Talent/Booking agents

[melkinsbass]

Does anyone know of any agents that match musicians to touring and/or hotel bands? Something like ProShip, but for land-based enternainment. Thanks!

[LilRay]

Good question. Subscribing to see responses.



God Bless, Ray

[melkinsbass]

bump

[tmsteph]

double bump. my guess is that no good one exists.

but i have heard of this one interesting thing by the guy that made cd baby.

he is supposedly starting a company that will do all the dirty work like booking tours and finding contacts. i dunno, kinda under wraps. i think he plans to call it muckworks. maybe he it will happen, maybe he is talking out his ass

[melkinsbass]

Somebody out there is missing out, if no one is doing this kind of management. How do some of these bands/musicians land the casino gig circuit or hotel circuit? I know some have individual agents, but surely not all of them. Anybody have any stories of how they landed any hotel/casino gigs?

[WalterBush]

Originally Posted by melkinsbass

Anybody have any stories of how they landed any hotel/casino gigs?

The guitarist in one of my bands is a member of the tribe that runs a couple of casinos, and an employee. We got our foot in the door that way.

There are agents out there, but for whatever reason, they all seem to be regional; I don't think there are any nationwide agencies booking hotel/casino/resort gigs.

[melkinsbass]

Originally Posted by WalterBush

The guitarist in one of my bands is a member of the tribe that runs a couple of casinos, and an employee. We got our foot in the door that way.

There are agents out there, but for whatever reason, they all seem to be regional; I don't think there are any nationwide agencies booking hotel/casino/resort gigs.

I think your comment about it being regional is probably correct. When I lived in Las Vegas, getting a gig was like pretty much anywhere else: who you know. I did run into a lot of guys who were coming in from LA. They were getting hooked up by agents.