U.S. Musicians Looking for U.K. Gigs

Subject: U.S. MUSICIANS LOOKING FOR U.K. GIGS
From: open mike
Date: 02 Jan 23 - 01:55 PM

MY FRIENDS AND MUSICIANS WIL (Wil Maring) AND ROBERT (Robert Bowlin) ARE LOOKING AT PLAYING A GIG IN THE U.K. IN MID JULY. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES NEAR THEN TO HELP WITH TRAVEL EXPENSES. I SUGGESTED TO THEM TO JOIN THE MUDCAT DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY LEADS FOR THEM? THEY PLAY A LOT OF ORIGINAL MUSIC AS WELL AS BLUEGRASS AND OTHER GENRE....AS WELL AS LEADING WORKSHOPS IN SONG WRITING. THEY LIVE IN THE U.S. NOT FAR FROM NASHVILLE. I WILL TRY TO ADD CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THEM SOON.

Subject: RE: U.S. MUSICIANS LOOKING FOR U.K. GIGS
From: open mike
Date: 02 Jan 23 - 02:20 PM

HERE IS HOW TO REACH WIL... THESE FOLKS HAVE PERFORMED IN THE U.K. BEFORE... I WILL TRY TO FIND OUT WHEN AND WHERE SO YOU CAN KNOW MORE ABOUT [e-mail].

Subject: RE: U.S. MUSICIANS LOOKING FOR U.K. GIGS
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 02 Jan 23 - 05:34 PM

Lots of festivals going on in the summer months open Mike. You need to be a bit more specific about location though. The UK is small compared to the USA but there is still a lot of ground between Land's End and John O' Groats!

Subject: RE: U.S. MUSICIANS LOOKING FOR U.K. GIGS
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 02 Jan 23 - 07:04 PM

on YouTube
"Carry Me Away" ~2018
https://youtu.be/cuaF30mPP1M



Over twenty-five years and several well-used Toyota Siennas later, Wil Maring is still wearing out the Michelins, bringing her original folk/bluegrass/pop/roots music with warmth and humor to fans and friends from coast to coast. She still calls the road her home, even though her “stuff” lives in a 19th century log farmhouse in the hills of Southern Illinois, and it is from those rural roots and all that life in the rearview mirror, that her music has grown. After 8 solo and band CD releases, Wil has become a highly acclaimed songwriter, a winner of the prestigious Merlefest songwriting competition and a Kerrville NewFolk finalist. She has performed on the Grand Ole Opry and NPRs Whaddya Know program, in addition to touring extensively in Europe and Japan.

    She began her career singing and playing several instruments as a solo act in college coffeehouses, then graduating to bluegrass and americana bands in the US, Japan, and then Germany. For the past 15 years Wil has been wearing out the vans, playing guitar and upright bass with multi-instrumentalist Robert Bowlin. As a duo, they have travelled coast to coast in the last decade, in Canada and the U.S, playing everywhere from the nation’s largest acoustic festivals to intimate house concerts. In the words of one music fan, “You will feel like family half-way into the first song.” Now a return to that intimacy, honesty and focus of a solo show sits on the horizon where the white lines converge…. and maybe new collaborations as well.

    Wil juggles her music career with her other career as a professional artist, after having earned a BA in fine art, and an MA in Museum Studies. As the digital age has all but obliterated CD sales at concerts, she has been selling her original paintings, prints, and greeting cards at shows. She brings her paints and canvas to locations all over the US, and “kills two birds with one stone”, playing concerts, and painting, and bringing home new plein air paintings to add to her gallery.

   As if that weren’t all enough to fill a calendar, she has been a sought after instructor for songwriting or guitar at some of the nation’s largest music camps, and has given songwriting classes and workshops across the nation. All these passions seem to support and balance out one another. In her own words, “ I can’t do music without the solice of my art, and I can’t do art, without hearing music in my head.”   

“Wil Maring is one of those truly gifted musicians who writes as well as she sings. Her powerful songs have the ability to whisk the listener away to other lands, places and times. They’re thought-provoking, compelling and always propelled by the perfect melody. And her gorgeous voice is capable of conveying a myriad of emotions. She can be sweet, playful, soulful and downright bluesy — sometimes all in the same song! Absolutely, hands-down some of the most mesmerizing, exciting, interesting and enjoyable acoustic music I have ever heard.” Dave Higgs WPLN Nashville
https://wilmaring.com/

Subject: RE: U.S. Musicians Looking for U.K. Gigs
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 02 Jan 23 - 08:29 PM

idk, will they need an agency or lawyer to sort out paperwork?
Particularly see the advice page by Jaycey Bedford.

If they need to go that way here are a few agents I've seen mentioned.

Alan Bearman
~50 artists
https://alanbearmanmusic.co.uk/

Jaycey Bedford
~ one dozen artists
https://www.jacey-bedford.com/index.html
and lots of helpful info in the blog
e.g.
info for acts touring from outside the UK
http://www.jacey-bedford.com/helpfiles/from-outside.html

Stoneyport
based in Edinburgh
~ two dozen artists
https://stoneyport.biz/

Strada Music
~100 artists
http://stradamusic.com/artists/

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btw open mike
I'm finding it quite difficult to read your sentences in upper case, really slows me down.
Lower case and some line breaks would make it easier.
Thanks

Subject: RE: U.S. Musicians Looking for U.K. Gigs
From: GUEST,Ian Hendrie
Date: 09 Jan 23 - 12:15 PM

The advice on the Jacey Bedford site seemed very realistic and useful. I did enjoy Wil and Robert's music on the YouTube link. I hope they have success with their plans.

Subject: RE: U.S. Musicians Looking for U.K. Gigs
From: open mike
Date: 09 Jan 23 - 04:04 PM

A VIDEO FROM WIL AND ROBERT AT CROSSOVER FESTIVAL 2022
   THEY USUALLY PLAY MORE FOLKSY BLUEGRASS TYPE MUSIC, BUT ARE VERY VERSATILE.

Subject: RE: U.S. Musicians Looking for U.K. Gigs
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 09 Jan 23 - 05:30 PM

@open mike - why are you shouting?