BEST place for live MUSIC/musician ROCK BAND in LA??? (New Orleans: best city, living)

[167878]

so, i currently live in S.FL , I'd like to knowwhere the best city/area is to make living playing in a rock band...That is very diverse, heavy/electric blues, rock, psychedelic, think of, Beatles,Floyd,Hendrix,Doors,Cream,Zeppelin,Sabbath ,Mozart,Beethoven, 20's-60's blues n' Jazz ,(we branch out in more, but these are the main influences to give you an idea)..influence....a band that can actually PLAY anything, but this is what we like (all original, but know plenty of covers )..NO disco,rap,pop,dance,screamo,death metal,techno,*ahum* 'modern day' country (well johnny cash and old old country-yea some-) or any other various forms of non-melodic noise today considered as music(sorry if that offends you)..

so lets say we have our sh*t down, have an album, a website,a studio, some capital,(and maybe-(big maybe) and RV) -everything to get up and running, just open minded places to play that PAY, and that you can work your way up from bottom (average bar venues ~few hundred audience on weekends..$400-500low end a night{100$ea is the min. around here}-$1000higher end bars)-and private parties of course)) to Top (biggest venue/fest you can get into without needing a Major Label) say crowds of thousands of audience per weekend/event..pay,, free basically for exposure.

also, a place that isnt loaded with wanna -be players, and also venues that are booked for a year straight that pay in free drinks and tips. Some where that it doesnt take a great deal of struggle to get in and get KNOWN, but somewhere big enough where being known actually matters.

ive considered LA, but sems like a rat race, same as NY, but not much of a Rock scene..(i m not intereested in heavy metal scenes)? (which im sure lots and lots of places are...metal and rap...), Austin, seemingly too small from what i hear? over hyped-i heard alot of people say its great? Orlando/ maybe Tampa too (or lakeland inbetween both), not enough venues??Anywhere in FL ideas?(just not not miami)-seemingly not big enough cities? Eugene/Portland Oregon i hear is a nice friendly town/area tht may be good for my type of music/ROCK? New Orleans?katrina made that place a mess from what i hear, and its more geared toward jazz/swing blues...i just dont really know, i v never bee any of these places,...i'd realllllly prefer to stay in the SOUTH, i like the people and weather. so any ideas would be much appreciated....we're in our 20's and ready to get going-and not spend a year trying to fight off competition to get our foot in the door (tho of courseyou have to be better than the comp to make it).

as a side note..any info on how to get on a good going circuit (say around state, or even nation wide?) w/o booking aggents and managers?=i assume just draw alot of attention and est. a following, and im looking for aplace where we can do that from nothing...(i like the idea of tamp/orlando since its pretty close, just dont know if thats optimal).


thanks a whole lot...any out of state areas are appreciated, im doing this for most of the states...thanks.....that being saidk, its not about the $, its aobout the music..i plan on making nothing till ive worked up to paying level...i need a place to get exstablished, somewhere that my style of music wil have a following, somewhere to work up to state/national connections-IF you have what it takes.
THANK YOU

[ozzysstash]

I'm wondering the exact same thing... the city you're looking for is paradise, man. I'm not trying to be smart, I wish I could help you. I know my band is just going to move to las angeles in a couple of months and see what we can do out there. We hate the music scene in Ky; modern country rains, and in our only two cities, Lexington and Louisville, you have a bunch of kids playing (insert adjective)-core. hardcore, metalcore and the like. We actually aren't opposed to playing heavy metal, since we have some influences, and since it's easiest for my to express my classical side in heavy metal. Ya know, I studied paganini for a while, and it's hard to put a blazing classical solo in a modern 'rock' song.

Actually bro, i know i didn't help any, but if you have any advice for a band that probably has less experience than yours...

please let me know [email]stephencampbell@pc.edu[/email]

[dailysounds]

Las Vegas, NV.

[annie_himself]

That's a dream city, you have to pay before you get paid as well. No one will pay you if you don't bring a crowd.