The Booking Agent S Book Of Secrets For Touring Musicians

Author : Phil Simpson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798651964086

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The Booking Agent's Book of Secrets for Touring Musicians by Phil Simpson Pdf

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

Author : Jeri Goldstein
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 154727770X

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How to Be Your Own Booking Agent by Jeri Goldstein Pdf

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.

Author : Jeri Goldstein
Publisher : New Music Times, Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Performing arts
ISBN : 0960683054

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How to be Your Own Booking Agent by Jeri Goldstein Pdf

The award-winning, How To Be Your Own Booking Agent THE Musician's & Performing Artist's Guide To Successful Touring is one of the top selling music and performing arts business books. It is regularly selected by professors teaching music business and the performing arts and is continually recommended by musicians and performing artists worldwide. Goldstein's unique step-by-step guide and resource book is artfully organized into 488 pages of savvy advice, realistic methods and action plans for the performing artist and is now available in its Revised 3rd Edition. It provides current immigration regulations for touring artists, a completely rewritten Internet Marketing chapter along with exciting new insights from experienced professionals in the entertainment industry. The 24 chapters have completely updated resource sections following each chapter packed with recommended books, directories, web sites and new conferences to help performers achieve their career goals.

Author : Jeri Goldstein
Publisher : New Music Times, Incorporated
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Performing arts
ISBN : 0960683046

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How to be Your Own Booking Agent by Jeri Goldstein Pdf

How To Be Your Own Booking AgentTHE Musician?s & Performing Artist?s Guide To Successful TouringThis award-winning, unique, step-by-step guide and resource book, How To Be Your Own Booking Agent, is now available in its Revised 2nd Edition UPDATED. Packed with helpful hot tips, savvy advice from industry professionals, realistic methods and action plans enhanced by completely updated resource sections following every chapter including recommended books, directories, web sites, businesses, new conferences and much more, this truly is THE Musician?s & Performing Artist?s Guide To Successful Touring.

Author : Jeri Goldstein,Kari Estrin
Publisher : Charlottesville, Va. : New Music Times
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Concert agents Vocational guidance
ISBN : 096068302X

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How to be Your Own Booking Agent and Save Thousands of Dollars by Jeri Goldstein,Kari Estrin Pdf

Author : Hal Galper
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 1457426935

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The Touring Musician by Hal Galper Pdf

The Touring Musician helps performers at all levels of experience to take control of their careers. Packed with practical information, this invaluable handbook guides musicians in applying sound business practices to band travel by evaluating assets, creating an action plan, researching, negotiating, and booking venues, arranging transportation and lodgings, managing personal and tour finances, and getting publicity. The Touring Musician includes: * Point-by-point advice about how to set up a small business * Eleven sample worksheets and checklists, in a ready-to-photocopy format, that will help keep you and your information organized * Samples of the major types of legal documents involved in booking a band * A step-by-step chapter showing you how to book and route a sample tour, including five calendars and five budgets * Plus solid advice about how to research your venue contacts, negotiate gigs and fees, manage your band finances, coordinate your promotional activities, and much, much more.

Author : Joe Taylor, Jr.
Publisher : Taylor Creative Management
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781411631618

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More Gigs Now: Concert Booking Secrets of Successful Musicians by Joe Taylor, Jr. Pdf

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.

Author : HowExpert,Brandon Humphreys
Publisher : HowExpert
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781647587000

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Touring Guitarist Handbook by HowExpert,Brandon Humphreys Pdf

This book highlights tips and tricks learned over two decades of real-world experience as a touring guitarist. For bands and musicians who are not signed, don’t have managers or agents, but are willing to do the hard work and pay their dues to take their show on the road. From advice on how to properly pack a trailer, to the various ways to place a microphone in front of an amplifier, this book includes a wide range of topics, and is sure to have something for musicians of all experience levels. Major topics addressed include, but are not limited to: • Planning the tour – from how to choose which cities to visit, to how to pack your trailer or van. • Promoting the tour – from how to write a press release, to how to maximize your social media use. • Gear and supplies – from how to set up your guitar and which effects work best live, to where to place the mic in front of your amp. • Life on the road – from the best gas stations and how to deal with boredom to winter driving tips. • Putting on a great show – from how to fine tune your tone to a room to how to get along with your bandmates for optimum teamwork. • Merchandise and revenue – from how to get creative when it comes to choosing your merch, to crowdfunding techniques, to tips on making sure you get paid by the venue. • Connecting with fans – from using social media marketing creatively to general tips on in-person interactions with fans at the show. About the Expert Brandon Humphreys has been playing guitar and singing in semi-professional and tour-support bands for over twenty years. He has played music across the Western United States and Canada, often in support of national acts. Between all of the various bands over the years, he has recorded and released four full-length albums and two EPs. He has also appeared as a session guitarist for other artists. As a performer, he has “sat-in” with countless groups at countless performances over the years – from neighborhood block parties to huge, city-wide festivals - and has lent his talents to rock, jazz, blues, reggae, and country bands, as well as large ensembles. When not playing music, Brandon is a writer and a professional educator. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

Author : Andy Reynolds
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000482935

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The Live Music Business by Andy Reynolds Pdf

