Download or read book Getting Gigs The Musician s and Singer s Survival Guide to Booking Better Paying Jobs written by Mark W. Curran and published by . This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to finding the best paying gigs for musicians and singers, from their local area to the international stage. A music business veteran gives the inside track to creating a profitable career in the performing arts, from local bars to cruise ships. Includes interviews with successful musicians and enter-tainment directors who share their secrets in landing the best paying gigs. Also includes directories of resources for further research.
Download or read book Career Coach written by Shelly Field and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a guide for those interested in pursuing a career in the performing arts, with advice and tips on assessing interests and skills, setting goals, planning career actions, searching for a job, networking, and pursuing success in the workplace.
Download or read book Jazz Improv written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Get the Gig written by Jake Laughlin and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do I book more live shows? You know you have the talent to impress an audience, but find yourself with too few gigs. Wouldn't it be great to know exactly what venues are looking for? In Get the Gig, gain step-by-step insight that will greatly increase your number of live shows. In Get the Gig you will learn: How to stop "cold calling" and how to network your way in. The tools every professional musician needs Proper email etiquette Social media best practices How to let a venue know you are a seasoned, professional musician Includes Jake's additional reading list, more materials that will help you with your music career.
Download or read book The Successful Musician Mindset written by Jack Norton and published by Norton Family Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you dream of making a six-figure income with your music? Would you like to leave your job and be a full-time, touring musician? This book will show you how. I spent almost three decades making my living as a professional musician - playing over 300 shows a year. I make a very comfortable living - well into the six figures - every year, and have for over a decade now. I do not have a record label, a manager or an agent. I am 100% independent and run my entire business from my laptop, my phone and with my guitar. I am a master at booking great paying gigs - and I will teach you all the tips and tricks you need to know. This book is for any musician in any genre of music. Beyond the money - which is awesome - I am able to live the life of my dreams! I can not guarantee that this book will make you famous. I am definitely not famous. This is not a "get rich quick" scheme. This takes hard work. However, if you follow the steps in this book, I can absolutely guarantee that you will make money. Good money. And if you are really serious about your craft and about your business, I can guarantee without a shadow of a doubt, that you will make GREAT money by following the methods I outline in this book. Here are just a few things you will learn in this book: • How to easily book 300+ great paying shows a year! • How to earn a six-figure income from your music! • How to develop yourself as a marketable artist • How to send emails that will get results...gig bookings! • How to find gigs and contact venues successfully • How to form a "brand bible" around yourself • How to create a fan base and impressive social media stats • How to manipulate reality to be taken more seriously as an artist • How to focus on your true goals, desires and dreams • How to "give birth to a star"...you! • How to build an impressive team - from agent to record label • How to have an awesome website with the essentials to get gigs • How to build a website for almost no money • How to build a database of awesome gigs and leads • How to always get repeat bookings ...and so much more! This book includes multiple email templates which I have used successfully for the past decade to book gigs...you can copy and paste them to start booking your own shows immediately. Oh! Be sure to look for the two companion books - Tour Europe and The Contract - both are a nice addition to The Successful Musician Mindset. Testimony from G.R., a reader of this book: “I purchased your Successful Musician Mindset book and was extremely impressed! Honestly the best book on the practical application of the music business I have ever read! I have read your book twice and, I have to say again, the information you gave was absolutely golden! I have been looking EVERYWHERE for a practical music business book discussing how to book a national tour step by step and you delivered a phenomenal amount of information in the most specific manner.”
Download or read book The Booking Agent s Book of Secrets for Touring Musicians written by Phil Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-12 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want more gigs for your band?Looking for a fast-track to success?Seeking a career as a booking agent?This is the book you've been waiting for.Disclosed like never before, a real-life booking agent candidly reveals all in this step-by-step guidebook to the elusive world of booking agents, packed with actionable steps you can take today to get ahead of the competition -- including my '4-Point Plan to Get Signed'.Learn all the tactics, the thought process, shortcuts, and insider secrets that will enable you to take your music career to the next level and supercharge your journey to the top.PS, Don't tell your friends.____________Table of ContentsAuthor's NoteIntroductionPart 1: Understanding AgentsChapter 1: What is an Agent and What do They do?Chapter 2: What a Booking Agent Looks for in Potential New ArtistsChapter 3: Do I Need an Agent?Chapter 4: My 4-Point Plan to Get an AgentPart 2: How to Be Your Own Booking AgentChapter 5: Taking on the Role YourselfThings to Do Now 1:Chapter 6: Strategy and BookingThings to Do Now 2:Chapter 7: Deals and NegotiationChapter 8: Tour Announcements and On-SaleChapter 9: PR, Publicity Material/Artwork, and PromotionChapter 10. Preparing to Set Out on TourChapter 11: On The RoadChapter 12: After the Show and PaymentsChapter 13: Final ThoughtsAbout the AuthorThe Big GlossaryRecommended Resources
Download or read book The Indie Band Survival Guide written by Randy Chertkow and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indie Band Survival Guide (2008 edition) is a tremendous resource for musicians looking to record, distribute, market, and sell their music for less than most rock stars spend on green M&M's. Musicians and web gurus Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan cover every step of the process. With nothing but creative talent and the Web, they've gotten tens of thousands of fans for their band, in addition to being hired to write music for film, television, theater, and other media.
