I BELEIVE THAT ARE TO MANY LOCAL BANDS AND NOT ENOUGH ARTISTS IN TEJANO AND CONJUNTO,LOCAL BANDS HAVE BEEN UNDERSELLING THEMSELVES FOR YEARS ,THE NIGHT CLUBS NOW DONT WANT TO PAY THE BIGGER ACTS BECAUSE OF THIS,THE WORST PART ABOUT IT IS THAT THESE LOCAL BANDS ARE ALSO GETTING AIRPLAY,I BELEIVE EVERYBODY DESERVES A CHANCE TO SHOW THEIR TALENT BUT I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE BETTER GROUPS SIT AT HOME WHILE THE LOCAL GROUPS ARE PLAYING EVERY WEEK,THE BAD THING IS FOR 300 DOLLARS,IF ANYONE WANTS TEJANO TO PICK UP WE HAVE TO SUPPORT REAL TALENT AND NOT THE COPYCATS
I'm confused. Don't all well established artist start as a small town band? How else are they going to make it to the top without sacrificing in smaller gigs to get known? And if the less known bands get more air play than the more known bands then to me that just means they are working harder. Remember, everyone starts from the bottom up. Plus if local clubs are wanting to pay lower amounts to those bands who sacrifice pay cuts to just get their music out, then the well known bands should be playing in bigger well known places. Just my opinion, no harm no foul.
FOR EXAMPLE TEXAS LEGENDS FROM THE VALLEY RECORDED ANHELOS BY LOS AGUILARES AND GETTING AIRPLAY,THEIR IS A DIFFERENCE FROM LOCAL GROUP AND UPCOMING GROUP