Playing the subway: a hot new ticket
Jan 25th, 2006 | By Melissa Robbins | Category: Concerts, General and Growing Your Audience|
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Since I’m new to NYC (just moved a couple of weeks ago), I’m still trying to find my way, learn how everything works, find out what makes the Big Apple go round (pun intended?), etc. Here’s one article that caught my attention, about getting gigs by playing — of all places — underground. After all, everybody uses the subway (or metro, depending on where you’re from), so if you’re playing when, let’s say, a high-level music exec happens to be running to a “Who are we going to sign a $1 million dollar deal with next?” meeting, you may just be in luck.
Sidenote: When I was in Spain recently, I happened to be aboveground, *passing by* the metro, and I heard great music coming from underground, prompting me to go downstairs to see where it was coming from, and I ended up staying to watch the group’s entire set. While I was standing there enjoying the music, someone came around and passed out flyers to advertise for the group’s next show, to be held a few days later. It was a great technique, it seemed, and although I couldn’t make it to the show (and not for the reasons Scott listed!), judging by the crowd that this group had, there’s no way it wasn’t a successful gig.
Try it sometime. You never know who may be passing by.
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