Download or read book Making Money Making Music written by Quint Randle and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2002 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regardless of talent, most musicians turning pro must play cover gigs to make their hard work pay off. This practical book gives artists step-by-step guidance for achieving financial success with a cover band: how to start or join one, choose the right covers, land the gigs, handle promotion, use sound and lighting systems, and successfully manage the details of gig playing.
Download or read book More Gigs Now Concert Booking Secrets of Successful Musicians written by Joe Taylor, Jr. and published by Taylor Creative Management. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Grow Your Band's Audience reveals a strategy that successful working musicians use to play better paying gigs more often. Learn how to schedule shows that grow your audience without forcing you to spend time and money on frustrating tours.
Download or read book How to Be Your Own Booking Agent written by Jeri Goldstein and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Revised 4th Edition Now How To Be Your Own Booking Agent is available in its completely Revised 4th Edition. It offers current immigration regulations for touring artists, new scripts for contacting potential presenters, strategies for contact relation management, crowdfunding and a completely revised chapter on The New Recording Industry . Since 1998, the award-winning, How To Be Your Own Booking Agent has been among the top selling music and performing arts business books. It is regularly selected each semester by professors teaching music business and the performing arts and continually recommended by musicians and performing artists, worldwide. This unique step-by-step guide and resource book is artfully organized so that it's easy and fun to read with savvy advice, realistic methods and action plans geared for your success. Exciting new insights from experienced professionals in the entertainment business pepper each page. The 24 chapters are enhanced with completely updated resource sections following each chapter packed with recommended books, directories, websites, social media marketing resources and new conferences helping musicians and performing artists achieve their career goals.This Revised 4th Edition remains THE Musician's & Performing Artist's Guide To Successful Touring. How To Be Your Own Booking Agent THE Musician's & Performing Artist's Guide To Successful Touring tackles such topics as: The Art of Negotiating; How to Eliminate Cold Calls-Make Friendly Calls; Setting Long-Term Goals; New, more Effective Telephone Techniques; Creating An Effective Promotional Package; Contracts; The Art of Touring; Managing the Road; Conferences; Trade Shows and Industry Events; Funding Sources; Crossing Borders-U.S./Canada Touring; Marketing Your Act; Accessing the Media: Print, Radio, Television and Internet Marketing; The New Record Industry; Working with Managers and Agents; When to Quit Your Day Job; Hiring Help and Ethics and Attitudes. "As someone who has had the experience of climbing from the bottom to the top of the music industry, I find Goldsteins' book to be THE road map for taking a career from oblivion to stardom, on one's own terms while maintaining artistic integrity! By combining universal business practices with music industry savvy, HOW TO BE YOUR OWN BOOKING AGENT is your guide to success." - RAVI, Singer/Songwriter, Former Guitarist for Triple GRAMMY Nominee, HANSON The information in How To Be Your Own Booking Agent is visually accessible with worksheets and a variety of forms included throughout the book that may be copied for the artist's use and convenience. I've answered most of the burning questions, provided immediately usable methods and tackled many of the foreseeable problems. This is THE step-by-step guide to begin, create and maintain a successful touring career.
Download or read book Get More Fans The DIY Guide to the New Music Business written by Jesse Cannon and published by Jesse Cannon. This book was released on 2012-11-25 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Do I Promote My Music On A Small Budget? How Do I Get My YouTube Videos to Spread? How Do I Turn Casual Fans Into One’s Who Buy From Me? How Do I Get Written About On Blogs? How Do I Increase Turnout At Shows? How Do I Make Fans Using Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr And SoundCloud? With every day that passes, the power the major labels once had dies a little more. The chance to get the same exposure as your favorite musicians gets easier and easier. The hurdles that would only allow you to get popular, if the right people said your music was good enough, are gone. You can now get exposed to thousands of potential fans without investing 1% of what musicians used to by building a fanbase based on listeners love for your music. No more writing letters hoping that A&R writes you back. This book explains how you do it. While many books will tell you obvious information, legal mumbo-jumbo and marketing catchphrases that don’t help you get more fans. Our experience working with real bands - from upstarts like Man Overboard and Transit to legends like The Cure, The Misfits and Animal Collective, has led us to understand the insider tricks and ideas that go into some of the most important groups of our time. We produce records, do licensing deals, negotiate record contracts and get the musicians we work with written about on websites like Pitchfork and Vice. We have worked with bands who started off as nothing and became something. Unlike any other book written on the subject we have compiled the knowledge no one else has been willing to print in fear of obsoleting their own career. We give you thousands of ideas on how to get people to hear your music and turn them into fans who pay to support your music. Whether you are a label owner, musician, manager, booking agent or publicist there is information in this book that will help you do what you do better. Enjoy! For more information see GetMoreFansBook.com
Download or read book The Indie Band Survival Guide 2nd Ed written by Randy Chertkow and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Chertkow and Feehan] are the ideal mentors for aspiring indie musicians who want to navigate an ever-changing music industry." -Billboard Magazine Newly revised and expanded, the acclaimed handbook for musicians looking to write, record, and promote without a label More musicians are recording, distributing, marketing, and selling their own music now than ever before in history. The Indie Band Survival Guide is the critically-acclaimed, do-it-yourself modern classic that has been telling them how for years. In this up-to-the-moment edition, musicians and web gurus, Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan, cover everything musicians need to know. Drawing on their in-the-trenches experiences, they tell musicians how to: - Sell on iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify - Get played on radio, podcasts, and blogs - Effectively market on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube - Copyright, license, and make money - And much more This information exists nowhere else. Chertkow and Feehan are pioneers in using the Internet to do what only labels could do in the past and will help your band go from garage to global.
