Call My Agent Please!

Booking your band is half the battle when you wanna get out on the road and let others hear your music.

Through your promotion campaign utilizing fliers, word of mouth, e-mail, social networking sites(Twitter,Facebook, etc) you will begin to draw more and more paying customers to your performances. The power of this promotion will gain you two strong points. Your showing the club that you are worth value-particularly money. As your show becomes bigger, you become a nice commodity for booking agents.

Booking agents simply secure live performances for clients. Nothing more and nothing less beside that 10% commission from paid shows that the agent secures for you. If your up and coming looking for an agent good luck. Your value to a club is sitting at zero which means in the agent's eyes no income to commission. The opposite of that is being a high commodity worth several hundred dollars per show which means there is income to commission. The possibility for an agent to increase that income could blossom with crafty negotiations. Excellent incentive for a booking agent to consider adding you to his roster.

It isn't hard to find a industry directory listing hundreds of booking agents, but the real quest is to find the ones who book the kind of venues you play and works with other artist compatible with your sound. The end result is the possibility of "packaging" a show fans would pay to see.

In most cases, finding the right agent is as simple as a telephone call. Most will ask you to send them a complete package including photo, bio, list of clubs you played at, and some of your music—a demo or finished CD. If they’re impressed, they will ask what it is you’re looking for and will then decide if you’re “worthy” of their time and effort.

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