all the time on this forum we hear people blathering about how mmj has changed them and ect. ect. But i must ask... not what has the jacket done for you... but what have have you done for the jacket.
First off, have any of you done anything involving the buddy system. Like put up posters anywhere or advertis a concert somehow. I Signed up for that thing quite a while ago but haven't gotten a response.
My friends and I share somewhat of a similar taste in music. One is a die hard U2 fan, another is your typical alt.rock radio listener. I have introduced literally all of my friends to the jacket... and they all love them. It surprises me so much that they aren't a bigger band. I've found only a very small amount of people who don't like MMJ.
With the release of Okonokos came much more oppurtunitys... "hey dude lets hang out this weekend with some people i got this sweet DVD" "alright sounds good"... and then bam! they love'em. Also, i have incorporated and even used Okonokos for more intimate viewings as it were.
Forgive me for my 2:30am obscene blathering and probably waste of a thread but what i'm trying to say/ask is...
-How have you used the jacket outside of this strange online forum community.
-Have you introduced many people to MMJ and if so how do they like'em
-Anyone ever use Okonokos to bring people to together to introduce them to'em or use okonokos in any ways as it were
-and Is there anyone else who is suprised that MMJ isn't MUCH bigger.
again, i'm sorry if you find this distasteful, but also, if that be the case. then just carry on with your busniess without a word, and don't harrass me. damnit i get a lot of that on this forum.
Well, I've written five online MMJ reviews - concerts, CDs and the Okonokos DVD. All were positive.
I've also been pimping this band to any and all for three-plus years... and I tend to possess some talent in getting points across.
You're okay with me, Pauweeeeeee.
I'm pretty intent on keeping the Jacket to myself, smaller venues, cheaper ticket prices etc ;)
1. Every time I talk to another human about music I recommend MMJ.
2. I've converted two people (who heard MMJ and weren't impressed) to the darkside of obsessed fan-dom by taking them (and paying for the tickets) to an MMJ concert. It should be noted that they went on to convert others.
3. I've converted people at my old job by playing MMJ on the loudspeaker during closing hours while we cleaned up.
I made a buddy of mine listen to It Still Moves, and that convinced him to join me at the 11-17-06 Dallas show. That poor bastard never even knew what hit him. Less than two weeks later he owns every LP. I guess that helps out.
I have people over to listen to "At Dawn" and if they don't like it I enject them with DRANO in thier sleep. :-/
They will learn to like it.
Quote1. Every time I talk to another human about music I recommend MMJ.
2. I've converted two people (who heard MMJ and weren't impressed) to the darkside of obsessed fan-dom by taking them (and paying for the tickets) to an MMJ concert. It should be noted that they went on to convert others.
3. I've converted people at my old job by playing MMJ on the loudspeaker during closing hours while we cleaned up.
I payed for my friends ticket for the NYC show coming up. Money well spent, I say.
I took my best friend who at least enjoyed them a bit to the Ryman show, and completely converted him. He became instantly interested in the b-sides which he had before sort of laughed at me for. I don't blame him. But now he gets it.
Besides purchasing mostly everything MMJ
I've purchased 4 or five copies of It Still Moves and 1 copy of Z for friends.
Took 3 friends to different concerts.
I'd say I've converted 4, maybe 5 searching musical souls.
The Clash might have been the last gang in town, but My Morning Jacket IS the only Band that matters.
P.S.
I also did not interupt Jim other than "I think your music is the greatest and I am really glad to meet you", at the most recent concert Toronto because he was intently listening at the back to the opening act (female). She's in this forum group right?
Purchasing the product, selling the band to others, and respecting privacy.
BillO
I listen to mmj in (what people who don't "get it" would call) excess. I put in a cd, and my friends are like, "let me guess, meg--my morning jacket?"
but... a few of them really like mmj now, which is cool.
I give mmj cd's as gifts, because (really) it's the gift that keeps on giving.
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3. I've converted people at my old job by playing MMJ on the loudspeaker during closing hours while we cleaned up.
I hope this isn't the reason why it's you "old" job now. That deserves promotion, and a a debt of gratitude from your fellow co-workers.
