Band Booking from Your Sofa

If you've been playing in a semi-pro gigging band for any length of time, you'll know that the early days of January can be quiet in terms of band bookings.

If you don't have much lined up after this month though for 2012 there's still plenty you can be doing to get gigs. Even from the comfort of your living room and sofa.

Start by spending some time thinking about exactly how often you want to be out playing band bookings in 2012.  

 Fully commit to this, your band booking goal.

Assuming you're in a band (rather than a solo artist) agree between all band members things like:

- Maximum numbers of gigs you want to be playing every week or month

- Nights of the week you'd prefer to be out

- Geographical locations (ie Towns) you want to target (or avoid) for your band bookings

- Minimum gig fees you'll accept for any booking

- Types of gigs you want to play/avoid (are you interested in corporate work where the money will be better but you might have to smarten up? Maybe you'd actually prefer to stick to playing bars where you can turn up in jeans and a tee-shirt?)

This will all help focus your efforts when you start pitching your act for band bookings this year. Something you'll want to get into later this month.

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