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Internet Buzz Is Not the Same as Street Buzz

August 22, 2006 Joe Taylor Jr.

I was helping to produce a seminar for musicians at the front end of the MySpace explosion — this was a few years ago — and a band pitched a booking agent at the event by saying, “we’ve already got 2,000 friends on MySpace!” And the booking agent replied, “ugh, you’re not one of those […]

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CBGB: Punk’s First Theme Park

August 9, 2006 Joe Taylor Jr. Leave a Comment

[Thanks to a Stereogum commenter for a great headline.] In my books, I’ve written about the ways that baby bands would push hard to get a date at a venue like CBGB, then complain when a talent buyer would insist on preselling dozens of tickets for a showcase slot. (Hint: the talent buyer knows you […]

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Getting through to Talent Buyers: Pest vs. Persistent

August 1, 2006 Joe Taylor Jr. 1 Comment

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. Technorati Tags: music+industry, […]

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Working With An Agent

February 17, 2006 Scott Andrew Leave a Comment

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 not only cover the agent’s expenses related to their representing you, but must provide some […]

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There’s More Than One Kind Of Gig

January 23, 2006 Scott Andrew 1 Comment

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 is a brand-new venture for me. Also, I hope I don’t break anything. So here […]

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