I'm buying all of their albums, not getting them for nothing. I'm going to my first MMJ concert in January. I asked my sister, who has never heard them, until now, to go with me. She said she listened to some song clips, and said she likes them! I feel I've made a pretty good contribution! ;D
Quote-and Is there anyone else who is suprised that MMJ isn't MUCH bigger.
Honestly, I hope they dont become TOO big! I like the state they're at right now. No longer underground, but not popular to the point where the'yre being shoved down people's throats.
Speaking of, has anyone ever heard MMJ on normal radio play? Not college or public radio stations, but big money stations? I am just curious, because I don't think they do in my fine state but then again, I never listen to the radio anymore.
(Oh, and I've contributed strictly with my wallet by purchasing everything that has ever been waved in front of my face and I still feel like I owe somebody. ;D)
I buy anything that says My Morning Jacket on it that I can get my hands on. I converted one friend and along with 2 other people that we're bringing to the show. So I'm counting 3 now cause i know they're gonna love em. I play them all the time at the bar we go to cause you can download songs from the jukebox, its fucking great.
QuoteSpeaking of, has anyone ever heard MMJ on normal radio play? Not college or public radio stations, but big money stations? I am just curious, because I don't think they do in my fine state but then again, I never listen to the radio anymore.
(Oh, and I've contributed strictly with my wallet by purchasing everything that has ever been waved in front of my face and I still feel like I owe somebody. ;D)
The local alternative rock station (i think they're owned by clearchannel) had them on for awhile when Z came out. They only played them on sunday nights where they have a show where they play new music and callers way in opinions. Judging on feedback some of the songs get regular play but the majority don't. I haven't heard them on since.
i've been busily spreading the word among my friends... my best friend actually picked mmj the other day when i was watching O when she came in the room. (considering i bought her a copy of Z for her birthday in january, i'd say my style of spreading the word is more of a conquest by stealth. i'll get them all in the end).
plus i made them all come to the listening party... other than making them all come along to an actual concert (which i would if i got the chance!!!)
i've bought all the albums & eps (still have never seen the singles available here...)....
short of spray-painting i love mmj on the opera house, there's not much more i can do for the boys at the mo.... ;D
QuoteSpeaking of, has anyone ever heard MMJ on normal radio play? Not college or public radio stations, but big money stations? I am just curious, because I don't think they do in my fine state but then again, I never listen to the radio anymore.
(Oh, and I've contributed strictly with my wallet by purchasing everything that has ever been waved in front of my face and I still feel like I owe somebody. ;D)
i've heard them on XM Radio (but that may not count since i requested it!!!)
A few nights before they played at Butler in Indy, I heard them in Bloomington on 93XRT. They have this segment called cage match were people vote between two artist and the winning song makes it on air (or something like that). Apparently, "Anytime" won 7 nights in a row.
QuoteSpeaking of, has anyone ever heard MMJ on normal radio play? Not college or public radio stations, but big money stations? I am just curious, because I don't think they do in my fine state but then again, I never listen to the radio anymore.
(Oh, and I've contributed strictly with my wallet by purchasing everything that has ever been waved in front of my face and I still feel like I owe somebody. ;D)
Not on radio, but the videos One Big Holiday and Off The Record have aired on MuchMusic, Canada's music video station (a rival of MTV).
Well, in time I hope I can promote My Morning Jacket through my photography, which seems to have helped more than a few bands. 8)
As for popularity, that is both a diaphanous veil and a double-edged sword (oxymoron, you say?). There's a certain "something" that makes a band popular, but when writers try to put this thing into words, they can only approximate the idea. MMJ has that undescribable quality, something like powerful restraint or poetic musical prowess (but again, words fall short).
In my understanding of growth patterns, I would say that MMJ is quite large right now and will be huge very soon. They are moving and growing pretty fast and I am running into more people now who've heard of them than even a year or two ago. I myself have discovered them fairly recently but right away I liked them so much that there was never a transition period. Very few bands have ever done that for me.
Another thing is I always get extra tix to shows, even if I don't know who's going with me. I almost always find someone, but it's rare during the week where people just jump when you tell them you have conert tix (in the 9 to 5 world, or more like 7 to 5 in my neck of the woods). They might say "I've always wanted to see them...do you really have an extra?" and thank me profusely (share the love, it will come back to you). This time around I had no trouble at all finding lots of people to join in the fun at the 930 Club.
