How to Get gigs by keeping at it

Sometimes you'll hear people complain about others who are more successful than them in any walk of life. Maybe they get the most attractive or highest number of partners. Maybe their business ideas make most money or as a footballer they score more goals than any other striker.

As far as semi-pro musicians go, perhaps they get more gigs in a month than you play in a year.

Usually, though, all you'll ever see (or at least remember) of someone else's success are the fruits of it.

So you see the beautiful partner on the arm but not the rejections experienced from numerous other attempted pick-ups. You see the fast cars and wads of cash but not the hours and money wasted on other failed enterprises. You see the goal tally on the scoring chart but forget how many times they blasted over the bar or missed penalties.

The point is, any success is made up of a lot of failures on the way.

It's the ones who can push past the

"Thanks, but we've got all the bands we need right now"

and who keep on pitching that get all gigs.

This is the kind of persistence that leaves onlookers complaining:
"How does he get all these women - he's not even that good-looking"


or:

"I can't understand how he scores so many goals - he's not even a good player"

and of course:


"How do they get all those gigs? They're cr*p!"


How to get Gigs