3 Band Booking Keys

Some good band booking stuff in this post here  from Chris "Seth" Jackson who describes himself as:

" A bass guitarist and composer. ... an average musician, working a day job as a software engineer, in pursuit of fulfilling my life’s dream of being a self-sufficient musician."   Chris' aim is to "share the ups and downs of this adventure and, hopefully, find great techniques that everyone can use to achieve success in the extremely difficult world of music".

He's right about one thing, band booking can be "extremely difficult" especially when you're not sure how to approach it.

 3 keys in particular stood out for me on his post:
 

1. Prepare BEFORE trying to book by making sure you have a demo and decent online presence.

2. Crucial to be able to talk about bringing people into the venue. Building up your friend/fan base on Facebook is a great way to work on this even for bands who haven’t gigged yet.

3. Venues get so many approaches all the time it’s vital bands to hone their message to cut through “all the noise” as you say. Bands and acts that understand why they’re different, and who are able to quickly and clearly communicate this will always stand out from the crowd

Here's Chris's post and the blog is worth spending some time on overall if you're struggling for band booking inspiration

http://howtorunaband.com/2011/05/20/how-do-i-book-my-show-part-1/

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