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aaronman
05/22/07, 03:09 PM
Great site for booking gigs, www.gigmasters.com (http://www.gigmasters.com)
There is a sale going on right now, 20% off memberships. Hit me up if you are interested.
peace
aaron
patrickhowell
05/22/07, 03:43 PM
"Gigs?" Haha, real cool.
aaronman
05/23/07, 09:33 AM
"Gigs?" Haha, real cool.
Yes, Gig. Its a term musicians use for bookings.
-aaron
I haven't called it a gig since my days as a jazz singer in the 70's. Do musical groups actually use your services to get gigs? It's not hard to schedule your own gigs. My musical group gigged up and down the west coast playing only gigs we booked ourselves.
aaronman
05/23/07, 03:26 PM
I haven't called it a gig since my days as a jazz singer in the 70's. Do musical groups actually use your services to get gigs? It's not hard to schedule your own gigs. My musical group gigged up and down the west coast playing only gigs we booked ourselves.
I'm sorry, but what term would you prefer to use? And I find it hard to believe you were performing in the 70's if you are only 22 years old and posting on a punk website.
Apparently you aren't familiar with the industry, where most successful artists have agencies that book their gigs for them. My band can easily secure local shows, but in order to expand and acquire some real exposure a booking agency helps a lot.
Yes, musical groups use our services. We have been alive and kicking for over 10 years.
eraserhead
05/23/07, 03:36 PM
gig gig gigger gigging
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So what you're trying to tell me is that you've been booking shows, oops i mean gigs since you were 10? Wow you're one driven fellow. If you're as driven as you say though, instead of paying someone to book shows for you, you should make some contacts, talk to some people, and book your own tours. I'm fully aware most successful bands sign to a booking agency who takes a percentage of the money they earn. Opposed to flat rate you charge, which is now 20% off. My question to you is, how many successful bands, who are in the market for a booking agency, do you see perusing the absolutepunk forums?
patrickhowell
05/23/07, 11:55 PM
Yes, Gig. Its a term lame musicians use for bookings.
-aaron
Fixed.
lew_1987
05/24/07, 05:07 AM
i say gig... maybe thats cause i'm british.
aaronman
05/24/07, 07:18 AM
My question to you is, how many successful bands, who are in the market for a booking agency, do you see perusing the absolutepunk forums?
None yet. You people are clown shoes.
Tristan Needler
05/24/07, 09:42 AM
You people are idiots. What's wrong with saying gig?
If you're seriously trying to argue that booking agencies are useless, you're morons. If they were useless, there wouldn't be any.
Iamhome
05/25/07, 09:14 AM
Um... booking shows is easy.
Um... booking shows is easy.
I concur. I'm pretty sure my band passes on shows we get offered more often than not. Getting shows is easy... getting GOOD shows is the trick.
aaronman
05/25/07, 12:01 PM
I concur. I'm pretty sure my band passes on shows we get offered more often than not. Getting shows is easy... getting GOOD shows is the trick.
Just curious where you receive offers from? Are you talking local? How do people know to contact you?
An agency such as Gigmasters allows you to set your criteria/payrate, travel distance... all sorts of things to control whether you get good or bad shows. I know any band can go around their surrounding areas and play at bars/small venues, but when you want to take it to the next level and leave your area an agency makes all the difference.
Plus, Gigmasters is good for getting booked for private functions (corporate, parties, events) that actually pay well.
Iamhome
05/25/07, 01:55 PM
I concur. I'm pretty sure my band passes on shows we get offered more often than not. Getting shows is easy... getting GOOD shows is the trick.
Yeah. But getting GOOD shows you'll rarely get contacted on. You have to have contacts and have those people looking for you.
Just curious where you receive offers from? Are you talking local? How do people know to contact you?
An agency such as Gigmasters allows you to set your criteria/payrate, travel distance... all sorts of things to control whether you get good or bad shows. I know any band can go around their surrounding areas and play at bars/small venues, but when you want to take it to the next level and leave your area an agency makes all the difference.
Plus, Gigmasters is good for getting booked for private functions (corporate, parties, events) that actually pay well.
Dude... how many corporate sponsors actually use your program? How many users do you have (not bands)...
I concur. I'm pretty sure my band passes on shows we get offered more often than not. Getting shows is easy... getting GOOD shows is the trick.
Hahaha good luck with your "band" then..
Hahaha thank you very much for wishing me luck with my "band" as you say. I appreciate it.
Just curious where you receive offers from? Are you talking local? How do people know to contact you?
An agency such as Gigmasters allows you to set your criteria/payrate, travel distance... all sorts of things to control whether you get good or bad shows. I know any band can go around their surrounding areas and play at bars/small venues, but when you want to take it to the next level and leave your area an agency makes all the difference.
Plus, Gigmasters is good for getting booked for private functions (corporate, parties, events) that actually pay well.
Well as far as local shows go, we're offered more shows a month than we care to play. No one is going to go see the same band every friday or saturday, it makes much more sense to play one local show a month at the very most. As far as touring goes, we've tried to go through a couple people who claimed they would book tours for us and every one has fallen through. We've had much more success booking our own tours. All I'm trying to say is that legitimate bands who have booking agents don't pay a flat rate in hopes that they might get "gigs." What really happens is the band signs a contract with the booking agent who sets them up with another touring band. Then the booking agent takes a percentage of how much money is made on each show.
Basically what I'm really, really trying to say, is I hope no one sees this thread and thinks signing up for this is a good idea. Trust me, there are a lot of better ways to get shows/tour.
karmapolicia
05/26/07, 01:14 AM
Any publicity is good publicity.
aaronman
05/29/07, 07:18 AM
All I'm trying to say is that legitimate bands who have booking agents don't pay a flat rate in hopes that they might get "gigs." What really happens is the band signs a contract with the booking agent who sets them up with another touring band. Then the booking agent takes a percentage of how much money is made on each show.
Basically what I'm really, really trying to say, is I hope no one sees this thread and thinks signing up for this is a good idea. Trust me, there are a lot of better ways to get shows/tour.
Yes, that is how a traditional booking agency works, but we are an online booking agency, it is a little different. Our site is not for booking formal tours, it just provides artists looking for work with a better means of being contacted for private bookings. It is not for bands, so well established as yours, that have the capacity to easily book nation wide tours.
Currently we have over 3,500 entertainers listed on the site, the majority of them being musicians. Daily the site sees over 88,000 viewers, so I'd consider it a beneficial method of promotion.
I think you should present your arguments in a more mature way if you want people to respect anything you say, let alone trust you.
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