Today we went round to all the pubs in Maidstone to find out if they did music at their venue and whether it would be a potential place for us to film our VTs in. The places I liked the most were Earls and The Druid Arms. The landlord at Earls was very enthusiastic about the whole things and was telling us all the different things we could film such as the set up, sound checks and we could interview the bands after in the room they keep all the bands equipment. He was also suggesting camera angles we could get. The Druid Arms had a nice stage outside in the courtyard which we thought would be a nice contrast to the indoors stage in Earls. Again the manager at Druids was enthusiastic.
Here are some pictures of the venues we viewed.
We also found out that there is a music festival in Maidstone at the beginning of May where there are different bands playing each day at several different local venues. This might be a good opportunity for us to film some pick ups as it will show Maidstone as a busy music location.
http://www.maidstonefringefestival.co.uk/
I'm the producer of the Gig Guide VT and I have already started thinking of some good ideas after looking at these locations.
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