howiehowe said

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Paul%20CNV said	[orig][quote]
Name one of the bands that you have doing all your dirty work that is signed to a label...

No real signed national act would be required to sell tickets, but to think any promoter is impressed by a band claiming to be signed to an Indie is hilarious, unless they have sold a few hundred thousand albums themselves. Time to wake up Dorothy - You may hate major labels, but their artists count - and this ain't Kansas. Indies call us us up all the time trying to get their acts on shows, and seldom do we even care to think about adding them.

Just to prove a major point - name one local "supposedly" signed act represented by a major Talent Agency? I have all the major agency rosters, I can easily verify or deny your claims.