Getting through to Talent Buyers: Pest vs. Persistent

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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  1. Hi Joe,

    According to UNAIDS, close to 30 million people have been living with HIV in 2005; 3 million died from it during that year with 4 million newly infected. This is something I’ve always felt strongly about, which led me to write a song about it, ‘Positive’.

    But this time I would like to do more. Which is why I’m launching “Indie music against AIDS”. The idea is quite simple: bring together independant musicians to produce a compilation of songs inspired by AIDS. On World AIDS Day 2006 (that is December 1st), people will be able to download all the tracks for free; in return they will be encouraged to make a donation to an AIDS-fighting charity of their choice. All the details are available on MySpace/indiemusicagainstaids.

    I’m now trying to recruit musicians to help me in this and since Spinme.com is a kind of inspiration for many of them (including myself), I would be thrilled if you would like to talk about it.

    Feel free to take a look at my blog if you want to check more of Baron Zero’s music.

    Thanks and keep on rocking !

    Le Baron