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Scott Collier, James Gage, and Les Richardson @ Cardo’s 7-23-10

A couple hometowners and the band are making the way up from Nashville for good times! And hosting is one of the newer radio personalities in central Ohio and long time friend who has opened up for thousands and even this past years WCOL Country Jam, Mr. Matt Sexton.

It’s great to get home every once in a while and see your friends and family that we never get to see! doors are open all day. better to start showing up around 8pm for seats as they are always limited. and a couple hundred of our long time friends shall make it a success. without yall, our dreams could never come true. and here is an early thank you for always supporting us. we all are looking forward to the trip and this may be the only trip back up this year! lets make the most of it. see yall soon. bring your bf, fam, dog..haha..j/k..whatever.spread the word!..this will surely be the happening place THIS NITE in Chillicothe…BE THERE!!!!.

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The Nashville Effect and Growing the Local Scene by Getting Out of Town

YOU can help better the scene!

Sounds counter-intuitive doesn’t it?  Well, it would be if that is the ONLY thing you did…you wouldn’t be local!  That’s obvious.  What I mean is in addition to playing live locally, showing up at the shows of other bands to support them, starting a collection of local music, or getting that artist collective started – the best thing you can do to shed light on our scene is to show up in another scene.

I’ll try to make this as simple as possible without going too in-depth:

1.  Build a local following (It doesn’t have to be large)

2.  Contact like-minded bands in other cities to “show trade”

3.  Open for them and return the favor by bringing them to Chillicothe to open for you (this is the show trade)

You guys know what a show trade is, I’m not trying to preach the obvious.  However, have you really ever thought about the benefits to our local music scene when you do this?

Been to the Dock or the Keys lately?  The Andy Shaw Band and Skilless Villains make the trips from Columbus and Dayton on the regular because they now LOVE playing in Chillicothe.

What does that do for me Dave?

It does a ton for you.  The main reason being that having a more reputable scene behind you means you get taken more seriously when you call a venue.  I call this The Nashville Effect.

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