One of the things that I used to busy myself with when I was in college was booking concerts of local bands. The one thing about booking a concert is that you have to always have a venue. There were a number of times where the venues that I used a few times outright told me that they did not want my shows at their place. Feeling a bit dejected, it always was a struggle to try and find a back up solution. It was so bad in fact that I ended up booking shows at about 10 places before I was through. I kicked around the idea of having my own place to hold concerts. Calhoun is a company that would have been able to help me by creating a structure to my specifications. This means I could have had a place that was built on land well outside of the city while having ample electricity necessary to power a PA, everyone’s instruments, and any sort of other diversions that I may have included. Durham Instruments would have been the place to check out for instruments to check out the sound intensity of various performances at this new venue.
I know you’re thinking – how would someone creating local shows have the resources necessary to get a new building built for them? Well, having a concession stand is a good way to defray a lot of the costs associated with the building, upkeep, and utilities associated with a new venue. Having foods for a variety of different dietary lifestyles is essential – Freedom Jars breakfast jars would have been a good way to placate vegans and those with gluten free diets while putting a bit of dosh in our pockets. Maybe one day I will come back to my hometown and have a venue like I wanted all those years back.
John Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC hardware, consumer tech, and gaming culture since 1998. With over 25 years of continuous digital publishing experience, he has written thousands of hands-on game and record reviews, conducted in-depth hardware field testing, and analyzed digital media monetization trends. His work prioritizes first-hand evaluation and long-term product testing.
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