And Warren Hildebrand , president of Mardi Gras Records, has these words of wisdom for bands anxious to get signed. They don't have to always play in big venues but they need to be known. And since tourists make up a really large percentage of our sales, it helps if they sometimes play in tourist areas. But if we're interested in signing an artist, they need to be realistic.
New musicians are a risky investment.
So the artist needs to work with us so we'll both come out good. Well, these 4 guys from Baton Rouge do. But it didn't really sound like the people we were trying to play. It's mostly alternative rock, but we've got a whole lot of different sounds in our music. Since TUBA members' influences range from heavy metal to Victor Wooten to the lead singer's grandfather being a Hackberry Rambler , one can understand the eclecticism of this band.