Gigs and Shows Archives - Andy Reynolds's Live Music Business

How To Easily Donate Your Foreign Coins To Charity (UK readers)

18th May 201826th December 2016 by Andy Reynolds

(This post is really for you if you live or work in the UK, and there may be similar arrangements if you live elsewhere) Traveling the world will leave you with foreign coins that are right now filling jam jars and spilling out from socks draws in your home. But sorting them out and getting … Read more…

The Live Music Business Session 1: Introduction to the Live Music Business

12th May 201715th October 2016 by Andy Reynolds

I have created a series of videos as part of a module on the live music busines that I teach at University of West London. The module is an introduction to the live music business, and this session will set the scene for study in the other sessions. There is an excerpt from the transcript below the video.

Use Email To Sell More Gig Tickets

13th March 201716th September 2016 by Andy Reynolds

Email marketing will help your fans to give you money. I recently read two posts on Music Business Worldwide that tackle the subject of getting fans to buy recorded music and concert tickets. Dave Cool’s post on the mistakes a lot of artists make with their websites is interesting and valid, especially his point about … Read more…

Playing Your First Summer Festival – part 3

12th May 201724th June 2016 by Andy Reynolds

Image showing a sign in the backstage of a music festival

You have taken care of all the show advancing, practised and prepared your set and everything else that goes into a performance (after reading part one and part two of this guide), now its time to pack up your gear, load out of the rehearsal room and head off to the festival itself. You can … Read more…

Facebook Live for musicians, bands, and DJs

15th May 201617th May 2016 by Andy Reynolds

Facebook made its Facebook Live feature available to all not long ago, with the ability to stream video to Facebook Groups and Facebook Events from your iOS or Android device. So, if you have a group set up for your fans, or you have an event coming up soon, you can create a ‘Live’ video … Read more…

How to Approach Promoters to Book the Shows that Matter – Music Connection article

10th March 201610th March 2016 by Andy Reynolds

An image saying Getting The Gigs How To Approach Promoters To Book The Gigs That Matter

Get the gigs you need by reading this article. I have written another article for Music Connection magazine (thanks, Mark!) in which I discuss the need to set goals and do your research when trying to get those gigs. A take-away from the article is the need to show that you can really work with … Read more…

23 Things I Learnt At ILMC 28

7th March 20167th March 2016 by Andy Reynolds

23 things Andy Reynolds learnt at ILMC 28

The International Live Music Conference (ILMC) takes place every year in London, and attracts booking agents, concert promoters, artist managers, tech companies and suppliers from all over the world for three days of panels, workshops and networking events. Incorporated into the ILMC is the ILMC Production Meeting (IPM), a one-day conference, where specific concert production … Read more…

A Booking Agent’s Role – Tour Merch and Production?

7th March 201620th November 2015 by Andy Reynolds

Live Music Business - A picture of Josh Kline, a booking agent

The booking agent’s job is to find the promoters, offer them a deal (or accept the promoters offer), issue a contract and sit back and wait until the commission comes in, yes? Well, that may be a popular view and it seems that booking agents are now more involved with the bands touring plans than … Read more…

Tour managers and live sound engineers – a brief Q &A

29th December 201517th October 2014 by Andy Reynolds

A student recently asked me answer some questions about concert tour management and live sound engineering to help her with a college project. I get a lot of these requests and am always happy to offer answers and advice (time permitting) and have even posted an FAQ to help with this type of research. However … Read more…

‘Tonights show has been cancelled…’

29th December 20159th October 2013 by Andy Reynolds

The band Passion Pit recently posted this, citing some of the reasons they have, or would consider, cancelling a show. I understand all the reasons they state and admire the fact that Passion Pit acknowledge the number of people, other than the fans, that a cancellation adversely affects. Ultimately though, a cancellation does affect a … Read more…