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In my experience pubs tend to book bands based on where else they play and what sized crowd they're likely to bring/attract.
Get some good sound clips and photos in place as a priority I'd say. Are you on Lemonrock?
Were trying to get away from wedding + corporate gigs. We have established regular gigs with pubs and local festivals that are good for 20 odd shows a year.
Were looking to get into playing clubs or part of the tribute band circuit (though were a Ska tribute as opposed to a specific tribute to one band).
We were approached by an agent last year but had to cancel the showcase gig when our bass player and trumpeter ran off together!!! Were up and running again - booked up for this year.
So perhaps a good promo clip would help us get work with an agency?
What is Lemonrock?
Thanks for your advice
- Venues want a good turn out and aren't overly fussed if or what the band is never mind how good they are.
- Agents want a good price, availability and reliability
- Events want a decent standard of band with a great reputation (ticket sales) who can have a proven record of putting on a good show.
The only sort of gigs I would ever consider sorting a video or press pack type thing for would be the wedding circuit and when I was doing that we got most of our gigs out of pubs anyways!As long as it doesn't cost too much money might be fun to make a promo though and have it as a nice momento.
Britain's top semi pro ska band Bomskare have loads of demo clips but then they get tens of thousands of hits on them. Our most viewed clip is up to 116 views...
[ Bombskare are pretty awesome if you like this kind of thing BTW]
There is a site called Freak Music where you can register your band and Upload Pics, a Vid and a short Biog. If anyone wants to hire you they negotiate through the site, who take a commission if the booking goes ahead.
Agents shouldn't demand a particular commitment from you. Just explain that you get your bookings from multiple sources on a first come first served basis. If they ring with a date you don't want to play just say that date is unavailable.
@electrodan. Were actually trying to price ourselves out of wedding gigs but seems people will still play!!! A lot of the band don't like them but I actually enjoy them - you can have plenty of fun at a wedding I find!!! They agents who've approached us wanted us to gig further afield and more often than some in the band wanted too. There is 9 of us so its tricky. The ideal scenario would be gigs two/three times a month within a two hour drive radius. But thats probably just wishful thinking.
and I'll throw in a Bomskare track having mentioned them. This one cause it seems to be the unlikeliest ska cover ever and it shows even a fixed camera is fairly watchable with a bit of performance
Goes to show what you can do with an iPhone, some editing software - that comes free on a Mac, some imagination and some extremely attractive friends. I have two of those things - maybe three on a good day!