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Category Archives: Playing live
Fuck the Facts – give us Ideas
Streaming accounts for 13% of the total music revenue in Europe, Vinyl increased by 30%, CDs are still the main product of choice. Interesting numbers that present a good picture of the music industry’s current state. But are these facts … Continue reading →
Musicians: Are Your Prepared?
They say success is inevitable when opportunity meets preparation. I know from experience that this is also true for musicians and the music business. So today we will want to examine whether you are prepared when opportunity comes knocking. Do … Continue reading →
What Booking Agents expect from Bands
Why does one band get the gig while the other doesn’t? I have posed this question to a number of club owners and booking agents to put some light on the issue of successful band applications. Based on the answers … Continue reading →
Posted in Music Business, Music Marketing, Playing live
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Tagged band application, club owners, concert promotion, diy musici marketing, how to deal with booking agents, how to inquire about gigs, music business, music marketing, music promotion, music submission, musicbiz madness, what booking agents want
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Organize Your Own Concerts Successfully
When clubs don’t have any more slots available or even just turn you down your only choice left is either to resign or to organize your concerts all by yourself. The latter can either end up in a catastrophe or … Continue reading →
Proactivity
Being ‘proactive’ means to influence and determine the development and outcome of an event by effectively planning ahead and taking action respectively. In short: Take action yourself to get the best out of something. We will talk about how and … Continue reading →
Posted in General, Music Promotion, Playing live
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Tagged diy music marketing, diy music promotion, music marketing, music promotion, proactive, selling music
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Holiday Season – the pros and cons for musicians
Approximately 20% of the annual music revenue is being generated during the last six to eight weeks of the year. Yes, we are talking Christmas. Christmas, the business that can never start too early for retailers. But what does this … Continue reading →
Posted in General, Music Marketing, Music Promotion, Playing live
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Tagged christmas, christmas music, christmas songs, holiday season, music business, music marketing, music promotion
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How to get more Gigs
The route you take to get more gigs for you and your band can often be determined by the goals you have set for yourself: make more money, increase your popularity through exposure, improve your stage presence or impress record … Continue reading →
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Tagged band exchange, get more gigs, gig exchange, how to get gigs, live promotion, promote gigs
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