Lets talk booking agents.

vlus · Post by **vlus** » Thursday Oct 14, 2004

Who's using who? How much is a fair cut? Are they getting you decent gigs? Decent pay? Exclusive or non? Etc.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Thursday Oct 14, 2004

I've never been involved with a band that dealt with booking agents, so I can't tell you about my experience. I know that using agencies around here is controversial; some clubs won't book through an agent, while some book through them almost exlusively. Here's a few good threads from talkbass.com (a message board I frequent).

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthrea ... ost1126874

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthrea ... adid=65067

Also, try doing a net search. I'm sure there's a webzine article for gigging musicians that talks about the pros and cons of booking agents.

tonefight · Post by **tonefight** » Thursday Oct 14, 2004

It depends on what you want to do , are ya looking to travel alot? If so then an agent is probably the only way to go, if you are just looking to have fun and kick around some local shows then I wouldn't bother.

Just check everything you can and look at all the options, make sure everyone in the band wants the same thing as well.