My band was recently the victim of extortion by a booking agent we had stopped working with. I won’t go into personal details here, but as a warning to small bands, mainly cover bands that are just starting out, beware of the people you work with. Don’t sign a damn thing. I’m glad we didn’t. This woman threatened us, and unfortunately one of our band members decided it was ok to cave to her bluffs without my knowledge. I am tempted to type out her name here, but I will take the high road.
Some people are just leeches.
I simply suggest this: do the work yourselves. Find venues, talk to bar owners that you know, look into local festivals and chat with other bands. Don’t trust a third party. It’s not worth it.
On a lighter note I think DJ Earworm summed up 2009′s top of the pops really well in this video/mashup he made. Always makes me smile.
