Comments on: Become a booking agent for $100 and a week??? http://www.ronamundson.com/music/2009/07/become-a-booking-agent-for-100-and-a-week/ lessons, equipment design, and rants of an old bass player Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:22:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ron Amundson http://www.ronamundson.com/music/2009/07/become-a-booking-agent-for-100-and-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Ron Amundson Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:08:56 +0000 http://www.ronamundson.com/music/?p=50#comment-406 Thanks for the comment! I did put in a hundred hours of study, and decided folks would be nuts to do this. Back when, our leader/singer was a super sales guy, and he could get us booked pretty much anywhere we wanted to go, and all he wanted was extra beer. To him, I think booking was nearly as much fun as playing... but it takes a special guy to play that game. By the same token, I think one could serve as a virtual tour manager for many small bands without too much trouble, nor too high of expectations for Derek's $20/hr figure. Most youngsters are clueless on the business side of things, so such might be a niche business someone could take up (provided they had been on the road a few times). Thanks for the comment! I did put in a hundred hours of study, and decided folks would be nuts to do this. Back when, our leader/singer was a super sales guy, and he could get us booked pretty much anywhere we wanted to go, and all he wanted was extra beer. To him, I think booking was nearly as much fun as playing… but it takes a special guy to play that game.

By the same token, I think one could serve as a virtual tour manager for many small bands without too much trouble, nor too high of expectations for Derek’s $20/hr figure. Most youngsters are clueless on the business side of things, so such might be a niche business someone could take up (provided they had been on the road a few times).

]]> By: bookmakah http://www.ronamundson.com/music/2009/07/become-a-booking-agent-for-100-and-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-405 bookmakah Fri, 04 Mar 2011 05:35:54 +0000 http://www.ronamundson.com/music/?p=50#comment-405 You're right. I've been booking for many years. NObody wants that job buddy! Nobody! They want the MONEY they THINK I make, but they don't want the phone slammed down in their ear when you give the venue owner the price. They don't want to hear, "No we don't have a budget for entertainment," or... "We pay $35 dollars and all the beer you can BUY!" OR... the famous, "I can get those other guys for 1/3rd of that!" All they want to hear is that you are gonna make them famous! BLA BLA BLA You’re right. I’ve been booking for many years. NObody wants that job buddy! Nobody! They want the MONEY they THINK I make, but they don’t want the phone slammed down in their ear when you give the venue owner the price. They don’t want to hear, “No we don’t have a budget for entertainment,” or… “We pay $35 dollars and all the beer you can BUY!” OR… the famous, “I can get those other guys for 1/3rd of that!”

All they want to hear is that you are gonna make them famous!

BLA BLA BLA

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