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                    So you want to play at Wooden Nickel Music...

                    This is a short guide to what is required to play at our stores.

                    Please keep in mind that Wooden Nickel Music is a RECORD STORE.  We are not a Club/Concert
                    Hall/Amphitheater/House Show.  Bands must remember that we still have to have a shop that is open
                    while you are playing.  You don't have to play light music in the background in the corner of the store,
                    but you can't blow the roof off either.  Another thing to remember is that all our shows are FREE.  We
                    don't/will not charge anyone to come to see you.  As a band, these shows must be for promotional
                    purposes and not paying gigs.  But you can sell merch to make the performance worth your time.

                    Who can play at Wooden Nickel Music...
                    We do not have one genre that we have play at our stores.  Almost anything is welcome.  Unfortunately,
                    we can't have a few types of music performed: hardcore, black metal, experimental noise, blatantly
                    offensive lyrics, cover bands and rap*.

                    *Rap music is all fine and dandy as an art form.  The problem we have had in the past is most rap artist
                    just play karaoke with their latest album.  These have been some, if not, the worst performances we
                    have had.  We will allow rap artist play if they perform their own music in the store, no prerecorded
                    discs in our CD player.  If you need an example of good rap performances, please take a look at the
                    Third Frame videos on our In-Stores page.

                    What's next?  We need a product to sell...
                    For a band/artist to play at our store, we need something to sell.  If you don't have anything to sell yet,
                    take your time and make a good product, and then contact us.  We do not want bands to perform and
                    not have something for people to buy.  The product that you want to sell can be CD's/LP's/45's or
                    possible DVD's if that's what you have.  Your product must look professional (not necessarily
                    professionally made). 

                    Alright, we have everything so far...
                    Please send an e-mail to: instores@woodennickelmusicfortwayne.com if you have a product to sell
                    (or already have an item in our stores) and fit the general guidelines outlined above.  Please have a
                    date range picked out when you e-mail us.  Try to leave at least a month before you want to play. 
                    We have to have time to let people know about your performance and that is impossible to do if you
                    want to play tomorrow.  Also look at our In-Stores page to see if anyone is already playing on the day
                    you want.  We try to keep most performances on Fridays and Saturdays.  If you are a touring band
                    and are stopping in town on a different day, we can try to work you in on whatever day you are in town. 

                    You've been approved...
                    Well, your performing a show, you must promote it.  We'll do what we can, but since we try to be
                    everyone's friend and don't have a defined genre for our stores, we cannot guarantee that a million
                    creaming fans will show up to your show.  We try to get people to see new bands in our store, you
                    need to bring your devoted friends to see you again.  Your show will probably have some new faces,
                    but you'll see some of your old friends too.  It would be nice for you to design your own fliers.  We
                    can make fliers, but they don't always look as awesome as we would like.  Plus you have all your
                    designs on hand for your logos and album art.  If you make a flier, it would be nice if you sent us
                    printed show posters to put in our stores.  Just send them to the Clinton store, address listed on the
                    Stores page.  You could then send us a picture of the flier to the Instores e-mail address so we
                    could make hand-out fliers to pass out. 

                    Day of...
                    We now have a P.A. that we will set up for you  We also have a couple of extra cords and power cords. 
                    You will also need to bring your own instruments, there are too many different kinds for us to keep one
                    of each in stock.  Please arrive 1/2 hour before your performance time.  We try to start performances
                    at the listed times, unlike some venues that wait until an hour or so after.  Afterwards, please clean
                    up anything that you have brought, we don't want to clean up after you like your mom does.