There's another paradox with not really needing to promote already-sold-out shows, but certainly not a problem to help a band grow to the next level. However, I still like the rock club atmosphere and a stadium show is a completely different vibe. I'm thinking of transistions of other huge bands like Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews and how they rarely play the small shows anymore. In a sense, they can't afford to anymore: they have a huge company of people involved. Similar with the Phish and the Dead...no turning back when you get to super large levels.
I know we all wish our favorite bands stay small enough to remain intimate, but with the really successful ones, this is not possible in today's market. You have to get big to sell records (CDs, etc) and without that revenue, the struggles become oppressive and can eventually hurt the music. However, there's also a backbone of artistic integrity that MMJ will never lose (again, I'm using intuition here, I can't predict the future, only take a hopeful guess) and even when they do go from large to huge I feel they will keep their core identity and never really "sell out" because they won't have to. Their strengths lie in honesty, talent, integrity and quailities that no evil record company would ever touch. Also, not every large company is evil and it also depends on management and individual relationships...there are some which don't follow the norm and hopefully these special relationships will connect those who really care at all levels (even if it takes longer, it's worth it in the end results).
As for radio play, who even listens to FM anymore? *jk* I see MMJ all over the Net, which is pretty much the new radio dimension (satellite a close second). Word gets around and it's rare that I mention MMJ at all and people don't know (but you'd be surprised how many people still live under rocks -- it's our solemn duty to help them see the light ;-} ).
There is another quality about MMJ I find more prominent than any other band, which is the ability to make women and men alike instantly ecstatic with delight (as in newbies right from the first song are transfixed like a deer in the headlights). I made a joke at the 930 Club that we were gettin' our "giddy on" (pun intended). This at first may seem like some rock silliness, but it's more of a regression back to childhood wonderment where we've loosened up enough to say "wow" and feel it and smile (dance if you got your boogie on as well). That kind of medicine is better than you can get at any pharmacy.
Even if satellite and net radio are taking over, there are still thousands of listeners who tune into college radio. So a very simple way to promote is just to dial the hell out of stations and request MMJ tunes by name, give them a variety of choose from and some DJs will even thank you for helping out with a good cause. Obviously MMJ tatoos make quite a statement. I was also considering some sort of performance piece on the Washington Monument lawn facing the White House here in DC -- but I haven't gotten clearance from my publicist yet. >;-}
-Phrazz
QuoteThis at first may seem like some rock silliness, but it's more of a regression back to childhood wonderment where we've loosened up enough to say "wow" and feel it and smile (dance if you got your boogie on as well). That kind of medicine is better than you can get at any pharmacy.
Well said, man. Well said.
"baptism by reverb."
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Introduced all of my friends to MMJ...no true converts yet, but most of them still have great taste in music.
'Tis a long quest. ;)
A couple years ago a new radio station started up in Minneapolis called The Current. It was a station that would play anything, and namely, would also play My Morning Jacket. They were taking CD donations so I sent them a copy of At Dawn and It Still Moves. Once they had those CD's I started requesting The Way That He Sings. After awhile I thought it was not going to happen but within a month or so they played it and put it out to me, apparently they misplaced the album and once they got their hands on it they played that song.
About another month after that they played another MMJ song (they would do it on occassions) but it was requested by a Lance in Minneapolis, who called himself the biggest MMJ fan in Minneapolis. I just so happened to be another Lance in Minneapolis and there was no way I was going to let that slide.
Beginning that night I would submit a MMJ song request every night. Mostly I would request the more radio friendly songs or just a MMJ song in general. Every few days they would play a song for me. A lot of times they would just play One Big Holiday, Magheeta, or Dancefloors, but they did mix it up every once in awhile; I got them to play Christmas Curtain on July 25th as a Christmas in July type idea.
