{"id":1001,"date":"2009-02-18T09:27:18","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T14:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2009-02-18T09:27:18","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T14:27:18","slug":"the-hope-world-tour-now-taking-requests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/the-hope-world-tour-now-taking-requests\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hope World Tour &#8211; Now Taking Requests!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, so I have a shiny album in my hand and now I&#8217;d like to get out there and promote the shit out of it. To that end, I need to find some venues that are\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">stupid<\/span>\u00a0smart enough to have me come and play there. No venue is too small or too dingy for me. In fact, I kindof like small and dingy. It suits me.<\/p>\n<p>I have a show in Saxtons River, VT this weekend and I&#8217;ll have a big CD release party in Boston in the next month or so. But, I need other places to play.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s where all you lovely internet people come in.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to come to your home town! But I&#8217;d like something from you first. Specifically, I will need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The name of at least one venue that would be amenable to having me get up in front of a microphone and sing my little heart out.<\/li>\n<li>The promise that you will come to my gig and bring at least three friends. (playing to an empty room makes me a sad panda) You are free to bring as many friends (or foes) as you&#8217;d like. Bonus points if they all buy my CD instead of downloading it from the Pirate Bay.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0A few weekends that will work for you to come to the aforementioned venue with your aforementioned friends<\/li>\n<li>A couch for my\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">BF<\/span>\u00a0roadie and I to sleep on and the promise that you will not defenestrate or disembowel us while we sleep.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The promise that you will hype my gig on your blog (if you have one) or with your friends (if you don&#8217;t).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s pretty much it. I&#8217;m mostly looking for places within driving distance of Boston&#8230; but I&#8217;m willing to go farther if the gig is good, the crowd is plentiful and someone promises to buy me some girlie drinks when my set is over. I&#8217;m even more likely to go farther if you can make a case for how much fun your city is.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m probably going to be in New Orleans in April and California in May, so those places can easily be added to the &#8220;tour.&#8221; I would definitely like to play in NYC at some point. Really, any big city with a decent music scene and fun things to do while I&#8217;m there could be added to the list.<\/p>\n<p>I could possibly be convinced to add an international gig or two to the mix, if we wait for this summer. If this is the case, I will definitely need a couch. Possibly breakfast as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It will probably be just me and my guitar, so I would prefer not to share a bill with some hard rocking band, unless I go on first. If any of you are musically inclined and would like to collaborate for a show, I would be totally down for that. Please feel free to leave comments or drop me an email with your suggestions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, so I have a shiny album in my hand and now I&#8217;d like to get out there and promote the shit out of it. 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