Successfully Booking 'Follow-Up' Gigs with Venues
  By
Jeri Goldstein, Copyright 2002, GetSigned.com
Keeping
your band on the road gigging is a constant challenge for any artist.
As a self-managed, self-booking artist, you need to be even more
diligent in your attempts to book tour dates. In your efforts to
build a loyal following in specific markets, it is important to
book return dates at venues you've already played. There is no better
time to begin negotiating a return date as at the time you are settling
the current date. Here's what I mean: Before heading to the room
where you will settle the night with the club's manager, make sure
you have your tour calendar with you along with your current contract.
You want to have a copy of your contract to make sure the actual
settlement matches the contract figures. This also gives you a chance
to write all the pertinent information about that night's gig right
on the contract, such as how many seats were sold, how many of your
comps actually showed up and if you have the information then, how
you did in merchandise sales. Next, write the name of the person
settling the show if it is not the person with whom you originally
booked the date...
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Jeri Goldstein is the author of, How To Be Your Own Booking Agent The Musician's & Performing Artist's Guide To Successful Touring 2nd Edition UPDATED. She had been an agent and artist's manager for 20 years. Currently she consults with artists, agents and managers through her consultation program Manager-In-A-Box and presents The Performing Biz, seminars and workshops at conferences, universities, for arts councils and to organizations. Jeri has released a 3-hour seminar on CD-ROM, Marketing Your Act. No expensive conferences to attend-learn at your convenience to boost your career. Her book, CD-ROM and information about her other programs are available at www.performingbiz.com or phone (434) 591-1335 or email Jeri at jg@performingbiz.com.
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How
much time in the past have you spent looking up venue addresses,
looking up the directions on Mapquest and printing them out,
then making sure you go back and have all the details as to
when you have to arrive, how you are getting paid, etc. It's
a very time consuming process. With Onlinegigs, whenever you
enter a confirmed show into the system the itinerary will
list all upcoming shows automatically. Keeping in mind that
you can print out the itinerary with driving directions and
your only stops on your route won't be gigs, you can designate
other events such as meetings, hotel stops, and interviews
to be listed on your itinerary by setting up a task as a "meeting"
or "other" event and checking the yes button in the "Show
on Itinerary" field. Then when you print out the itinerary
all of the details you need will automaticallly be there for
you! That makes preparation for hitting the road much easier.
