Do you mind doing this in public, or do you want to go private? Qs: Do you need to pay for the venue? How much? Do you need to pay for the bands? How much? Same venue each week, or do you plan to be floating between a few? How many hours do you see a show lasting? What time do you see the show starting/stopping/pauses? Do the bands in question have record labels? Do the venues in question have event coordinators/booking agents? If you are replacing an existing format, do you have the business knowledge of the previous crew? Can you get it? Was it working, or is it being stopped because it was failing?
If you need to raise money for each show, you are really going to need to do a business plan (how much money, where does the money come from, potential revenue sources, etc) Do you/can you get contacts with: Local labels Radio stations Venues The "cool" people, or what we used to call "the scene". and one out of left field: Have you read Malcom Gladwell's The Tipping Point? It seems to me your uphill battle is going to be to get people off their comfortable backsides and into the club. The rest is easy. So, what can you offer me that will get me into the club? If is is late night (post midnight), mostly people with kids are right out. If it is evening/early night (ends before 23:00), the people need something to do first (dinner, another party, hanging at another bar first). And young people need somewhere to go afterwords. Is your venue conducive to this? What can you offer me that I can't get at home or second hand? Some stupid ideas. downloads of the top 3 songs from that night with your ticketstub? pictures of you at the venue on the blog? A jam session during the warmup before the show where all the bands just jam? Where people they like from the audience can be brought in to jam? (I saw this a couple of times at venues in Portland, and it ROCKED. but that was because all the different bands were really friends, and often had played together in previous bands. The same thing in CT, but typically in basements not venues) How can you add the things YOU bring to the table uniquely to make this thing work? Technology? Online tickets, event calendar, local board, podCasts, rss feeds, etc? Military discipline? Parenting skills? How can you leverage the people YOU know to make this thing a success? How can you leverage the needs of OTHER people to help you along? The need of labels to get bands exposure. The need of venues to get people in the door (to sell beer, etc). The need of radio stations to stay relevent. The need of bands to play for an audience. The need of the audience to hear new stuff, to feel connected, to be cooler than the next guy. The need for everyone to have something to talk about Monday morning. On 1/24/06, Tim Heald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, > > I have a few ideas for venues. > > I have a web server that I am not really using right now, I just need to > blow it out and take all the extras off of it so it can speed up. > > I have the bands. > > I know the audience. > > Building a community would be good, we practically have to drag people out > to shows around here right now. > > I would like to do something every Saturday, to replace what we are losing. > > If I pull 150-200 people all night I would be happy. > > Probably me a friend and a few volunteers for security. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 7:54 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: FW: Show Promotions > > > > So, do you need info on: > > > > Finding a venue? > > Finding bands/acts? > > Getting press? > > Getting the word out? > > Raising money/donated services? > > Finding your audience? > > Building a community? > > Is this a one-time event, a recurring event, a sporadic event? > > How big? (people, bands, money) > > How much help will you have/want? > > > > On 1/24/06, Tim Heald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > All of the above, or below as the case. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194180 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
