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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Been debating it for years. I am a singer/songwriter who would be leaving his current band and looking for a new one, how is the music scene out there? I also breed exotic pets for a living, is there any exotic pet stores or trade out there? By exotics I mean reptiles, amphibians, and arachnids.
I would have to rent a house, I obviously cannot house all these critters in an apartment, is their a lot of houses for rent out there? Is the quality of living as expensive as I heard? Any feedback is welcomed.
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As far as I know, I'm the house engineer at the only venue in town with a full rig, mics, stage, monitors, lights, curtains, smoke, etc etc etc that caters specifically to the indy scene and people in your situation.
There are tonnes of bands in Calgary now, and thank God! But a lot of them are clueless.
Also, Calgarians don't value live music for the most part. Although its getting better, very seldom do I see people over 40 years old manage to tolerate something new for more than 15 minutes before they're off to a jock-shlock bar to listen to ACDC.
Lastly, nobody really pays.