Support Local Music!

Okay, so I'll tell you why it's important to support local music. And to support local art. And support local activities. And support local just about everything!
You might have a long commute to get to work. You might enjoy going to Vegas or Big Bear or Ensenada, but where do you always come back to? Home. Home is where you live. And to be blatantly obvious, home is always local! You eat local. You shop local. Almost every tangible thing in your home life is local. I'm sure you can see where I'm going with this -- local!
If you like your local restaurants, bars, wineries and nightclubs, you need to support your local musicians so they can keep doing what they're doing (or they can spend more time working on their music)!
If you're a local musician yourself, you know that there are other local bands and musicians who all want to play their music. If you think you have to step on other bands in order to get good gigs, you're thinking wrong. This is a win-win situation. There are plenty of venues to play, and plenty of local musicians to play them! It's all about finding your niche, and supporting and helping other musicians find theirs. Go see other bands when you can. Help other bands find the right gigs. If you have to cancel a gig, help the club owner find the right band for them.
We're all in this together, and there's going to be a time when we'll need some help from each other. The community of local musicians is relatively small; we've got to stick together!