I've seen collaborations on Youtube with two or three national acts. I always liked the idea of bands being in a supportive type of "family" togetherness, instead of the soap opera, my band can kick your band's ass, cut-throat environment. It would seem to me, that local bands, if they pooled together, could create a pay rate, among other things, that would force club owners to be more fair about paying their live entertainment. Almost like a union, I guess.

A friend of mine moved from Cincinnati (where it's pretty cutthroat) to North Carolina, and couldn't believe the difference in the band scene! She said that bands not only supported eachother, but regularly networked and filled in for eachother no problem, most of them already knowing eachother's original music. I just thought that was so awesome!

I would think that unity and collaboration would get a much more positive result than bands acting like junior high school, backstabbing, going against eachother, and undermining one another. In the big picture, it makes no sense at all.

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