Today we’d like to introduce you to Travis Poe.
Hi Travis, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
The first show I ever booked was at a local skatepark in Richmond called Texas Beach for a friend that played in Impulse Machine(NC) that wanted to come play in Richmond.
From there I kept booking a number of D.I.Y. shows all over the city and state leading up to working with specific bands on tours all across the east coast and a little ranging west.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Virtually every show always has SOMETHING go wrong, from previously set up backline falling through, a venue or band/bands canceling the show and having to relocate and rework the bill.
Recently and in the past ive had bands show up way late and not even be able to play as advertised, everything works out most of the time though on all parts.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
As for a day job I do construction 6 days a week, as for Scum City its been so many things over the years, what started off in talks about recording and putting out albums turned into a full blown touring agency booking all over the place and or reaching out on behalf of some of the bands to get them booked and set up with gaurenteed payouts for the show.
Scum City has also been heavily involved throughout the years(on and off) with Podcasts, Interviews, Our own Radio Show broadcasted through the amp app at one time, as well as a kinda jackass themed YouTube TV show called “Scumbag TV” which was short lived and since deleted.
Ive prided myself into advancing into lengthy tours and even a few touring festivals under the Scum name, Organization and full thought out planning is something I feel sets Scum apart from alot of other promotions that ive heard not everyone has had the same experience, I feel everything goes the smoothest it can when doing so
Risk taking is a topic that people have widely differing views on – we’d love to hear your thoughts.
Every show is always a risk in my opinion where anything can go wrong. A few examples would be..
Scum City used to book at an Art Gallery called Black Iris that had literally 1k+ dollar paintings on the wall that would let us do hardcore and death metal, so there would always be the risk of someone crashing into one and having to maybe pay a good bit for one of those paintings.
There was also the time we had a collab show with the famous Street Beefs and everything was very mixed up and we all the bands drove hours to play but have no set door fee for payout despite having negotiated one through phone calls and emails, even though it was still a memorable experience, just not what was expected.
Then of course when it comes to D.I.Y. shows which we have done at Skateparks, in parking garages, under bridges, even one in the Baltimore area at Fort Armistead there’s always the possibility of that getting shut down by the cops
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