The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #119967   Message #2605617
Posted By: Banjiman
06-Apr-09 - 10:29 AM
Thread Name: Preserving folk clubs- some ideas.
Subject: RE: Preserving folk clubs- some ideas.
Possibly?..... but, it is a buyers market largely, there are loads of really good quality acts out there gagging for gigs, why do I need to go through a middle (wo)man? I get 5-10 enquiries a week of which at least half I would probably put on if I didn't only run a monthly night.

What would the artists get out of being on your books...... they can contact me directly? and save 15%?

I have no objection in principle to dealing with agents, I do for the bigger names I book. But these acts tend to have agents to negotiate them the best deal possible and because they are now too busy to go after gigs themselves.


Now....... if you were offering a service to find and bus in audience I would gladly pay you £1 a head!!!


See the problem?