Re: Getting LooPGigs

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First off, getting a gig should not have anything to do with looping gear. 
 If
your able to appeal to an audience (looping gear or not) then you should 
have
no problems getting venues to play.

Step 1) Get a good 1 to 2 hour act together and spend plenty of attention 
to
detail, sound quality etc.  

Step 2) Start hooking up with local musicans, find open stages, talk to 
band
members, take an ad out in the paper for jam sessions at your place etc. 
etc.

Step 3) Find a good support structure.  Friends, that will come and give 
you
the support you need to get off the ground, positive critique etc. 

Step 4) Make sure you have good equipment.  Pay attention to your sound.
Muddy sound, too much feedback,  too loud,  too tinny are all attributes 
that
could drive folks away. 

Step 5) Be willing to play for free and travel great distances to do it.  
This
will help you to find the venue that suits your style.  Nothing worse than 
a
Rock band in a Country bar.  

Step 6) Be extremely curteous to your audience and the propritors of the
establishments you are invited to play.  Remember, you are at their 
"house".
If they want you to turn down, do it "happily".

Step 7) Slowly build your venues and audiences being careful to play, to 
some
degree, what they have come to hear or wish to hear.  

Step 8) Put a newletter togehter, establish a web site, take out an ad in 
the
paper listing your service.

Make a tape, cd, etc.  
Keep your day job unless you have the fortune to play music full time.

I make about $300.00 a month playing gigs.  Just a hobby, and it pays for 
more
toys.  What else could a person want?

Good luck to you.

Regards;
John Peters