With the knowledge of How to Book Your Own Music Gigs you can be well on your way to elevating your entire career. In this course you'll learn how to increase your booking results; create your own custom booking strategy; create your own booking and cold call scripts; where to look to find gigs suitable for you; how to keep your gigging calendar full of gigs you love and a strategy for booking gigs even when you can’t find any.
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Take your booking efforts to the next level with a complete set of tools to help you be more efficient as your own booking agent! The Ultimate Booking Toolbox includes:
- How to Book [Profitable] Gigs Workbook (40 pages)
- Financial Forecasting Table
- List of Gigging Resources
- Booking a [Profitable] Tour book
- Step-by-Step Coaching Videos
- Call & E-mail Scripts
- Booking Logs
- Fee Calculator
Booking Call Log
Keep track of all your booking efforts with the Booking Call Log for Musicians. Emails, phone calls, walk-ins, and follow-ups are hard to keep all in your head. The Booking Call Log provided a convenient way to track all of this information for easy reference and booking effort routine.
At some point, almost every musician hears some version of this: “We’d love to have you perform… we don’t really have a budget right now, but it’ll be great exposure.” And honestly? Sometimes it can be. But sometimes it’s absolutely not worth loading your gear into the car. That’s the part nobody really talks about. […]
In a world of social media algorithms, constant posting, and digital overwhelm, many musicians forget one simple truth: Offline marketing still works. In fact, one of the most effective (and underrated) tools for musicians is a well-designed “Hire Us” postcard. Whether you’re a solo artist, bandleader, or gigging musician, a postcard can help you stand […]
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For this post, we welcome Guest Contributor, Dipanshu Mphapatra; self-taught guitarist who has played over 100 live performance gigs and counting. Dipanshu runs music-industry blog – Pick Up The Guitar. For more information about Dipanshu, see his full bio below. It’s no surprise that the music industry is one of the most competitive industries to […]
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I’ll start off by saying, you probably will get rejected. At the time of this writing, their own website says that only 30% of first-time applicants get accepted. In fact, if you’re contemplating applying, you should probably read this first. When I first started doing music, I came across Concerts in Your Home. It’s a […]
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