To may aspiring musicians, playing a music festival has a certain level of prestige. Playing a music festival provides unique experiences for new bands, because of the wider audience at festivals its a step up from playing local shows at smaller venues. For bands that stand out it can end up being more than just a step up and becomes a launching pad for their career.
In 2010 the Staten Island based Hardcore band Cabin Theory got the opportunity to perform on one of the smaller stages at Warped Tour. Emil Dib, singer for the band, shared some of his experience from the band's two day stint saying "it was so crazy, so much better than I imagined."Dib got to hang out with other fellow local musicians, and even got to meet some of the more well known names of that year, "Mike Posner was a super cool guy. The best though was meeting the guys from Whitechapel, the band is just super sick and super intense and just awesome cuz I love their music." However for the singer the highlight of the experience was the performance " i just love watching all these kids that are initially all, 'who are like 'who the f*** are these guys' come up after and tell us how awesome we were." Since that summer Cabin Theory has been hard at work trying to get new material out and Dib revealed "I would love to play Warped again."
So music festivals don't just provide a stage for new artists to play on, but many (like warped tour) allow them to sell their own merch, EP's, etc... Standout bands often get offers to come back year after year and can even go on the road for the full duration of the tour, not just to play a local show; and they continue to build continue building their fan base. Not only can these bands build a stronger fan base, but can potentially stand to get a record deal or endorsements. However these are often slow processes that take years, even in the case of Patent Pending.
Patent Pending, a New York based band, that is currently touring with Bowling for Soup. The band began to achieve their success when they played Warped Tour in 2006 and managed to sell a bunch of copies of their CD. Their acclaim with their fan base was so great that there was an outcry for new material, which prompted an immediate response from the band. Due to the lack of funds they asked for donations for their new album and promised, all those that contributed, a special fan package release of their album as thanks. In 2011 their new album "Second Family" was finally finished and ready for distribution, and as promised fans received their special thank you gifts.
3- Interview with Emil Dib
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