Getting through to Talent Buyers: Pest vs. Persistent
Aug 1st, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Booking More Gigs
Jay Flanzbaum from the indispensible OnlineGigs has a great article at Galaris this month about the distinction between being effectively persistent and just bugging the snot out of a talent buyer. Most of the bands that claim “nobody will book my band” probably had someone Jay’s describing screw up their potential relationship.
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August 7th, 2006 at 7:01 am
Hi Joe,
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Thanks and keep on rocking !
Le Baron