Booking Bands Made Easy
September 1st, 2010 by Russell Atkins
Booking bands is easy but finding a good band is a lot harder than that. Before you book a band you have to ask your client or clients what sort of bands or music they like. Different bands suit different venues i.e. while one band may be good for a pub it would not suit a function or a wedding.
Sometimes for example if you run a pub or social club a band or its agent will contact you but most of the time you will have to find them. A good place to start is on the internet. Search on a well known search engine like google.
Booking bands is not that difficult nowadays; even if a band doesn’t have its own website. Most reputable booking agencies will be listed online.
When you are booking bands unless you have heard them before, you may worry about whether their performance will meet your expectations. If you know of other places where they have performed then it is worth checking out their reaction to the band as this will give you some idea of how they were received. If you are booking a local band then why not go and hear them play before you make a decision.
It is common practice when you are booking bands to give them the venue particulars ahead of time. You should make sure that there is parking space near to where they’ll be playing because of the difficulty of moving the tools of their trade.
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.
When booking bands bear in mind many of them have other gigs already booked up for, sometimes months in advance so do not leave booking a band until the last minute.
Like many things in life bands do not come cheap, especially the really good ones. The good ones may cost more but if it brings in the punters again and again then surely this is a sound investment.
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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