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By John LeBas
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en Linus, a local rock band, formed this past sum
mer, its members saw a music scene lacking excite
ment and direction.
The band wanted to jump-start a stagnant scene by help-
g other local bands get shows in Bryan and College Station,
spots fob! 16 lc * ea b ecame Fledgling Records, a new University-spon-
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back to : Chris Pate, Fledgling president and a sophomore con-
lext deca stl Llct i on science major, said a club of bands will help make
life is fount J easi > er f° r bands to get shows here.
lead to ma| “The purpose is to promote local music and get local mu-
jntress saic sfcians together,” Pate said.
t He said many new bands do not know who to ask or how
UUban to go about getting shows at clubs and bars. The members of
Linus, all of whom are club officers, are a good asset to other
bands because they know who to contact for booking shows
at area bars and clubs, he said.
“There are so many clubs here to play at,” Pate said. “We
use our connections to help everyone out.”
Pate, who sings and plays guitar for Linus, said communica
tion between bands will help them book bigger and more
frequent shows in the area.
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“We want to set up one
big show a month,” Pate
said.
On Halloween at Bull-
winkle’s, Fledgling put on
the first of these shows, fea
turing Linus and Fledgling
bands Lewis and Jester.
Tommy Reed, Fledgling
vice president and a junior
finance and accounting
major, said the club’s main
goal is to sponsor a music
festival next spring with
several local bands and a
popular regional band like
the Toadies.
“It would be an all-day
“There are so
many clubs here
to play at. We use
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Fledgling Records
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festival with about 10 local
bands,” Reed, the drummer for Linus, said.
And Fledgling members say they hope to one day start a
studio where local bands will have the opportunity to record
their music.
“That’s where we’re going with this, eventually,” Pate said.
“We already bought a mixer and monitor.”
All this may sound expensive, but Fledgling bands do not
have to worry about heavy dues or fees, Pate said.
“No money goes in or out of the organization,” Pate said.
“We’re not in it to make money. For example, if bands need
to rent equipment they can rent it from us, or we can get
them set up through a store.”
And because Fledgling is more about making music than
holding meetings, secretary and sophomore environmental
design major Mack Paradowski said the group has limited
meetings to one a month.
“When we were making up the constitution, we wanted it
to be more laid-back,” Paradowski said.
Even though all of Fledgling’s members generally play
rock, Paradowski said the group wants to recruit bands of
other musical styles, too.
“We would be really excited to have a jazz band,” he said.
But Pate said any band interested in promoting both
its own music and the local scene is encouraged to give
Fledgling a try.
“All bands are welcome,” he said. “We’re open to all
musicians.”
F rom jazz to heavy metal. From rock
to R&B. A new club, the Aggie Musi
cians’ Society, is bringing all types
of musicmakers together.
AMS is the brainchild of senior busi
ness analysis majors Jason Deere and Jon
Phillips.
Deere said the idea for the group
spawned from a lack of resources for
musicians in the area.
Deere said the purpose of AMS is to
allow musicians to get together and play,
while learning from each other.
“The hardest thing for musicians to
do is find someone to play with,” Deere
said. “We know they’re here. We started
AMS to bring a common meeting
ground.”
Phillips said he hopes bands will form
after people meet each other through
AMS.
"Another purpose of AMS is to hope
fully get a music scene here in College
Station,” Phillips said.
Phillips said AMS also wants to help
bands get support from Bryan-College
Station club owners.
Brandon Reynolds, a senior busi
ness analysis major who has attended
the AMS meetings, said it is important
for musicians to make contact with
other musicians.
The first AMS meeting was held Oct.
24, and about 20 people attended.
Deere said he hopes to have a larger
turnout at future meetings. Students
who wish to attend a meeting have to
meet “absolutely zero requirements.”
Deere said AMS would flourish if its
membership included musicians with a
broad range of experience.
“We don’t want anybody to be intimi
dated,” Deere said. “We want AMS to be a
comfortable learning environment. We
hope to get as wide and diverse a mem
bership as possible.”
Phillips said AMS is also looking for
musicians who play different styles of
music.
“We want to have it open to all types
of music,” Phillips said. “You name it.”
Deere said members are already con
sidering putting on shows and getting to
gether to perform and record.
Phillips said AMS is also considering
weekly or bimonthly “jam sessions.”
Another possibility for the future is an
informal all-day concert at the Grove.
Deere said any band would be wel
come to play at the concert.
“It’s going to be pretty free-form,”
Deere said.
Deere said AMS might also form a
big band of all AMS members that
would play occasionally.
AMS is open to other ideas from
members concerning future events.
Reynolds said interest in the Aggie
Musicians’ Society is increasing as peo
ple hear more about it.
“We’ve had a lot of people talking to
“The hardest thing
for musicians to do is
find someone to play
with. ...We started AMS
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AMS founder and a senior
business analysis major
us,” Reynolds said.
In the future, Reynolds hopes to see
continued support for AMS and music
in general.
“The fine arts at A&M need to be pro
moted, and I want to see that come out of
this organization,” Reynolds said.
Anyone interested in learning more
about AMS can send e-mail to
ams@j5ulse.tamu.edu, and can check out
the AMS web site at
http://pulse.tamu.edu/~ams.
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