Booking Agency

sven laux · Post by **sven laux** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:02 pm

Hey there,

I just asked myself for years now, what do I have to do to get into a booking agency?

<bleep> This is a serious question! <bloop>

Thanks for your advices or whatever...

Sven

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:31 pm

Releases and connections.

dsat · Post by **dsat** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:41 pm

you know... I wouldn't worry about that if i were you
some agents are good and some just put your name in their roster and don't do sh!t for you...

just keep on releasing your music and over time people will start recognizing you and bookings will follow if you work on getting connections, with or without an agent

don't think that you will have more bookings, because you're with an agency (unless it's a very good one...)

there are still quite a few bigger names out there who handle their own bookings...

sven laux · Post by **sven laux** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:59 am

well, then I should just sit down, relax and wait for something to happen...

dsat · Post by **dsat** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:36 am

sven laux wrote:well, then I should just sit down, relax and wait for something to happen...

not quite :-)
just keep on releasi,ng stuff, and keep on promoting yourself
no relaxing at all, except when you have to go to the can ;-)

sven laux · Post by **sven laux** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:20 am

Hehe, but what about the releases? Sure, it's more important to release on vinyl, but it is necessary?

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:18 pm

If you release a digital one that is played and supported by all the big guys then it doesn't matter.

You shouldn't relax, you need to promote yourself, talk to clubs/promoters, maybe make exchange bookings with other people in other countries (if you have the possibility to do some parties in your own city), keep releasing good records, have an updated website/myspace, do mixes and so on... and then by time see if you can get into a good agency..

but, as other have written already... getting into one might not be the hardest part, but you might end up in some agencies that actually does NOTHING at all... (like me

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codecks · Post by **codecks** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:39 pm

What is a good booking agency supposed to do for its artists ?