Booking Bands Made Easy

By Glen Burton

You may think that booking bands isn't hard, and you'd be right, but booking a good one requires a bit of planning. You need to know the type of band that is preferred before you book, although to some extent this will be decided by the venue. If you are booking bands for a regular gig, they will probably be different to the type of band you would book to play at a special function.

With the rise of the internet, booking bands is a lot easier than it used to be. You need to do the work; bands and their agents will rarely contact you unless you run a drinking establishment or club offering regular work.

Any good band will have its own website or social networking page and may even be with one of the more reputable booking agencies. So booking bands is not hard.

If you haven't heard their music then booking bands can make a person apprehensive about how they will perform at the venue. If you can find out where the band have played before then give them a call to see whether they were satisfactory. It's worth your time going to see the band you're thinking of booking if they play nearby.

When you are booking bands you will need to give them information such as the time and place when they will be playing. Most people will appreciate it if you can let them know where they can park as they won't want to carry their equipment a long way.

Check how big the stage is so they have enough room to set up their equipment and do you have a sound limiter because if you do the band will need to know as it cuts the power when the sound goes beyond a certain limit.

To avoid disappointment you shouldn't leave booking bands too late. If the band is a good one then they could have other gigs arranged well into the future.

You need some slack in your budget when it comes to booking bands because it will probably be more expensive than you think. A good, well known band will obviously cost you more, if you are booking them for a regular gig then it is probably a worth while investment as they could boost your sales.

Depending on how far the band have to travel to get to your venue, how big the band is and what kind of venue you are does greatly vary the price. The price of a band however is not generally fixed in stone so can be negotiated on.

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