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What do bands think about fangirls, who wait after the show to meet them?
Like to get stuff signed and what not. Do they automatically assume they're slutbags (who are trying to sleep with them haha) who don't care about their music? Or are they flattered by it, and see the person in a good light? like high school age girls.. 16, 17.. that sort of thing
I don't want to give a bad impression, and I know they're just regular people, but it's hard to not get excited about possibly meeting one of your favorite bands. But when actually meeting them it's not like I'm screaming and w/e, I try to be chill and just soak up the experience. Are bands annoyed by fans, who wait after, by their tour bus, to meet them? or what? Like relatively mainstream indie bands, specifically. Bands like MGMT.
What do they think of fans who give them gifts, like relating to some "inside joke" they have with fans, or like a small painting inspired by one of their songs. just examples. do they throw them out right away, pretty much?
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There is a natural disconnect between fans and the artists they admire.
To musicians, the road is a long, tiresome slog and they often have to deal with a lot of dickheads from their record company, radio stations, the press, etc and after playing on stage for a couple of hours they are pretty much shot at the end of the night and just want to hide in the tour bus to be alone with their own thoughts or just to sleep.
For the fan, the concert is a big occasion that they may have been looking forward to for a couple of years while for the musician it is just another job shop, so to speak. A tour is, in a sense, a musical forced march, not the neverending party some fans believe it to be.
Also, don't forget today's sue happy legal environment. A band tries to meet some fans, someone gets hurt in the crush and soon they get served a subpoena.
Even when you do something you enjoy, doing it everyday turns it into a job. So it is great to enjoy the music, but when you then attempt to get closer to the band or artist it really sets you up for disillusion and having a bad taste left in your mouth. Enjoy the music but leave the personal contact out of it.
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It depends on the band, the promoter, and their managers on how they handle fans trying to meet them or give gifts. There's a lot who don't want gifts, physical contact (interacting with) or anything like that outside of their own meet and greets where you pay to be there and security checks you out going in.
That's usually because of bad experiences and obsessive or scary fans. Some don't sign or take gifts period from anybody so as never to be accused of wrong doing or having to interact with "nuts" Gifts could be seen as creepy to some people and waiting for them by the tour bus too.
What you should do is find out where the stage door is. Look for security guards with a walkie around that area or tour buses and ask politely if the band would sign anything at that door afterwards or if they could get you a photo or whatever signed and hand it back. Some will, some won't and in some cases the band will sign at that door.
If you see someone on your own from a band walking out of a venue or into one there's absolutely nothing wrong with saying "I know you're busy but if you could sign something for me I would appreciate it." and see what happens. Most would oblige.
Having been around a lot of people in the music business and working temporarily as a co-op student in a venue I can give this advice to you knowing that's how they usually see it. A lot of people pass by screaming fans or those being boorish and if you're a girl it's worse that they would think you're a groupie.
My advice is to act like an adult, be subtle, talk to security and demonstrate that you're quite normal and don't want to intrude on privacy and you'll be fine. Don't hang in the areas where these other fans are and show your mature. More often than not that's what earns you their attention and autograph.
Major venues usually have a no sign or gift policy for the concert that may not be stated up front. If you call fan services for say an arena like the Air Canada Centre they'll tell you what happens with gifts. The bands in most arenas never see the signs and gifts if not tossed out are in the case of stuffed toys donated to kids who need them dependent on bands.
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