Starting From Scratch

Thursday, December 9th, 2010
Probably gonna’ lose my job at the Walker Art Center. Hope not; even though I only got 60 bucks a month (15 bucks a week) I’d say the experience points where rich.
Need $350 by the end of month. Moving into own place. Roommate covers other $350 and we move into two bedroom apartment in Golden Valley. Roommate possibly incompetent…
$350. Could be possible if I start performing in Twin Cities every week. Its cold though, sometimes too cold. Cant travel in that…
Start with open mics; perform at all possible venue’s; build rep, connect.
Not sure I’ll get paid for open mics but maybe someone will want me performing for them…better get some product established…good thing I set up those 4 mixtapes. Must fix bass in “she’s so oh my god”.
Maybe have to build Bio; give people something to research… make Youtube page. Post up music. Photo-shoot possibly..
Its Thursday. Heard something about open mic at place called “5th element”. Every Thursday..

To Be honest I'm really bad with money; when I see something I want, I'm going to buy it.. That cant be a good habit…
$350...sheesh.. Every month? I'm humble enough to admit that we may be biting off more than we can chew. I have to get constant pay at least so I can have something to calculate and plan from.
With no real income, I'm trying to calculate that which I cannot see. Which is risqué and heroic, sure, but its reckless.. If I plan it out I’ll come out how I imagine. If I apply my raw skill and talent with scheduling and organization. I can walk around a lot of unnecessary trouble. Its like Like chess.
Sherlock Holmes once said ”one should never twist facts to suit theory, but theory to suit fact.”
So what are the facts?
Im in school. I live with my dad. I don’t have a job. I have a lot of time.

Later that day...


On way home.. Heard most open mics don’t pay.. Sometimes though. Wonder how many open mics I should do to get a performance? 20? 50?
Suppose I should make a campaign out of it.

So far i know about:
The canvas in Midway, St.paul: canvas651@gmail.com
The Blue Nile in South Minneapolis
The Beat in Uptown, Minneapolis: booking@thebeatcoffe.com
The Red Sea
Station 4 in Downtown St. Paul: info@station-4.com
The Garage in Burnsville: garage@ci.burnsville.mn.us
And i recently heard about this one:

        www.minnesotamicrophone.com

So, get a list of all the venue’s I can perform at and then perform at all of them in order throughout each week. Email them, exchange contact info. Then maybe I can end up getting a job at one of these places..