The Touring Musician

A Small-Business Approach to Booking Your Band on the Road
Publisher: Watson-Guptill   

Packed with practical information as well as amusing and enlightening anecdotes, this invaluable handbook guides musicians in applying sound business practices to band travel by:

• evaluating assets
• creating an action plan
• researching, negotiating, and booking venues
• arranging transportation and lodgings
• managing personal and tour finances
• getting publicity

Also included in this book:
• point-by-point advice on setting up a small business
• 11 sample worksheets and checklists, in a ready-to-photocopy format, that will help to keep information organized
• samples of the major types of legal documents involved in booking a band
• a step-by-step chapter showing how to book and route a sample tour
• solid advice about researching venue contracts, negotiating gigs and fees, managing band finances, coordinating promotional activities
and much, much more

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