Monday, May 2, 2011

LAUNCH: Panel - Booking and Touring 201 (5 of 6)


So I've written all of these way ahead of time, but just haven't released them. Getting blasted with 6 posts in a single day is just kinda crazy, though. If you've missed the first few posts - check it out:
(LAUNCH: Intro)
(LAUNCH: Panel - Licensing Your Music)
(LAUNCH: Panel - Getting Sponsorships For Your Band)
(LAUNCH: Panel - Marketing Your Band)


Also, note that this is "201". 101 was around 11am and I was coming from Philly in the rain and fog, so I missed the first half.

Panel:
Billy O'Brien (Anchor & Hope Music)
Todd Erickson (MasterKey Management/More Music Group)
Nick Storch (International Creative Management)
Mike Mowery (Outerloop Management)
David Silbaugh (Grammy Chapter Board Advisor/Summerfest)
Jason Malhoyt (Outerloop Presents)

Discussion: Booking and Touring 201

  • How would you appeal to larger opportunities (colleges, festivals, etc.)
    • BO: An agent
      • Develop live shows
      • you shouldn't pay to play anything
    • BO: Have an online presence
    • NS: Depends on the vision of the band
      • be great
    • JM: Be extremely aggressive, but be polite
      • look up emails and phone numbers and use them to make contacts
    • BO: Take any and every opportunity as a young band
      • MM: Being on a festival lineup validates you as a band
      • BO: Promote your set creatively
    • DS: Love what you do
      • play that way no matter who/how many are there
      • remember that people are spending time to see you

Yeah, this is a shorter one. However, it'll be followed up by some of my own insight in a day or so. It's always nice to have a backlog of blogposts to keep a steady stream with.

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