GETTING GIGS!

THE MUSICIAN'S AND SINGER'S SURVIVAL GUIDE TO BOOKING BETTER PAYING JOBS

With or Without An Agent

By Mark W. Curran

ISBN 0-9706773-1-6

Publisher: NMD Books - 2828 Cochran St. Suite 285 - Simi Valley, CA. 93065

Retail: $19.95

Music/Marketing/Performing Arts

216 Pages, perfect bound

A comprehensive guide to finding the best paying gigs for musicians and singers, from their local area to the international stage. A music business veteran gives the inside track to creating a profitable career in the performing arts, from local clubs international cruise ships. Includes interviews with successful musicians and entertainment directors who share their secrets in landing the best paying gigs. Also includes directories of resources for further research.

YOUR NEXT BIG BREAK!

Have you ever wondered how you can land better paying gigs as a full or part time musician, performer or singer? Are you frustrated with trying to find gigs and getting doors slammed in your face?

Ever wonder why all books on getting gigs are long on worksheets and lists you will never use, and short on real-life ways to get the gigs themselves?

Your problems are solved with this book. In this easy to read step-by-step manual, you will be shown how you can use simple tools such as the telephone, fax machine and computer to drum up more business and get better paying jobs, without spending a fortune.

Written for both the amateur part-time to full time professional musician, this guide will show you how to get gigs, no matter where you live.

You'll learn where the better paying gigs are and how to get them.

You'll learn techniques on handling the people who can make or break your career, how to approach them, how to follow up. Avoid common mistakes and pitfalls most musicians make when trying to land gigs. It includes success stories by those who have achieved their goals using these same principles and techniques.

We'll show you how to package your demo, press kit and presentation package to get maximum results, and how to follow up in a manner that will maximize your income.

Mark W. Curran covers all aspects of finding and creating your own gigs, including:

Clubs · Private Functions · Parties · Weddings · Caterers · Event Planners · Fundraisers

Country Clubs · Cruise Ships · Churches · Schools · Elementary · High Schools Colleges · House Concerts · Fairs · Festivals - And many more!

Have you ever thought about getting gigs in Las Vegas, and want to know more about making it in Las Vegas? We take you on the inside track of  the live music business in Glitter Gulch, with interviews with some of the veterans of the Las Vegas strip.  

Don't wait for your next big break. Create your own with "Getting Gigs."

Special Indexes include contact lists and resources to help you jumpstart your career as a full time gigging musician, and a special chapter on how to get cruise ship gigs, what the cruise ships look for, and how to contact them. We've also interviewed the entertainment directors at all the major cruise lines, so you'll learn what they are looking for and how to contact them. We've even included a directory of all the cruise lines, their names, addresses, websites and phone numbers!  

"I recommend this book to any musician who is serious about making it as a gigging player." - Ian McDonald, Chrysalis Records

"Unquestionably the best book ever written on finding gigs" - Michelle W. Benton, Warner-Chappel Music

"If you want to make it as a gigging musician, this book is one of the best you'll find"

- Michael A. Lyons - Sony Records

"A clear and concise manual on finding and making gigs for yourself in any market"

- Arcy Donahue, CBS Records

Here's What The Reviewers Are Saying About "Getting Gigs!"

"A downright realist attitude distinguishes Getting Gigs!, a plain-terms survival manual

and an absolute "must-have" for anyone striving to make a living with music."

- Midwest Book Review

"Getting Gigs! The Musician's and Singer's Survival Guide To Booking Better Paying Jobs With Or Without An Agent" is a book written from experience--the cold, hard 'facts of life' of getting worthwhile and paying jobs playing and singing music. This is a comprehensive guide to finding the best paying gigs for musicians and singers ranging from local area clubs to stages all over the world. "

Barry Rudolph, Music Connection Magazine, Los Angeles

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A comprehensive guide to finding the best paying gigs for musicians and singers, from their local area to the international stage. A music business veteran gives the inside track to creating a profitable career in the performing arts, from local clubs international cruise ships. Includes interviews with successful musicians and entertainment directors who share their secrets in landing the best paying gigs. Also includes directories of resources for further research.