The NonPros ProBlog

That's right. The final NonPros show. How final is final? Well, pretty final. Final like The Who, Cher, KISS. If we play again, it'll be for a purpose ($$$). But since that day may never come, this is it.
Back to School Bash @ The Pea Patch
Free Admission!

The Pea Patch
535 Franklin Street
Clarksville, TN 37040






But, why? I mean...why do I care? It's been a rough but eventful 3 years. We've played to packed clubs for a hundred sweaty people. We've played to just waitresses for a slice of cake. We played for a town that could care less about a live music scene, let alone any nondirt-track cultural endeavor. We had a blast. We kept it local. Evidently, it was too much too gradual. But what will the guys do? Well, Adam D will serve his community (anger management and defensive driving courses). Donnie will work on some projects around the home (xBox Live). And Adam L will go on to serve a higher power (Yes, dear. Yes, dear. Yes, dear).

Retrospective:
The NonProfessionals came together at an open mic experiment by Adam L and Donnie. With a guitar and a full drum kit, the duo performed Jefferson (please call us) Starship's Nothing's Going to Stop Us Now, and original tune I Challenge You to Challenge Me (to Rock Harder Than We). Adam D saw the performance piece and asked if they ever wanted a bass player to give him a call. In the spring of '06, they got together to play at the once mighty Front Page Deli Open Mic Night with Ben Wilson. From then on, they would headline all around town in venues as varied as Brunies, The Coup, The Island, O'Connors, and The Warehouse.


Statistics:


Shows Played:

Over 50 live shows performed from May 29, 2006 to August 7 2009














Original Songs: Between 25 and 30 songs including such massive hits as Just Want to Be Your Friend, Out With Eli, and We Made It!


Cover Songs: between 90 to 100 covers (but who's counting?)








Contests Won:

One. We won a jingle songwriting contest for Mary's Music and got absolutely no press for it. What did we win?! A hundred bucks worth of microphone cables. Seriously. They gave us a $100 gift certificate and told us to "go nuts." So...we did.
















Articles: Somewhere around 3 or 4 full length newspaper articles





















Radio Airplay: 2 songs were used in spots on Z97.5, and Q108



National Exposure: Satellite radio counts, right? Ron & Fez show played us for a week.







Largest Audience: between 200 and 300 people here:





Releases:

2007 [Extended Play]

2009 Music You Can Dance To (or Not)