Rose Perry's Music Column

How to Book Your First Paying Gig
Ninth Edition

Part I

So you've got your act together, you've established your name and image, you know your material like the back of your hand, and you're raring to play your first gig, but no one will book you? Don't think this is an uncommon problem. Just as the media are bombarded with bands fighting for exposure, club owners and promoters deal with hundreds, sometimes even thousands, of emails and phone calls a day from bands who want to rock their venues. Once again it comes down to this: what makes your band so special?

Look at it from the promoter or club owner's point-of-view; if they book a new unknown act, they are putting themselves at risk. There is no guarantee that your act will be able to deliver on its promises, and they can almost be certain that your act will have relatively no draw outside of close

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Rose Perry is the frontwoman for "London's Best Rock Band of 2006" (as voted by SCENE Magazine) ANTI-HERO, as well as the sole owner and operator of HER Records, a management company in which she offers marketing, promotion, publicity, tour booking, and artist development services.

Her band ANTI-HERO has toured extensively across the US, Ontario, and has played notable festivals such as Warped Tour, Wakefest, and MEANYFest. Their critically acclaimed debut album, "Unpretty" is available worldwide through Addictive/Fontana North/Universal Music. For more information on Rose Perry and her band's accomplishments, please visit www.anti-hero.ca or www.myspace.com/antiherocanada.

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