Another tried and tested and relatively accelerated way to gigs is to have been born to parents well off enough to send you to a good public school so you could be handed a lifelong network of usable contacts in the media and entertainment industry.
Attending a top University is an added advantage.
Being related to an old titled aristocratic family even better.
From complete ambitious unknown to prestige venue gigging performer should then only require a mere few weekends of profile raising glowing reviews and puff pieces in the key Newspaper Culture & Lifestyle supplement magazines.
Radio 2 interest and a record label signing should follow swiftly afterwards.
This has been proven to work a treat for a privileged caste of now well known performers.
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