The Live Music Business: Management and Production of Concerts and Festivals, Third Edition, shines a light on the enigmatic live music business, offering a wealth of inside advice and trade secrets to artists and bands looking to make a living in the industry. Previously published as The Tour Book, this new edition has been extensively revised, reorganized, and updated to reflect today’s music industry. This practical guidebook examines the roles of the key players – from booking agents to concert promoters, artist managers to talent buyers – and the deals, conventions, and processes that drive this global business. Written by a touring professional with over 25 years of experience, this book elucidates why playing live is crucial to the success of any musician, band, or artist, explaining issues like: what managers, promoters, and agents do and how they arrange shows and tours; how to understand and negotiate show contracts; how to create a contract rider, and how the rider affects the money you earn from a show; how to appear professional and knowledgeable in an industry with its own conventions, language, and baffling technical terms; and a three-year plan using live performance to kickstart your music career Intended for music artists and students, The Live Music Business presents proven live-music career strategies, covering every aspect of putting on a live show, from rehearsing and soundchecks to promotions, marketing, and contracts. In an era when performing live is more essential than ever, this is the go-to guidebook for getting your show on the road and making a living from music.

Author : Catherine Fitterman Radbill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317408284

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Introduction to the Music Industry by Catherine Fitterman Radbill Pdf

Introduction to the Music Industry: An Entrepreneurial Approach, Second Edition is an introductory textbook that offers a fresh perspective in one of the fastest-changing businesses in the world today. It engages students with creative problem-solving activities, collaborative projects and case studies as they explore the inner workings of the music business, while encouraging them to think like entrepreneurs on a path toward their own successful careers in the industry. This new edition includes a revised chapter organization, with chapters streamlined to focus on topics most important to music business students, while also maintaining its user-friendly chapter approach. Supported by an updated companion website, this book equips music business students and performance majors with the knowledge and tools to adopt and integrate entrepreneurial thinking successfully into practice and shape the future of the industry.

Author : Ray D. Waddell,Rich Barnet,Jake Berry
Publisher : Billboard Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780307875006

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This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring by Ray D. Waddell,Rich Barnet,Jake Berry Pdf

The only book that looks at the business of concert promotion. Concerts are part art, part party—and a big part business. This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring is the first to focus on that all-important business aspect, from creating a show, to selling a show, to organizing the show, to staging the show. Working with venues, personnel, booking, promoting, marketing, publicity, public relations, financial management, and much more are covered in this indispensable one-volume resource. And the ideas and techniques explained here can be used for every type of concert promotion, including college shows, artist showcases, club gigs, as well as major events handled by local promoters, nationwide promoters, and worldwide promoters. Concert promoters and tour managers at every level need to know This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring

Author : Bill Lockwood
Publisher : The Wild Rose Press Inc
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781509230709

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The Monsignor's Agents by Bill Lockwood Pdf

Alison, US Army Intelligence agent and would-be Mata Hari, agrees to help Vatican Security track a potential assassin. She flies to Malta, meets with the contact, and hires a boat and crew to smuggle her and the suspect into Italy. Max, history buff, former rock drummer, unintentional ex-pat, and bartender in Malta, needs extra cash so he can return to the States. Hired on the boat as cook, he impresses Alison by discovering what the suspect has in his two huge suitcases…just before the man gives them the slip. This Mediterranean boat trip is no vacation cruise, and it will take quick thinking to avoid potential death while capturing the villain red-handed.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Popular music
ISBN : UOM:39015031165957

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Musician by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mark W. Curran
Publisher : Nmd Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 0970677324

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Getting Gigs! The Musician's and Singer's Survival Guide to Booking Better Paying Jobs by Mark W. Curran Pdf

A music business veteran gives the inside track to creating a profitable career performing music from local clubs to international cruise ships. This new updated edition includes interviews with successful musicians and entertainment directors who share their secrets.

Author : Brandon Humphreys,Howexpert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 194953197X

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Touring Guitarist Handbook: 101 Secrets to Survive, Thrive, and Succeed as a Traveling Guitarist Who Plays Live Music on the Road by Brandon Humphreys,Howexpert Pdf

This book highlights tips and tricks learned over two decades of real-world experience as a touring guitarist. For bands and musicians who are not signed, don't have managers or agents, but are willing to do the hard work and pay their dues to take their show on the road. From advice on how to properly pack a trailer, to the various ways to place a microphone in front of an amplifier, this book includes a wide range of topics, and is sure to have something for musicians of all experience levels. Major topics addressed include, but are not limited to: - Planning the tour - from how to choose which cities to visit, to how to pack your trailer or van. - Promoting the tour - from how to write a press release, to how to maximize your social media use. - Gear and supplies - from how to set up your guitar and which effects work best live, to where to place the mic in front of your amp. - Life on the road - from the best gas stations and how to deal with boredom to winter driving tips. - Putting on a great show - from how to fine tune your tone to a room to how to get along with your bandmates for optimum teamwork. - Merchandise and revenue - from how to get creative when it comes to choosing your merch, to crowdfunding techniques, to tips on making sure you get paid by the venue. - Connecting with fans - from using social media marketing creatively to general tips on in-person interactions with fans at the show. About the Expert Brandon Humphreys has been playing guitar and singing in semi-professional and tour-support bands for over twenty years. He has played music across the Western United States and Canada, often in support of national acts. Between all of the various bands over the years, he has recorded and released four full-length albums and two EPs. He has also appeared as a session guitarist for other artists. As a performer, he has "sat-in" with countless groups at countless performances over the years - from neighborhood block parties to huge, city-wide festivals - and has lent his talents to rock, jazz, blues, reggae, and country bands, as well as large ensembles. When not playing music, Brandon is a writer and a professional educator. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts. Visit HowExpert.com to learn more.