Booking shows may be an impossible thing for an indie band to do If the band do not know the best way to grab a club promoter’s attention. promoters and club owners generally book in advance, so it’s imperative that a band contacts them months, can be a year before touring.

Bands need to establish flyers/postcards, and send them out unending ly. Not just to disparate promoters, but repeatedly to the same promoters. Sending a flyer to the same promoter ought to be done every month or so to let them know you are serious about the occasion, and to get them to recall your band.

A high quality color flyer does make a difference when promoting your band. In fact, it receives more interest with solid content listed on the flyer.

1. performance based photo

2. The genre of music your performer plays

3. Contact information in bold

4. The band’s price range to do a show

5. A couple lines of reviews from media outlets who covered past shows

Besides club s, colleges are another alternative Venue for artists to performance their music live.

The popular way to grab a college representative’s attention is by sending your flyer/postcard with a compact disc, and placing phones calls to the student activity director who handles live entertainment.

Sending your CD and press release to college radio stations and newspapers is also a nice way to make your name known on many campuses. Getting early recognition could help your occasions of the student activity director hearing about your performer before you inquire about doing shows.

An alternative way to book shows at colleges is by performing at the National Association for Campus Activities Showcase.

Each February NACA hosts the National Convention which brings together musicians, music agencies and university entertainment buyers. The National Convention allows college representatives to see live showcases and organize co-op purchasing with neighboring universities.

Bands such as Dave Matthews band and O.A.R. have been success stories through the association.

Performing at the convention may be costly, but may be value it in the long run for the band. In order to be on the showcase, a band must 1st become a member of the association. A few other costs come into performance in order to buy a booth, register and then submit the band. An acceptance cost is also charged if your band is chosen to play.

Networking is key for indie artists even Assuming that they do not get chosen to play college shows at the conference. There are other companies such as bar owners, entertainment Venue promoters and companies in attendance at the showcase.

Social networks could also be key to landing gigs for a band. My suggestion is to check out what Clubs are popular within the independent band world. Check other independent bands’ pages and see what Clubs they are playing at in certain cities.

I am going to lay out a couple of easy -to-use performer promotional suggestions for you…

Successful band Promotions Establish With Your Marketing Abilities

Tricks To Selling More CD’s At performances

1st make sure at every performance you are placing your CD  sales table in the correct place. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve seen artists who session up their CD  sales table in the darkest corner of the Venue.

Think about it for a moment…If you were at a Venue and listening to a band. Then, out of the corner of your eye… You happen to see a table performance up with CD’s for sale. Except, it’s in the corner, and away from all the action at the Venue…Would you go check it out, or even think about it?

When you get performances at a new Club the 1st thing you must do is scope out the place for the the majority strategic spots available for your compact disc  sales table. Heck, there are some artists that  set up their table right in front of the stage! Yet another great place for  set ting up your compact disc  sales table is by the entrance to the bathroom of the Club…I know it may sound strange, but contemplate it. Everyone there is bound to pass by your compact disc’s, and if you’ve one of your “Street Team” members selling compact disc’s at the table. Then, recruit another “Street Team” member to literally walk straight up to individuals asking them “Do You Have The compact disc  Yet?” at the Club while you’re playing – Your compact disc  sales will go through the roof!

Just be sure to have the one walking around lead the individuals who say that want to buy your CD  straight to the CD  sales table. This will allow them to go straight back into the crowd to gather more listeners for you!

Collecting Fan Email Addresses

Likewise make sure you make it easy for people to leave email addresses at your compact disc  sales table. Even better, would be to get people to give you the email in the middle of the gig. You can make up an “Email Song” then have an individual pass around a guest book where everybody leaves their email address.

If you’re not gigging your only option is to visit chat rooms and forums and talk to people and collect email addresses. Why collect all of these email addresses? simple… You will be strating a “Band Newsletter” to stay in touch with your potential listeners, and compact disc  buyers!