CONTEST: Attention bands on the run… Enter to win a $500 gas card!
September 18, 2008 by Brian James ·
Nothing hurts more than filling up the tank of a 15 passenger van tugging a double-axle trailer packed with tons of music gear. Can’t hold off until after November 4th? Good news, there is hope pre-Obama. Our family over at DecentX.com feels your pain at the pump and is offering musicians a chance to win a $500 gas card AND a guaraunteed spot on their upcoming digital compilation.
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For touring bands… Anything is better than the van… Right?
July 10, 2008 by Brian James ·
I’ve played in bands since I was in 6th grade. My first “tour” was done in a Ford Explorer hitched to a rented U-Haul trailer. We got kicked out of our hotel in Gary, Indiana for launching fireworks out our window, drinking underage and having a stripper in our room from the strip club next door. That night the five of us ended up sleeping in the good ol’ Ford Explorer at a truck stop in what was then the murder capital of the United States.
BetterThanTheVan.com… Why couldn’t you have been around then? With this new site, touring bands can search, find and connect with gracious, welcoming and warm hearted people willing to house them for free. BetterThanTheVan is currently available in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France and Germany. What a great idea. Really. Sometimes the internet disgusts me, but it’s sites like this that make me all warm inside.
