Bermuda Mohawk Productions establish DIY music scene in Lansing
Published: April 30, 2009Neighborhood: Eastside
Scott “Skotty” Bell is the booking agent for Bermuda Mohawk Productions – a record label and booking agency aimed at promoting “hard-working DIY bands that need a jump-start.” Bermuda Mohawk operates within Lansing, but also finds talent and books shows at venues across the state. Primarily though, the work they do is a local affair – and you’ll often find Skotty stage-diving at punk shows held at Mac’s Bar.
“As a label, we get to know bands to the point that we are comfortable working with them. Bermuda Mohawk is based around handshake agreements with good people and we want to see our friends do well.”
Skotty’s primary job is as booking agent though – booking and promoting big name talent to play in and around the Lansing area. “Lansing is a dying industrial town, home of a debt-ridden state government and one of the grayest areas in the U.S. It’s our aim to manufacture fun things to do around here for people like us. It’s that simple.”
It’s that die-hard DIY attitude that has landed Mac’s Bar and other venues around the Corridor national and international acts that bring people from outside of the area to check out Lansing and East Lansing.
Skotty would love to see more creative spaces in and around the Corridor – places for bands to play, places for artists to showcase their work, places for kids to have a good time. He hopes that the Michigan Avenue Corridor Project takes DIY to a new level and helps rejuvenate the music scene in Lansing.
For more information about Bermuda Mohawk Productions, please visit their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?sid=978b31105d9ad30e271aad6e47d06038&gid=28708605039&ref=search
