
So You Wanna Play The Lakeside? What You Should Know:
		1.)	We don’t pay the bands, and we never charge a cover. You can sell merch, or pass the champagne bucket if you like. The band does get to drink for free, but that means the band - not friends of the band and/or girlfriends/boyfriends.
		2.)	We can’t go too loud (we have neighbors upstairs and this mayor is worse than the last one.... our next noise fine will be $9,000. Leave that Twin at home), so you must use our back line. We've got 2 great Fender 15 watt class A all tube Pro Juniors , a Peavey bass amp, and a '69 Ludwig drum kit with Pearl hardware. You bring cymbals, snare drum, and kick pedal. (We have the hardware). You don’t get a sound check (the Beatles never sound checked once in their career). Soundman will help you an hour before the show.
		3.)	If you want to get re-booked, we expect you to bring in some folks! We feature only one band for one hour per night. That means it’s your night. You’re not sharing it with 3-5 other bands, so don’t be afraid to drag out everyone you know -- especially alcoholics. *please do not post posters on city property like lightpoles. If we get a ticket for your poster you will be responsible for the charges*
		4.)	What we don’t book (mostly for volume reasons): Funk (loud bass rattles the building, wakes the neighbors), heavy metal, hip hop, anything involving Marshall stacks, dj’s, prog-rock, hard core, emo-core, solo acoustic singer songwriters(unless you have a band behind you or are already famous), cover bands, jam bands, hair bands, boy bands, anyone influenced by REM or U2. What we book: Rock’n’roll, country, and garage rock.
		5.)	Please don't send us any more cd's! We just can't keep up with the mail. Best thing to do is e-mail us with a link to your website so we can listen from the web. If we like the tunes We will get back to you.

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