Seattlebound-Tips, suggestions, advice

stickboy

SENROCK! wrote:

i LOVE that ure gonna be a drive away!!!!!!!

Cali aint ready for this


stick AND sen on one coast?? EDIT- my bad its CAPITAL SEN!!!

oh shit its about to get hectic.....

but theres that whole crew..you, lyd, chiq..you guys are ALL gangsta!!!

Lukin66

stickboy wrote:

Cali aint ready for this


stick AND sen on one coast?? EDIT- my bad its CAPITAL SEN!!!

oh shit its about to get hectic.....

but theres that whole crew..you, lyd, chiq..you guys are ALL gangsta!!!

I'm pretty gangster myself, homie g


aaaahem, oh yeah....I went there

stickboy

Lukin66 wrote:

I'm pretty gangster myself, homie g


aaaahem, oh yeah....I went there

you gotta do the whole arm crossing thing

u know like Nenneh Cherry
the Buuffalo stance i think it was?

LONGRD

Dude, forget Seattle, hit up Vancouver and get that sweet Canadian dollar!

I mean you're not gonna miss much in Seattle, no Sonics, Mariners stink, no Pearl Jam shows neither.

stickboy

LongRd. wrote:

Dude, forget Seattle, hit up Vancouver and get that sweet Canadian dollar!

I mean you're not gonna miss much in Seattle, no Sonics, Mariners stink, no Pearl Jam shows neither.

I was born in toronto and I have more than enough reason to go to vancouver besides the fact I loved it when I went for my only time for PJ after Gorge 05. Place is beautiful and youre 100% right about the dollar man..ours is worth shit now...everywhere!

Urban Hiker

Lukin66 wrote:

You're dead-on, I'm on 12th & 50th....right next to the ave, haha

I used to live on 22nd and 47th. Fun times. It's a good neighborhood, despite a lot of the shit that goes down there. Lots of bus service and cheap eats.

Lukin66

Urban Hiker wrote:

I used to live on 22nd and 47th. Fun times. It's a good neighborhood, despite a lot of the shit that goes down there. Lots of bus service and cheap eats.

nice! I love this neighborhood, been living here for almost 5 years now

SENROCK

stickboy wrote:

Cali aint ready for this


stick AND sen on one coast?? EDIT- my bad its CAPITAL SEN!!!

oh shit its about to get hectic.....

but theres that whole crew..you, lyd, chiq..you guys are ALL gangsta!!!

DUDE!!!!! then we could REALLY do some shows together out here!!!!!!! And yeah, Lyd, chiqster, plus my local peeps.......GOOD FREAKIN TIMES!!!! :cool:

stickboy

SENROCK! wrote:

DUDE!!!!! then we could REALLY do some shows together out here!!!!!!! And yeah, Lyd, chiqster, plus my local peeps.......GOOD FREAKIN TIMES!!!! :cool:

hell fuckin yea! see? THATS what I'm talkin about!

Fahka

*dawn* wrote:

check out downtown, greenlake, university district, fremont, wallingford, and queen anne neighborhoods. they're all fairly central. as someone already said - mere blocks can be worth hundreds of dollars of rent per month.

West Seattle really is on it's own, only a couple ways in and out of that part of the city. I've lived here all my life and only been over there a few times (took yahamita over when she was here!)

One thing you should know is that Bastyr University is on the east side which is anywhere from 30-60 minutes from Seattle depending on traffic.

As far as getting booked into clubs, it's been MANY years since my husband was in a very drunk band and would find places to play. Jimmy Z's in Everett will let just about anyone play. El Corazon used to be the Off Ramp and they'd let them in occasionally. I really don't know what their booking policies are now. A good resource would be The Stranger's music calendar so you can look at different venue's policies: http://thestranger.com/seattle/Search?search=music

Thanks so much Dawn:)

sennin

West Seattle....Alki Beach....Easy Street Records....Admiral Pub....Nice hoods w/ lower rent that Seattle proper....10 minutes from downtown....water taxi to downtown....what else is there to want?

