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.