After awhile I decided to set my goals high and get one of the great MMJ songs on the radio that never get played because of their length. I started up "Phone Went West or Steam Engine Gate". Every night I would e-mail in a request asking one of those two songs to get played and reminded them every time that I would not give up until they played one of those two songs. And I did this every night for over a month, until they announced that they were going to end one of the most tenacious requests that they had seen. A couple songs later they played Steam Engine.
And as long as I worked the night shift I would request MMJ songs. After Z came out though, it did not see it was as necessary anymore, they were getting plenty of requests from others at that point. So ended my routine.
QuoteA couple years ago a new radio station started up in Minneapolis called The Current. It was a station that would play anything, and namely, would also play My Morning Jacket. They were taking CD donations so I sent them a copy of At Dawn and It Still Moves. Once they had those CD's I started requesting The Way That He Sings. After awhile I thought it was not going to happen but within a month or so they played it and put it out to me, apparently they misplaced the album and once they got their hands on it they played that song.
About another month after that they played another MMJ song (they would do it on occassions) but it was requested by a Lance in Minneapolis, who called himself the biggest MMJ fan in Minneapolis. I just so happened to be another Lance in Minneapolis and there was no way I was going to let that slide.
Beginning that night I would submit a MMJ song request every night. Mostly I would request the more radio friendly songs or just a MMJ song in general. Every few days they would play a song for me. A lot of times they would just play One Big Holiday, Magheeta, or Dancefloors, but they did mix it up every once in awhile; I got them to play Christmas Curtain on July 25th as a Christmas in July type idea.
After awhile I decided to set my goals high and get one of the great MMJ songs on the radio that never get played because of their length. I started up "Phone Went West or Steam Engine Gate". Every night I would e-mail in a request asking one of those two songs to get played and reminded them every time that I would not give up until they played one of those two songs. And I did this every night for over a month, until they announced that they were going to end one of the most tenacious requests that they had seen. A couple songs later they played Steam Engine.
And as long as I worked the night shift I would request MMJ songs. After Z came out though, it did not see it was as necessary anymore, they were getting plenty of requests from others at that point. So ended my routine.
Nice!
QuoteA couple years ago a new radio station started up in Minneapolis called The Current. It was a station that would play anything, and namely, would also play My Morning Jacket. They were taking CD donations so I sent them a copy of At Dawn and It Still Moves. Once they had those CD's I started requesting The Way That He Sings. After awhile I thought it was not going to happen but within a month or so they played it and put it out to me, apparently they misplaced the album and once they got their hands on it they played that song.
About another month after that they played another MMJ song (they would do it on occassions) but it was requested by a Lance in Minneapolis, who called himself the biggest MMJ fan in Minneapolis. I just so happened to be another Lance in Minneapolis and there was no way I was going to let that slide.
Beginning that night I would submit a MMJ song request every night. Mostly I would request the more radio friendly songs or just a MMJ song in general. Every few days they would play a song for me. A lot of times they would just play One Big Holiday, Magheeta, or Dancefloors, but they did mix it up every once in awhile; I got them to play Christmas Curtain on July 25th as a Christmas in July type idea.
After awhile I decided to set my goals high and get one of the great MMJ songs on the radio that never get played because of their length. I started up "Phone Went West or Steam Engine Gate". Every night I would e-mail in a request asking one of those two songs to get played and reminded them every time that I would not give up until they played one of those two songs. And I did this every night for over a month, until they announced that they were going to end one of the most tenacious requests that they had seen. A couple songs later they played Steam Engine.
And as long as I worked the night shift I would request MMJ songs. After Z came out though, it did not see it was as necessary anymore, they were getting plenty of requests from others at that point. So ended my routine.
i love that story, and i love the current even more now.
QuoteIntroduced all of my friends to MMJ...no true converts yet, but most of them still have great taste in music.
'Tis a long quest. ;)
You won't get caught. :)
I keep on doing lil things as all of us would. Internet juke gets lots of plays at bars... and then, lots of feedback. :) Most times - Who IS this band?! -oh yeah- Sheesh, I get to throw a listening par-tay for Okonokos, with an ad in the Village Voice, other than my 10 friends we had like 10 other peeps at Pianos. Well yeah, in NYC on a Wednesday nite at 8. :-/
Keep on fightin the good fight! But I don't think there Is a fight anymore, no wait never. 8-)