Brand new immigrant.

[two-stabs.livejournal.com]

Me'n my mates landed in Somerville a couple days ago. I need a heads up on the music scene... local record stores, labels, places to gig and rehearse? Also -- I left two bands behind me when I moved, and am dying to continue creating. Any closet theory geeks out there who want to rock like Dave Grohl?

Jordan

p.s. thx!

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I checked out the Abbeyvain site...

[othniel77.livejournal.com]

Good stuff! Definitely the caliber of band I put on my "Dark Sky" bills - you were right.

So, did you move to the Boston area to be involved in the local music scene specifically? There are alot of great opportunities, as many genres are thriving. Boston has more musicians per capita than even NYC (I suspect alot of this is due to Berklee being here). arianasilver has also just moved up from Maryland as well - mass exodus to Mass. going on, perhaps? ;)

Re: I checked out the Abbeyvain site...

[two-stabs.livejournal.com]

I did, in fact, move up here specifically to be involved in the local music scene. As of yesterday I got my first drum student, and hopefully soon I'll have 4 or 5 (8? 11?) to help me with the rent. I've met a whole rack of Berklee students who I'll be playing with, but more than anything else I'm trying to cull a rack of dedicated musicians who want to really get into it and break onto the scene.

As far as exodus is concerned, I know two hands worth of people that moved up here who I know in the same relative span of time as I did - which is strange, but, also welcome. It certainly makes adjusting easier.

Have you heard of Kyuss?

Re: I checked out the Abbeyvain site...

[othniel77.livejournal.com]

I'm originally from Upstate NY (Rochester) and I've found that 30% of the music scene is also from Rochester, oddly - including 2 members of the band that I manage, Lilac Ambush (small world!)

Like I said, The Noise Board and craigslist are great places to meet fellow musicians, and I'll be happy to introduce you to some people at Dark Sky as well.

I moved here because there was a good scene, but also to take a job which pays 3x what I made in the radio industry. Been here since '01, and loving it! I go to so many shows it's not funny!