Build & maintain your brand

It means you need to look and sound the part. The first thing a promoter or venue is going to look at is your social media accounts and Spotify profile, so make sure you’re active and you’ve got music out there.

Create an EPK

If you can keep all the essential info about you and your music in one place - like in an EPK - it'll make it much easier for the people you’re reaching out to to quickly find out who you are and what you’re all about.

Contact venues, promoters & festivals

If you’re just getting started, stay local. Get all their contact emails and start making a list or spreadsheet. Then contact them all individually with a short, polite and personalised email asking if they’re looking for live acts and telling them you’re available, as well as links to your EPK, music and socials.

Live Music Booking Sites

There are some sites that make it a lot easier to search for live act openings. For example: Gigmit, Sonicbids, Gigstarter, Live and Loud, Bands for Hire, Indie On The Move or Last Minute Musicians.

Network

It’s so important to network and make lasting connections with the right people. Too many times people create business connections and then after that first initial contact, nothing else transpires. Of course networking with industry people is important, but getting to know other musicians, especially those in your scene, working in a similar genre or region to you is just as important.