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…
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Working With An Agent
This article has been around for awhile but the information is still valid: Working With An Agent. The point is this: regardless of how wonderful a talent your are, the commissions you pay a booking agent must be able to…
There’s More Than One Kind Of Gig
Ahem. Check, one two…check… ::thump thump:: Hi. I’m Scott Andrew, singer-songwriter guy from Seattle, and as Joe already mentioned, I’ll be a guest blogger on spinme.com for the next few weeks. I’ve never been a “guest blogger” before, so this…
The Coffeehouse Talent Buyer State of Mind
Finally getting back to speed after getting a bad, bad cold during my holiday expeditions (the cold all my Northeast U.S. clients warned me that I would get!) — I’m catching up on a few hundred e-mails. If I haven’t…
INXS Booking Agency (and slick middlemen)
All that posting about Rock Star: INXS has given some folks the impression that my company is the booking agency for INXS. Uh, no. Just a fan. You can stop e-mailing me now. But you can find their current itinerary…
Athens, GA Music Internship
Troy at Nomad Artists, a super booking/management agency here in Athens, is expanding into concert promotion and needs some interns. (And for crying out loud, let’s not have a repeat of the Chicago incident — send your contact info to…
Clear Channel Shakes Up Talent Buys… How Will It Affect You?
Clear Channel (aka "The Evil Empire" in some circles) is making another really wild business move that may put you on a great footing with your talent buyer. Even for their A-list and B-list events, CC’s live business is abandoning…