We went from 850 sqaure feet in Belltown (downtown, Elliott & Wall)....to 1250 square feet in West Seattle.....and pay $400 LESS per month!

chiquimonkey

SENROCK! wrote:

DUDE!!!!! then we could REALLY do some shows together out here!!!!!!! And yeah, Lyd, chiqster, plus my local peeps.......GOOD FREAKIN TIMES!!!! :cool:

can i add a amen and a HELL YES to this?! wooo!

mensane

ok. so the address for the school is like 3 blocks from where i live. it seems to be in a building with a bunch of other businesses....like a travel agency, a tea room, an architect, a torah learning center...not sure what else. so it doesnt seem like a big place.

what about this place?
http://www.cortiva.com/locations/seattle/

people crack me up what think west seattle is "out of the way". there are several direct busses to go downtown. we have the water taxi- 12 minutes from alki to downtown. the rents are reasonable. we have the beach, the junction, a lot of restaurants and bars. but that's fine...more room for us.

also in west seattle:
http://www.skylarkcafe.com/
a cool little restaurant/bar/club with an open mic night on wednesdays.

stickboy

sennin wrote:

West Seattle....Alki Beach....Easy Street Records....Admiral Pub....Nice hoods w/ lower rent that Seattle proper....10 minutes from downtown....water taxi to downtown....what else is there to want?

We went from 850 sqaure feet in Belltown (downtown, Elliott & Wall)....to 1250 square feet in West Seattle.....and pay $400 LESS per month!

ok. Im coming to see you when I get there! lol
Alki Beach...ahh good times! BBQ's and guitars and singalongs night before the Gorge show

dawng

mensane wrote:

people crack me up what think west seattle is "out of the way". there are several direct busses to go downtown. we have the water taxi- 12 minutes from alki to downtown. the rents are reasonable. we have the beach, the junction, a lot of restaurants and bars. but that's fine...more room for us.

Ah, but you don't drive through West Seattle...you drive TO West Seattle. If you're not headed there for a specific reason, you drive by it not through it. Not saying it's not a nice place (it's very nice!) but it feels out of the way. That's all

Lukin66

*dawn* wrote:

Ah, but you don't drive through West Seattle...you drive TO West Seattle. If you're not headed there for a specific reason, you drive by it not through it. Not saying it's not a nice place (it's very nice!) but it feels out of the way. That's all

Yes, I agree. It's just that West Seattle is very suburban feeling, especially after living in downtown for so long.

Fahka

mensane wrote:

ok. so the address for the school is like 3 blocks from where i live. it seems to be in a building with a bunch of other businesses....like a travel agency, a tea room, an architect, a torah learning center...not sure what else. so it doesnt seem like a big place.

what about this place?
http://www.cortiva.com/locations/seattle/

people crack me up what think west seattle is "out of the way". there are several direct busses to go downtown. we have the water taxi- 12 minutes from alki to downtown. the rents are reasonable. we have the beach, the junction, a lot of restaurants and bars. but that's fine...more room for us.

also in west seattle:
http://www.skylarkcafe.com/
a cool little restaurant/bar/club with an open mic night on wednesdays.

Hey thanks so much! Yeah i was having issues with people knowing where it is .. its like one big classroom.. they only take 10 students at atime so i figured at least it might be good hands on experience I never heard of cortiva but im reading right now! Im basically looking for the best bang for my buck i could guess you could say.. I will TOTALLY be contacting them and hopefully stopping by for a visit if they will be open the saturday and sunday im visiting

Thanks again for your help... much much MUCH appreciated

Whizbang

stickboy wrote:

ok. Im coming to see you when I get there! lol
Alki Beach...ahh good times! BBQ's and guitars and singalongs night before the Gorge show

that's right!!! you and Swede were there. Purp and I hit the Sox game and suffering from jet lag and heat, I dozed off during the 7th inning!!!

Damn, my family is all on this coast and my dogs are a bit old to be transferring them across country....but this talk fans my independent feathers for me to wander that way. Perhaps a few years from now, when my girls are (sadly) gone, I'll make the trek to live on the West Coast for a bit....bring up a couple more pups out there.

Lukin66

Whizbang wrote:

that's right!!! you and Swede were there. Purp and I hit the Sox game and suffering from jet lag and heat, I dozed off during the 7th inning!!!

Damn, my family is all on this coast and my dogs are a bit old to be transferring them across country....but this talk fans my independent feathers for me to wander that way. Perhaps a few years from now, when my girls are (sadly) gone, I'll make the trek to live on the West Coast for a bit....bring up a couple more pups out there.

Do it! The west coast could always use a few more PJ fans

Whizbang

Lukin66 wrote:

Do it! The west coast could always use a few more PJ fans

believe me, I'm considering it. I plan on selling my house in 5 years anyway (assuming the market is better than it is now!); I've eyeballed the job market out there as well (decent for my career now and I'll have more experience in my discipline by then)...so yeah...I'm considering it!