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Rush Tribute band - Management?

KeddyLee

KeddyLee

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Nov 12, 2013
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Delaware
#1
I am Geddy in a Rush tribute band. We all have jobs but LOVE playing Rush and we're getting a great local response but we need to expand our area a little. How often can a Rush tribute band play the same general area? 3-4 times a year? It's a specialty act.

Would a management company take on a tribute band that only plays maybe 2 hours tops from Delaware?

Here we are to let you know we don't suck.



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#3
I dunno.....the Crue, AC/DC and Sabbath tribute bands around here seem to have monthly local gigs. If it's good I don't think it will saturate the area at 6x per year.
 
#7
Fantastic Man! I would love to see you guys. I'm no expert but I think you should all quit your day jobs. Maybe change your name to Snow Dog. I would love to see you guys perform By-Tor and the Snow Dog. Thanks for bringing back 30+year old memories. Yes an Agent/Management Co. is in order! GLWB.
 
#9
Try hitting up Michael Twombly at Music Zirconia out of San Diego. The biggest and brightest tribute band booking agency in the US: Invalid Link Removed

We done several shows with them and they are great.
 
#10
NYCbassist said:
Fantastic Man! I would love to see you guys. I'm no expert but I think you should all quit your day jobs. Maybe change your name to Snow Dog. I would love to see you guys perform By-Tor and the Snow Dog. Thanks for bringing back 30+year old memories. Yes an Agent/Management Co. is in order! GLWB.
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We just closed our last show with By-Tor!

Thanks for all of the compliments! I want to submit to an agency but I want to get a better demo video. That one I just put together myself on youtube.

Gonna hang on to the day job but will definitely get working on it!
 
#16
You'd do much better with that kind of act by touring and playing a few gigs in one town (depending the size of the town or city) and moving on, though I know that might not be possible if you all have day jobs. Tribute acts like that can be very successful, but if you play in one area, I reckon you could play a couple of times a month if you play venues as far away from each other as possible. I don't know how big Delaware is, so it's hard to say, but if you're willing to travel 2 or 3 hours to some gigs, you'll find new audiences, as most people tend to stick to venues fairly close to home.

All the best - you certainly don't suck.
 
#17
Awesome! I don't have any insights relating to management but just wanted to say I'm a big fan of tribute acts when its done right and you guys are doing it right. Three-piece, correct equipment, tight musicianship. Very nicely done.
 
#18
Delaware is pretty small. My thought was branching in three directions. We're less than an hour from Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. That gives us 4 states (who goes out of state to clubs? not many) so we could play to different audiences and not have to travel more than an hour or so to gigs.

I am OK booking local places but the bigger venues that give this type of show more of a "concert" atmosphere are all booked by agents.

If anyone knows of an agent in the Philly area, send them my way please?

Music is easy, business is hard. But of the two... I prefer the one I'm good at!
 

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