Contacting Performance Venues

Video Transcript

"Now if you've found a venue that suits you and you say, man I definitely want to play here. Next thing you need to find is the right person at that venue that can help you get a show. Your friend who you met at one of your shows somewhere else has said, I live in this city and I know this cool club is not necessarily the right person. Now they could be, they could be the person who is saying, man I want to take your press kit in there, I know the manager, the owner whatever, and I want to show them all your stuff and take care of it for you, awesome. If you can get that great. Because then you've got somebody else promoting you. You've got your very own agent in that city. But if you don't have that, you are going to need to find the person who is in charge, who they can say with one word, they’re in or they’re out. Once you find that person, you are going to need to contact them. So it maybe that when you look on the website, that information is going to be right there. They're going to say for booking contact so and so. Contact them and contact them the way that they ask you to contact them. If they say they only book on Tuesdays and Thursdays, don't try to contact them on Wednesdays. They hate that. Because that makes them believe that you have no clue what you are doing. And you probably don't. So make sure that you follow the order in which they do it. If they don't say on their website, there is a real good way to find out the right person. You just call up the general line that reaches or you email, usually it's better to call. You call the general line that reaches that club, that university, that whatever organization and you ask the person who answers the phone. You say, hi I like to talk to the booking person in charge of setting up shows. And they'll tell you to either that person is available or they'll tell you, you need to call here such and such a place. Don't waste your time trying to make friends with that person because they're not going to help you at all. And they're not going to care, the booking person is never going to find out that you are really nice to Ms. Sally when she answered the phone and told you that you could do such and such. All they care about is setting up the show. Find the right person."