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So What Is This ‘Niche’ Thing Everyone’s Talking About?
© 2009 Vinny Ribas Chances are that if you are an indie artist, or trying to make it as one, you’ve been told more than once that you need to ‘find your niche’. So what does that mean as it relates to a music career? Let me try to explain.
Booking and Performing At Corporate Events
© 2015 Vinny Ribas The most difficult thing about booking conventions, conferences and other corporate parties is often not the performance itself. It is getting the person in charge of hiring the entertainment to even know that your act exists and is available. Once you reach the right person and get their attention, actually getting…
Converting Fans Into Buyers
Pro Members Only © 2009 Vinny Ribas Ok, so you’re getting a lot of visitors on MySpace or Facebook. You’ve got enough ‘friends’ to start your own fairly large city. Everyone is raving about your music. You’re being played on Internet radio stations worldwide. So why aren’t you making boatloads of money? Here are several…
10 Ways To Love Your Fans
© 2009 Vinny Ribas If you are a true singer or musician, you love what you do because you get to express yourself through your music. When you really believe in your music, as opposed to performing songs just for the money, you attract loyal, dedicated, in-it-for-the-long-haul fans. Fans like that are hard to come by, but…
Popular Performance Circuits
© 2015 Vinny Ribas A circuit is a series of similar gigs that an act is well-received at and that fills much of their calendar with. For instance, you can travel from fair to fair or college to college all across the country, with those gigs making up 75%% of your gigs. Another example is booking…
Designing Your Logo
© 2009 Vinny Ribas Your logo is as much a part of your identity as your face and your music. Think of the early Beatles bass drum head, and how their name was written. Then there’s the rock band ‘Yes’. You could recognize their names from across the room! There is a lot to think…
Playing Casinos
© 2015 Vinny Ribas Casinos come in all shapes and sizes! Because of that, they use virtually every kind of musical entertainment there is. From singer/songwriters to musical reviews, and from pop, country or rock dance bands to strolling violin players. They have small stages for solos acts and duos. They have dance rooms or…
15 Ways To Improve Your Chances Of Getting The Gig
© 2009 Vinny Ribas Most gigs always have more than a few acts clamoring to secure dates. Here are some ways that you can rise above the crowd and increase your chances of landing the gig. Don’t sell – build relationships. Venue owners and managers hear sales pitches all day from inexperienced sales people who…