blue tree bands - the pale, late tuesday, mindhead

Links.  causes. music sites. NW bands. bands. venues. resources.

GOOD CAUSES:

• Fremont Abbey Arts Center - Kids need art
• Bands Without Borders - helping bands help kids
• Clean Water for Haiti - Kids need water filters
• ONE Campaign - Ending Poverty
• New Beginnings - "Ending Domestic Violence"
• Project Hope - Orphanage/Village in Haiti
• Make Trade Fair | Fair Trade Coffee | Charity Navigator | OUTdulgence.com

BANDS:

• Bellingham: The Cornerpocket (Bellingham Scene Guide) | BIMA
• Seattle: Three Imaginary Girls | NadaMucho.com
• Other: NW Radio | Giant Radio | RadioIO | KEXP

Here is a scattering of mostly Northwest bands we like and you should like. In no sensible order really.  We shuffle people on and off here a couple times a year.
 1.26.06 *

[ SEA=Seattle, BHAM=Bellingham, PDX=Portland, TAC=Tacoma, NW=Northwest WA]
[* inclusion/exclusion on this list should not hurt your feelings. it's all pretty sporadic and we rotate it often. we love you all. ]

Signed bands with special places in our hearts.

• Carissa's Weird (no longer active)
• Sigur Ros
• Johnny Cash
• Mars Volta
• Sufjan Stevens
• Portishead
• Feist
• Sylvie Lewis
• White Stripes
• Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter
• Mates of State
• Viva Voce
• The Frames
• Gary Jules / Michael Andrews
• Lyrics Born
• Longwave
• The Coral
• Azure Ray
• Damien Rice
• Wilco
• The Flaming Lips
• The Polyphonic Spree
• Idlewild
• Jonatha Brooke
• Jurassic 5
• Jump Little Children
• Guster
• Supergrass
• Eisley
   

 venues:

• The Bakerview / Bakerview Auditorium
    1500 stage, 450 stage, 350 stage | always all-ages | high end sound
• THE NIGHTLIGHT - Bellingham | most national acts play here | Cap: 500 | 21+
• Pickford Dreamspace - Bellingham | rentals | Cap: 350+
• Mt. Baker Theatre - Bellingham | Cap: 200-300, & 1500, all-ages bar w/ID
• Western WA U. - Bellingham | VU - Cap: 600-850
  Underground Coffeehouse @ WWU | db limits | Cap: 100 | FREE shows
  LOA Records - various venues | Cap: varies | FREE shows
• Whaam.org - allages in Bellingham, various
• Wild Buffalo House of Music - Bellingham | Cap: 350 | 21+
• Firehouse Performing Arts Center - Bellingham | Cap: 85 | rentals
• Various other spots in Bellingham [see the Cornerpocket forum above]
• The Shop - Mt. Vernon, WA | cap 150, always all-ages
• Common Grounds Coffee - Burlington, WA | Cap: 150
• The Lincoln Theatre - Mt. Vernon | Cap: 500
• Department of Safety - Anacortes | Cap: 175
• Althea's Teahouse - Mt. Vernon | Cap: 40
• The Basement - Mt. Vernon | Cap: 150
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• The Triple Door - Seattle | Cap: 300 dinner theatre | AA bar w/ID
• The Fremont Abbey Arts Centre - Seattle | Cap: 125
• Chop Suey - Seattle | Cap: 400
• The Tractor Tavern - Seattle | 21+ | Cap: 350?
• The Q Cafe - Seattle | Acoustic, indiepop | Cap: 200
• The Flying Lion Cafe - West Seattle | Acoustic | Cap: 100
• EMP Liquid Lounge - Seattle | Cap: 100+ | 21+ | FREE shows
• El Corazon (Formerly Graceland) - Seattle | Cap: 400+?
• Highdive - Seattle (Fremont) | Cap: 250 | 21+
• The Showbox / The Greenroom - Seattle
• Neumos - Seattle
• The Crocodile - Seattle
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• Noon Moon Coffeehouse - Moses Lake, WA
• Rock Coffee - Spokane, WA
• The B-side - Spokane
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• Capitol Theatre / Backstage - Olympia WA
• Mud Bay Coffee - Olympia WA
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• Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR
• Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, 21+
• Berbati's Pan - Portland, 21+
• Hawthorne Theatre - Portland
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• Matrix Coffeehouse - Chehalis, WA
• Shakabrah Java Cafe - Tacoma
• Jazzbones - Tacoma

Resources:

• We use this guy's art for posters/etc., and we make him write bios: BurningBuilding
• We replicate our CD's here much cheaper than Discmakers: Sonrise Audio
    -- ask us to get you a quote and save up to $400!
• We buy our blank sweatshop free combed cotton shirts here: American Apparel
• We host some websites here: RockBandSites.com | Httpme | Pair.com
• We of course promote our bands and stream audio here: Myspace
• And when we tour we try to post routings here: Jambase
• We learned a lot from this book: Confessions of a Record Producer
• And this one if you take it slow: All You Need to Know About...
• We heard some good advice here: Starpolish
• We love the artist tools, digital distribution & advice here: CDBaby.net
• We've bought stickers here: Stickersandmore.com
• We go here for Intl' online cd sales & credit card swiper for shows: CDBaby.com
• We register our domains here for $9/yr: Godaddy.com
• We like these photographers: Evantide | Nick Onken | Keatley
• We've printed promo photos here: Musiciansphoto.com | or abcpictures.com
• But be sure to read before your photo shoot: My Band is Hot, Seriously
• And read some other advice here about booking & press kits
• These Girls are helpful: gogirlsmusic.com
• We read this kind of Radio stuff when we have time: main-st.net | Ratings
• If we were to want a unique CD display, we'd try: Sumadek
• And more links from cdbaby.org: cdbaby.org/stories/02/02/04/7024575.html
• If we wanted stickers fast, we'd go to: stickerjunkie
• If this website were updated more we'd recommend it: barstop.com

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