General Music Chat

All opinions and advice welcomed...

So, money got tighter and tighter.. cost of living went up and my salary stayed stagnant, and the gigs ain't bringing in enough, so I had this idea...

check out my big brainstorm...

http://www.myspace.com/kgbookings

Humm cool, I wonder if this thing takes off will you still have time to play?

Humm cool, I wonder if this thing takes off will you still have time to play?

I'm looking at it as a supplemental thing more than a huge successful thing.. if it does actually take off, my wife can take some of the load off me.

I was certainly curious if this niche even exists, I've only seen bookers on the other side of the fence, so to speak

I'm a prayin for you my man. Way things are going we wont have to worry bout paying taxes. No jobs = no taxes.
I finished my first full week back in the Nursing profession today.
Damn man if I could do something I really enjoyed.
Hell, at least I do have a job !! Better off than a lot of my friends in that respect.

How do you intend to make contact with the venue owners in your service area?

All opinions and advice welcomed...

So, money got tighter and tighter.. cost of living went up and my salary stayed stagnant, and the gigs ain't bringing in enough, so I had this idea...

check out my big brainstorm...

http://www.myspace.com/kgbookings

Nice ^.^

That looks like a whole new business other than what I was talking about or I thought you were talking about.
That does NOT mean DON'T go ahead and do it. IT does mean take a close look at the three good bands you have together and see what is not making
you happy or getting you to were you want to be.
A busness plan affirms what EXACTLY you expect.
BE CAREFUL IN ANY NEW BUSINESS , NOT TO BUY YOURSELF A JOB!!!!!
You have good things going on , carefull not to divide your efforts to much.
I thought you were going to put up a biz plan to put one of your bands on the front page ,you could, you know.

"PUT YOUR BUTT IN A HOLE, AND YOUR HEAD IN THE AIR.... YOU'RE PROBABLY ON THE BEACH AN YOU'RE GONNA GET SUNBURNED....

I could use someone like that to book my bands..

How do you intend to make contact with the venue owners in your service area?

Well.. I figure that I already know most of the bands and most of the venues just from playing the area.. kind of gives me a huge advantage I think.

I've already begun contacting the clubs, and plan to personally visit and pitch myself. Many know me from the bands, and others will realize quickly that I know my way around

That looks like a whole new business other than what I was talking about or I thought you were talking about.
That does NOT mean DON'T go ahead and do it. IT does mean take a close look at the three good bands you have together and see what is not making
you happy or getting you to were you want to be.
A busness plan affirms what EXACTLY you expect.
BE CAREFUL IN ANY NEW BUSINESS , NOT TO BUY YOURSELF A JOB!!!!!
You have good things going on , carefull not to divide your efforts to much.
I thought you were going to put up a biz plan to put one of your bands on the front page ,you could, you know.

"PUT YOUR BUTT IN A HOLE, AND YOUR HEAD IN THE AIR.... YOU'RE PROBABLY ON THE BEACH AN YOU'RE GONNA GET SUNBURNED....

Not at all... like I said, this is just a small service that I can do on the side to make some extra money. My one band is originals and doesn't make anything really, and the other only gigs 2-3 times a month. So until the originals project pays off (and I'm confident that it will someday), I can't keep losing money without doing something to keep myself in the positive, yahmeen?

Having a foot in the door to start is a great advantage.
Best of luck to you Kramerguy.

A lot of musicians (like myself) have absoloutely no time to dick with (am I allowed to say that on here?) the venue owners. I'd say go for this. Nothing ventured, nothing gained....