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  2 0 Before even e-mailing a club, establish an email addy that is the name of yourband.gmail. or yahoo or hotmail.com....it helps a booking agent keep track of your band better and to find e-mails more efficiently. Please do not send mp3 files but always have a link to your myspace page and web page. Give us an idea of what other locals you have played with, an idea for a cool bill, an accurate representation of your draw (if you overstate, we have a tendency to know that), and mention clubs you've played in the past. Be enthusiastic about your ability to promote your show via social networking sites and with posters (have a folder in your myspace profile of the posters for the shows you've played) Please be patient with return e-mails, and understanding if for your first show isn't on a friday or saturday night. mammac answered in Music Panel over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 The only thing i can add is an echo of a few things that Mamma and Ben said. Namely, DO NOT send MP3s. Send links to MP3s or a stream of your music. Big files like MP3's or huge band photos only slow down my email. Nothing worse than having my work day stopped by a band who thought that including their whole record as an attachment was a good idea. Be short and to the point. Come with some potential bill ideas to both help me out and to provide some context as to what your band is all about. And once you are booked work your butts off. Just cause you are playing the Croc (or the Comet or the Neumos or the Showbox) doesn't mean people are going to come. Eli Anderson answered in Music Panel over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 Just the facts 1) Name of your band 2) Link to your website or Myspace page 3) Show’s you have played recently 4) Your draw (not what you wish your draw was but your actual draw) 5) Any pertinent info (our drummer was in “band named here” who used to play there all the time, etc.) Lastly, help the club agent out. Suggest a strong bill of bands you know if you get the show, promote the hell out of it and get you friends to show up. Contrary to rumor, clubs don’t have built in crowds so you need to work as hard on getting people out as you did on your songs. Send first email. Wait a week. Try again. Emailing everyday or berating the agent for not getting back to you will get you nowhere. Always be nice and offer to fill in for any last minute cancelations at the club. You never know where an opportunity might lie. Ben London answered in Music Panel over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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