Ryan's Gig Guide - April 2018

WWW. R YA N S G I G G U I D E . C OM rgg Apr 2018 - p.4 Text and advertising are copyright of Ryan’s Gig Guide Reproduction in part or whole without written permission is strictly prohibited Whilst we try to get all gig listings and dates correct it is adviseable to check with the venue before travelling The views and comments expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the publisher. Head of reviews Nick J Townsend Inside... RYAN’SGIGGUIDE April 2018 Birmingham& TheBlackCountry In associationwith WIN TICKETS  Jess Silk Under A Banner Stephen White FM AC/DC Experience The Grandmothers Of Invention Alex Ohm Magnum Eyes Of The Raven + 100s of gig listings Contributors... Nick J Townsend, Adam Roberts Surge Music Layout & Graphics... Peter Williams THE TEAM Cover Story 6 Esther Turner Features 8 Nick J.Townsend 12 TheVerdict 20 PRS Silver Sky Adam Roberts 24 Local with surgemusic.com 25 The Grandmothers Of Invention 26 Magnum 27 Alex Ohm 36 FM Gig Listings 10 Mon 11 Tues 14 Wednesday 15 Thursday 18 Friday 28 Saturday 32 Sunday 39 May Preview NEW Editor Ryan’s Dave Advertise in RGG  Go to: www.ryansgigguide.com/advertise or call us on: 0121 374 2890  Submit your gigs to RGG Go to: www.ryansgigguide.com/gigs or email: media@rggmag.com TO REACH US BY THE 20TH OF THE MONTH PRIOR TO PUBLICATION Welcome to the April issue of RGG Magazine with more Birm- ingham and Black Country live gig listings, industry comment, re- views, previews and news than ever before. In this issue Nick J Townsend sets about busting some myths surrounding the music industry, a topic very close to my heart and several of the points he makes are things that I am now reg- ularly witnessing myself since taking on the job of editor of this venerable pub- lication! There are two words in the phrase Music Industry (or Music Business, if you prefer). 50% of them is Music, but the other 50% is Industry. Hands up who likes music (of whatever type suits you)? Well that’s all of us then. Hands up who likes Industry/Business? Not so many, eh? But here’s the rub, live music events are a collaboration between people! There have to be artists or bands and an audience and a venue. So somebody (or better, several people) need to get that organised.That some- body is often called a promoter, but it’s not in the “has to be” list so some- times there isn’t one and therefore the band think the venue will do it and the venue thinks the band will do it and in the end nobody does it! If you’re a band or a venue and you have a gig, the job’s really not done until you tell the audience about it! Sure, you can pop on Facebook the night before and see which of your “friends” are interested in an event near you, but you really need to do a bit more. Get yourself along to Surge- music.com and add your gig details to the free listings. In addition to appear- ing on the Surge Music website, if the venue falls within the area covered by RGG Mag, your gig will appear printed here in the Guide too. Do remember though, the “business” of producing, printing and distributing a mag takes time and we need your May gig details by 20th April. Keep the music live! Have fun! Ryan’s Dave