Yes, at least half a dozen times. Local paper, the University of Florida paper, local community college paper, regional music magazine ("Ink 19"), local "alternative newsmonthly" (Satellite magazine), some others I'm forgetting.

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, a filmaker or TV show making a film/TV show about music?

Yes. A local musician filmaker is working on a documentary about the birth and growth of the Gainesville (Florida USA) music scene. I lent him some old video, and also was filmed for it.. Presently it remains unreleased, and sfaik, unfinished.

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, an author writing a book about music?

No.

Appeared in a film about music, as yourself.

Not yet, although, as noted above, there's footage of me taken for an as-yet unreleased documentary.

Had your photo printed in a magazine or newspaper?

Many times.

More later!

[floydmoline]

no to all questions....... sadly.....hopefully someday

[Brian Krashpad]

no to all questions....... sadly.....hopefully someday


Well, there's plenty of time. I probably played guitar for almost 15 years before any of that sort of thing began.

Plus, while these sorts of things are fun and cool, in the greater scope of things they're really not that important. Having done them doesn't make you a better player, and, conversely, being a great player doesn't guarantee that you'll do these types of things. A lot of it is being in the right place at the right time, and knowing the right people.

[characterzero]

i have played with a few famous guitar players from bands back stage and hung with them when ever they came to town... when i lived in mass.......

Didn't I read somewhere here about you jamming with Dave Mustaine? That must have been cool, plus I'm there's some other famous musicians you've met.

[Juggernaut]

Been interviewed or quoted by a magazine or newspaper? Yes

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, a filmaker or TV show making a film/TV show about music? No

Been interviewed for, or lent memorabilia or other source materials to, an author writing a book about music? No

Appeared in a film about music, as yourself.No

Had your photo printed in a magazine or newspaper? Yes

Had your photo on the cover of a magazine? No

Had your photo on a pull-out center poster or calendar in a magazine?No

Written about music in a magazine/newspaper? No

Written a book about music? No

Been interviewed on radio? Yes

Been interviewed on TV/webcast? Yes

Performed (live) on radio? Yes

Performed on TV/webcast? No

Had your recorded music played on the radio? Yes

Been signed to an independent label? No

Been signed to a major label? No

Gone on a statewide or regional tour? Yes

Gone on a national or international tour? Yes

Played in public (either jammed onstage or as part of the band/act) with a nationally or internationally famous musician? Yes

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, on the same stage at a single stage-venue at a single-day show? Yes

Opened for or been (lower) on the same bill as a nationally or internationally famous musician, at a multi-stage or multi-venue or multi-day show/festival? No

Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, before they became famous? No

Had a nationally or internationally famous musician or band open for you, at a single-stage venue and a single-day show, after they became famous? No

Signed an autograph. Yes

Been recognized as a musician outside of one of your shows or someone else's shows (like walking down the street or at the laundromat or something) by someone you don't know. Too many times

Charted on radio play or internet play charts? Yes, "locally"

[Brian Krashpad]

Thanks for the responses Jug. Now give us some details on who you've played with and the circumstances!

Here's some more answers for myself to bump the thread:

Had your photo on the cover of a magazine?

Yep. Now that I think of it, a few times. A couple of them were for the UF student-run newspaper (The Alligator), which has long had weekly entertainment mnagazine inside every Thursday. The first one was the most impressive, they'd done a story on the band I was then in (Camp 7), and our three mugs filled up the whole cover. A little scary! Another time, same mag, they did a story on an upcoming local showcase-type festival Crash Pad was playing, and they put the pictures of 6 or 7 of the bands playing, including ours. It was pretty small and I could recognize myself (DeArmond Jet Stars have a pretty unique shape) though I doubt anyone else could, although it did have a caption with the band name over it. The third time was on the cover of an "alternative newsmonthly" magazine called Moon (called that because it was seen as an alternative to the local NY Times-owned paper, the Sun) when they did a story about the "Hogtown Music Awards," which they were a sponsor of. The entire cover was a montage of the bands who were up for awards, and Crash Pad was in there along with dozens of others.

Had your photo on a pull-out center poster or calendar in a magazine?

Funny as it sounds, I can answer "yes" to that one! I used to write for a regional (southeast USA) music mag called Ink 19. While it was still a print mag, it had a two-page monthly calendar of bands playing in Florida and up in Atlanta. One month my band was actually playing twice in a month, and I pulled some strings to get listed on the calendar. Our band and a couple others that had shows on the calendar had thier photos on the calendar, just a little 2"x3" photo.

Written about music in a magazine/newspaper?

Yes, both as author (which was how the question was intended) and subject (how some here or elsewhere have interpreted it). I've written for several local, and one regional, mags over the years, as have several of my frineds and acquaintances from the local band scene, so my bands tended to get ink somewhat out of proportion to our popularity.

Written a book about music?

Nope, though it'd be fun to do.

Been interviewed on radio?

Yes, several times. One was for a pirate radio station with a secret location at someone's house (they were later raided and shut down by the Feds), the other two times for the 2 stations that were/are at the time (the first station was sold and changed formats to "talk radio") the leading local alternative rock (as opposed to the big local mainstream rock) radio stations.

Here's me, with DJ, at the latter:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v26/BrianKrashpad/th_BKwTHLS027_24A.jpg

Been interviewed on TV/webcast?

Yeah, a band I was in during the 90's was on a local cable TV show that showed "alternative" music band videos. They came out to the garage at Casa Krashpad, and filmed little snippets of us playing, and asked us some questions, which they used as content between showing the videos.

Performed (live) on radio?

Nope, I've never done the solo thing and setting up a full band in the studio was too much hassle.

Performed on TV/webcast?

In addition to the cable TV thing mentioned above, one of the other bands I played with on a bill recently, in one of my side bands, did a webcast of the whole bill's performances.

Had your recorded music played on the radio?

Yes, on the 3 stations mentioned previously and on the local music show on the mainstream rock radio station, and on another free-form radio station that no longer exists. Except for the pirate station, this was almost always in the context of a show featuring local music.