Video from The Nadas on the River at Simon Estes Amphitheater on Friday June 4th. Thanks to Ian Planchon for his hard work and talent. Check out his other work at 515 Productions and become a fan on his Facebook page.

I’ve been reading the Lefsetz Letter for a few years. I agree with him about half the time. Half the time I think he has it figured out and 1/2 the time I think he is out of touch. This is understandable as the “music business” is changing so fast that you can’t begin to guess what’s happening next, even when you are right in the middle of it. This time, The Long Haul, he breaks it down in the most concise, focused and right on the bulls-eye way I have ever seen it. If you are at all interested in the “industry” and the challenges that face people who are trying to make music for a living this letter is worth a read. Turns out we are doing everything right. I mean everything. I could go line by line and give examples, but I’ll leave that for you to decide.

http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2010/06/03/the-long-haul/

For the longest time when I would read one of these things written by Bob, from the outside with no apparent experience to draw from, while we are out here in the trenches fighting tooth or nail to be successful, it would make me mad. We work hard trying to find success, thinking that with every record and with every tour something magical is around the corner. It wasn’t until I read The Long Haul by Bob Lefsetz, that I knew we had already found it. You guys (our fans) probably knew this all along, because you listen, buy records, buy tickets and have given us a career. And in doing and accomplishing all of these things that Bob so spells out, what we are really doing is building a relationship with our fans. We’ve created a symbiotic community where everybody wins. And because of that, we have had an almost 17 year career. Not only have we achieved success, but we are continuing to ride that wave. I would say are all in it for the Long Haul and thanks to you, the fans for paving the way. Now if we could only fix our bus to keep us rolling down that road.

Thanks Bob for opening my eyes.

Jason Walsmith – The Nadas

Hello friends of The Nadas – Jason here to tell you of the goings ons in our world. We are very excited this week to be kicking off our summer in our traditional way of playing our annual show at the Simon Estes Amphitheater on the riverfront in downtown Des Moines, IA. We are happy to have Des Moines up and comer (probably soon to be surpasser) Cashes Rivers opening the show. We are excited to play songs from our new record to many of you for the first time but we have also dusted off some old ones that we haven’t played in a while for you to enjoy. The show is Friday June 4th (tomorrow) doors at 6, show starts at 7pm. Tickets are $15.00 in advance and $20.00 at the door. Children 12 and under are free. Today is the last day to buy advance tickets. They will be available until midnight at: http://www.authenticrecordsonline.com/tickets There should be plenty of tickets available at the door if you need to wait. The rain location is Peoples, same times, open to all ages, but we will do our best to be outside come hell or high water. Wait . . . if hell or high water comes we will be at Peoples. continue reading »

Aint this some speedo wearin’ weather we are having!? This holiday weekend marks the end of a nice but long three weeks off. If you live in Omaha or Fairfield area we would love to see you at our shows this weekend!

We are pleased to announce that Cashes Rivers has been added as support to our June 4th show on the river at Simon Estes Amphitheater in Des Moines. WANT TO GO FOR FREE AND SEE THE BODEANS IN THE SAME VENUE FOR FREE TOMORROW?  We will give a pair of tickets to both the Bodeans show tomorrow May 27th and our show June 4th to the first person willing to hand out provided flyers promoting our show to the crowd at the Bodeans show. Old school guerrilla marketing at its finest. Winner is the first person to tweet @thenadas or email mike@thenadas.com “I wanna see some free music!”  Let the very short game begin.

You can also get NO FEE tickets from the Authentic Records online store: authenticrecordsonline.com/tickets

Have a great weekend!

Upcoming shows:

Friday, May 28, 2010
Shadow Lake Towne Center
7775 Olson Drive, Papillion, NE 68046 (United States) – Map
Set: 6:30 PM
All Ages
Tickets: FREE

Saturday, May 29, 2010
Fairfield Arts & Convention Center
200 North Main St., Fairfield, IA (United States) – Map
(641) 472-2828     Set: 7:30 PM
All Ages
Tickets: $12.00

Friday, June 4, 2010
Nadas Annual Show on the River @ Simon Estes Amphitheatre
Des Moines, IA (United States) – Map
Set: 7:00 PM
All Ages
Tickets: $15 adv/ $20 dos

Live shows and free tickets,
The Nadas

QOTW
Who wants to see some free music?  (better go back and read the body of this here email)