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After an hour-long discussion, the club owner admitted that Faded’s only chance of getting on a show that month would be for Kintz to book the show himself. “Despite the criticism we heard from the booking people in town, we liked our music and so did most of our friends, so we figured we’d give it a try,” explains Robertson. “Booking the show ourselves was work-to say the least-and was much more of a headache than we expected… But we really didn’t have any other option.”After that first show, Kintz and Robertson booked one show per month, for almost an entire year-giving Faded a consistent opportunity to put their plan into action. “After we’d done about 10 shows, the club’s management explained that business was slow and the club might have to close-unless we could book more shows,” says Kintz. “We offered to give it a try, because if the club closed down, it would screw over our band and all of the bands we had become friends with-also a lot of our favorite touring bands might not had anywhere in town to play.” So, out of necessity, BigTime Entertainment was born.
Faded broke up in mid 2005 (when their drummer/producer chose to leave the band to start a family), but not before Faded became the highest drawing BigTime Entertainment artist of all time. More than 250 Faded fans came out to their last show and gave Kintz and Robertson the experience they had initially set out to create-”a real stage with screaming fans in front of it.”
“We were sad to see Faded come to an end, but the fun we had and the work ethic we learned from being in that band were priceless,” says Robertson. BigTime Entertainment’s mission of “connecting bands to their fans” was born out of a belief that every band deserves the opportunity to create a similar experience for themselves.
“Even though I wholeheartedly believed our music was good, the negative things those booking people said really bummed me out,” concludes Kintz. “The difference is, now I know our music was good, because we proved that at least 250 of our ‘closest friends’ thought so too.”