So, to save live music... we need to convince all club owners to run a shuttle service and nudge up drink prices to cover it?
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Booking woes
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So, to save live music... we need to convince all club owners to run a shuttle service and nudge up drink prices to cover it?
I have a strategy that has ended up with club owners calling me.
I enjoy live music, so I pick a band and a venue I like, and then invite my friends to go and see them. You will be amazed at how friendly and responsive bar owners get when you call and ask if they can reserve at table for 12 people for you. Both times I did it, they called me a week or two later to tell me about other stuffy they have happening.
The other thing I do, is when we have worn out our following and our venue, I tell the owner that I would like a hiatus for a few months so I can build up the following in other parts of the city, and then return with a bigger following and new repertoire.
But in the meantime, I will arrange for my friends and online following to come and see some of the other bands he is booking. So, I tap into a different set of friends, have a couple hours of fun on the weekend, and I am more than just a musician booking a band, I am loyal supporter of his club.
This strategy also works if you want to establish a relationship with a new club. If you are just one of a million bands showing up, asking to be hired, and giving your reverbnation page and no proof you can draw a crowd, then you get the kind of indifference we are seeing in the opening post. But if you come off as more of an event organizer AND musician, you find the phone starts ringing.
I enjoy live music, so I pick a band and a venue I like, and then invite my friends to go and see them. You will be amazed at how friendly and responsive bar owners get when you call and ask if they can reserve at table for 12 people for you. Both times I did it, they called me a week or two later to tell me about other stuffy they have happening.
The other thing I do, is when we have worn out our following and our venue, I tell the owner that I would like a hiatus for a few months so I can build up the following in other parts of the city, and then return with a bigger following and new repertoire.
But in the meantime, I will arrange for my friends and online following to come and see some of the other bands he is booking. So, I tap into a different set of friends, have a couple hours of fun on the weekend, and I am more than just a musician booking a band, I am loyal supporter of his club.
This strategy also works if you want to establish a relationship with a new club. If you are just one of a million bands showing up, asking to be hired, and giving your reverbnation page and no proof you can draw a crowd, then you get the kind of indifference we are seeing in the opening post. But if you come off as more of an event organizer AND musician, you find the phone starts ringing.
