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Shadow Entertainment Chicago is THE new division of a fired up company ready to set the local entertainment scene a light! We are led by a local guitar player who was fed up with the level of integrity he saw with certain people in the scene. He had a vision and set out to make Shadow Entertainment a company that delivers for the fans and the performing artists.
Local artists, music and anything else, send us your videos for our youtube channel, so we can turn it into YOUR promotion vehicle. We can also film for you
http://www.youtube.com/user/shadowchicagovideos
Having had much success promoting Metal music, we've decided to expand into new territory. If you're an entertainer and have something to say and/or show, we want to hear from you. You can be any type of entertainer, we want variety and creativity. We'll tear down those damn formula walls and smash the boundaries into little blocks of nothing!!
Shadow Chicago shows encompass a surreal buffet of entertainment within the context of each type of event we do. If you feel like you really need something new, something exciting, an event where it feels like anything can happen, a place that will offer something new everytime, or if you just want to meet new people, Shadow Entertainment events are where you gotta be!
Shadow Chicago still respects its roots in Metal music while vigorously encouraging all other types of musical acts to become involved in Shadow events. At the first event I produced, we had diverse bands and a diverse crowd. We will only get more ambitious and inclusive from here.
Shadow Entertainment is looking for local bands or artists of any kind. To contribute videos, or allow videos to be shot of their live performances so that we can create a youtube channel as a marketing tool. Everyone knows there's a lot of local shows going on, but not a lot know the artists involved. We thought that having a central place where people could view videos might increase interest. It's a lot easier then going to venue profiles and then looking up each individual artist. Users could post the info for local shows going on in the comments when there's an event. We're thinking we could organize the vids into categories as well.
If you want to inquire about what we can offer, feel free to send us a message. If you are a new, up and coming act who does not have a reliable fanbase that averages a to be determined drawing rate(outside of friends and family), you may be interested in purchasing a spot on one of our events along with other promotional services, so you get in front of our audiences. We'll talk to you first about your goals and then determine what it is we can do to help build your brand name.
Shadow Entertainment Chicago is serious about safety and its obligations to help provide a safe environment. For this reason, we do not allow moshing, crowd-surfing, or stage diving at our events. We are also not interested in packing so many people into a venue that there's a real risk of crowd crush. Shadow Entertainment Chicago is interested in working towards a time when there will be adequate safety measures in place at every concert worldwide.
As it stands now, it's a loosely regulated industry where serious injuries are a real risk to fans, entertainers, and staff. There's no standards for safety in regard to much of anything. Therefore unscrupulous club owners and promoters often pack in an unsafe amount of people, hire inadequate and untrained security, do not keep a medical team on stuff, don't check concertgoers for weapons, and generally feel like they can treat everyone with contempt and that there's no accountability.
If you are interested in improving safety standards, we'd love to hear from you
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If you do have a reliable fanbase, we can negotiate a portion of the door(from the portion which does not go to the company). Shadow Entertainment Chicago does not currently offer pre-negotiated payment except in special circumstances. We do plan to offer various levels of pre-negotiated appearance fees in the future though(again linked to your proven drawing ability).
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