Download or read book Get Paid to Sing written by Jennifer Truesdale and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Paid To Sing is a career guide for aspiring and professional singers. Subjects include career planning, self promotion, networking, finding work, gig preparation, health considerations, and more. If you're passionate about singing and you want to develop your career, or if you're already a professional looking to take things to the next level, this book is for you.
Download or read book The Unstarving Musician s Guide to Getting Paid Gigs written by Lynnea Hagan and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you struggling to get gigs that pay, to get the attention of venues, or to effectively market yourself and your music?Drummer vocalist Roberto R Hernandez (aka Robonzo) shares the methods and tactics he's used to keep himself and his bands consistently booked and well compensated. He and his bands have been in high demand for more than a decade, and he wants to teach you how to do the same.* Gig as often as you want* Get paid what you're worth* Play with musicians you admire and respect* Market yourself and your band(s) for success* Create demand for your talentsWhether you play in cover bands or are an original artist, The Unstarving Musician's Guide to Getting Paid Gigs touches on principles and actionable advice that you can use to get the gigs you want and get paid what you're worth!
Download or read book Gig Getter written by Gareth Bird and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DISCOVER: How to Get More Gigs than You can PlayAre you tired of endless rehearsals with no bookings insight? Do you get frustrated knowing that other bands and musicians in your area are out there gigging every weekend or more? Would you like to be able to book your own band or act out as often as you wanted without the hassle of trying to attract an agent or band management? Some of us musicians and performers are uncomfortable at the idea of having to pitch or sell our bands or acts to concert and gig venues. We see ourselves as artists first, not business or marketing people. Unfortunately, a successful musical career (part or full time) isn't going to happen if no one gets to hear your music. If this sounds like you and you're not getting enough gigs, then it's time to try a different approach. LEARN: Secrets to Becoming a Musician and Performer that Venues are Desperate to BookIn the guide "Gig-Getter: How to Get More Gigs than You can Play" you'll get step-by-step instructions, a proven blueprint for getting all the gigs you want. This is not some made-up theory. These are the same techniques the author used to get gigs and to become a regular performer at venues like the Hard Rock Cafe. Deceptively simple methods which even the most introverted performers among us can quickly study, easily adopt and succeed with.Don't Keep Struggling to Get GigsLook what other people are saying about "Gig-Getter":"Top Gig-Getting Tips, you'll be playing more shows in no time" -TOTAL GUITAR Magazine"Full of useful tips on how to organize and sell your band to promoters and press.....consider it a wake-up call" - GUITAR & BASS Magazine"Get more gigs with Gig-Getter.....informative and practical steps to help any band get all the gigs they desire" - GUITAR TECHNIQUES MagazineFollow this Simple,3 Part Plan for Getting More Gigs"Gig-Getter" details a simple step-by-step system for getting all the gigs you want. You'll learn the keys to mastering the most important and profitable method of music marketing and music promotion: regular and frequent live performance. And guess what? You can do it as part of a simple process developed by someone with almost a decade performing at the largest Hard Rock Cafe in Europe and who's also written "How-to" guides used by musicians in over 17 countries around the world. You'll learn How to: Work out what to charge venues and how to get them to pay it How to use information about other acts to book shows worth $000's - year after year Where to find gigs & how to approach potential venues to get yourself booked How to win the venues' appreciation and keep them sold on you so that your band or act gets booked again & again Easy ways to get interested venue bookers to CALL YOU! Discover the easiest, most effective ways of getting your band name known to venues 3 simple questions that can get one booking after another from people you've never even met How to create a unique demo that gets noticed, listened to and acted on You can learn how to get more gigs than you ever believed possible. Just follow this instruction blueprint and you'll learn a proven system for getting gigs in any and all musical genres.Would You Like To Know More?Download now and start getting all the gigs you want TODAY!
Download or read book Ask a Manager written by Alison Green and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together
Download or read book Los Angeles Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.
