Tag: Gigging
Getting Paid: How to Negotiate Your Next Gig Check
As a musician, you’re in it for the love of the gig. Chances are, you started writing and/or performing because you have a deep passion for music and you wanted to share it with others. That’s something you should never let go of, and it should always be your top priority. But, if you’re trying…
How to Form a Band – Top 10 tips
My Top 10 tips on how to form a band, from first rehearsal to getting out there and gigging. How to Form a Band. Tip #1: Get together with Friends If you don’t all get along, there’ll be problems sooner or later. Trust me. I’ve been in various bands with the same drummer for years,…
Easy Guitar Gig Tips
Advice and tips for the Gigging Guitarist. Less is more Keep it simple! There’s a wealth of very complicated equipment available on the market today. Multi-channel amps, multi-effects units with their own effects loops using the four cable method (4CM). But ask yourself, are the thousands of sounds available any good? would you use them?…
Gigging is the ace up your sleeve
So this week we reformed our old band. Cosmic Space Pirates. I’ve missed it, greatly, summing it up a while back in The little things I miss about being in a band. I was going to try and express my thoughts on getting back into it through the usual blog, but I came across this…