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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

With The Help Of Booking Agents Bands Can Find Gigs

By Jennie Sandoval


Whatever type of music a band performs, its members are always looking to play in new places. With the help of booking agents bands can get booked into venues they might not otherwise find. This gives band members the opportunity to find new crowds to support their music.

Booking agents assist groups and acts by finding locations where they can perform. They also assist club owners who want to hire new groups to perform in their clubs. Club owners always prefer to have their establishments filled to capacity whenever possible. Owners often like to hire new acts because it can help draw a crowd.

The people who do this kind of work will usually have a lot of contacts in the entertainment field. Their job is to deal with the owners of clubs, theaters, lounges, and other places where entertainment is offered. Venue owners usually work with a number of different booking agencies, rather than dealing only with a single one. This helps them add variety to the acts they hire and gives them the ability to offer different kinds of shows to their patrons.

Booking agents are paid by earning a portion of what a band gets paid for performing at a location. They usually represent a selection of different performing acts. An agent will deal with the people who run clubs that are looking for new groups to play in their venues.

Sometimes a band can play in an area so frequently that people get too used to seeing them, and the band doesn't provide the same draw that they once did. This can have the effect of causing people to look elsewhere for places to go. Lounge and bar owners try to avoid this by rotating the groups that play in their venues to try. This approach can help the owners fill their clubs and bring customers in on a regular basis.

Agents tend not to concentrate in only one city. They will often have people they work with in other towns and will book acts into clubs there, if they can. An agent may be able to offer regular work to a band that sees them perform in new locations on a regular basis, so the band may spend a number of days on the road. Most groups are happy to be able to take their act to different places.

Groups can benefit from having an agent do the groundwork for them, but they will see the most success if they also promote their own act and look for their own shows. Most places that hire musicians to play have a set amount that they can spend on hiring bands. Agents might not be able to guarantee a performance place each week, so the members of bands should be active promoters and search regularly for their own bookings.

Bands who put on good shows can sometimes get regular gigs using their own contacts. By using booking agents bands can also gain experience performing in venues they haven't played before. Bands who also promote themselves will be able to improve their chances for success.




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