Booking Tours

monkey star · 14th January 2008, 3:39pm

Is a pain in the arse, especially when you need to learn foreign languages just to be able to registar onto their forums.

Notice to all bands: Give up

mr sexual · 14th January 2008, 3:42pm

Il get you in touch with the big russian later brian! myspace is being a mongo to me the now

monkey star · 14th January 2008, 3:45pm

Cool, I tried going on a Russian punk forum, all the letters are backwards and most of them are actually shapes rather than characters.

Almost got all out Finnish dates booked up, got a few Danish and Swedish ones left to fill and re-arrange. I'll be happy when we go, but just now I wanna cry as my brain has given up on me.

mr sexual · 14th January 2008, 3:48pm

hahaha, if you go to our myspace youl find the russians, fuck knows there name but the guy left us a comment a few weeks back, he speak english

crawford mentioned you would help him book an A team tour if you came is that true naw?

monkey star · 14th January 2008, 3:54pm

Yeah, im up for helping you out with a croatia/slovenia tour. I wanna go back, but as its all squats full of crusties then its redundant for Black Rat to go.

*LesMTS* · 14th January 2008, 3:55pm

Get a booking agent. We were with Smelt a Noise, they didn't take a big cut and only fucked up occasionally (turned up at a venue in Newquay once which had been shut for 6 months).

mr sexual · 14th January 2008, 3:56pm

HA. crawford would fit right in there

aye well like i said im in touch with some russian, ukrainians and some czechs so wel get something sorted

monkey star · 14th January 2008, 4:01pm

I'd rather cut out the middle man to be honest, same with getting a manager. It's easy enough to get the shows, its just difficult to get started. First time I played denmark it ws two shows, his was with resistance, when Black Rat went over in October we had 2 shows confirmed between Denmark and Sweden, we ended up play 5. This time we are going over for two weeks and word of mouth, begging, borrowing and stealing has helped us get a few extra shows. But doing it all by yourself is shite, and a lot of hard work, but at th end of the day I can feel smug about what I've done.

Finnish still hurts my head though.

DoNotResus · 14th January 2008, 4:04pm

Booking my wee pretend tour last year almost killed me, but it was all worth it in the end

I've been offered a support slot on an Icelandic tour in the summertime, but I know next to nothing about what Iceland is like to play in.

monkey star · 14th January 2008, 4:12pm

Ask Kerry Katona

Aparently its amazing, although th lack of daylight supposadly fucks you up and gives the place a weird atmosphere. But I cant see it any different from Scandanavia. Where is Iceland in the world.

Largest of Als · 14th January 2008, 4:16pm

I don't think there's much touring to be done in Iceland... it's only really got one city

What a GOOD booking agent will give you is contracts and back-up. Stop you getting the run around, and make sure you actually get paid. Very handy for sorting out work permits, visa's stuff like that.

Al

monkey star · 14th January 2008, 4:20pm

Thats true, from I've found is no one wants to be the dick that has to ask the promoter for money, especially when you are partying in his house. whats th deal with visa's, im assuming you only need them if you are going outside europe.

mr sexual · 14th January 2008, 4:25pm

need a visa for russia bryan ....£90

DoNotResus · 14th January 2008, 4:33pm

I've never really considered having a bookign agent, how much do they normally charge the wee people? Or is a thread on the pro's and con's of local acts having managers/booking agents overdue?

Largest of Als · 14th January 2008, 4:35pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkey star

Thats true, from I've found is no one wants to be the dick that has to ask the promoter for money, especially when you are partying in his house. whats th deal with visa's, im assuming you only need them if you are going outside europe.

Every country is a little different.. whoever your local promoter is will probably have to help you with the paperwork.. IF you're going in legitimately.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoNotResus

I've never really considered having a bookign agent, how much do they normally charge the wee people? Or is a thread on the pro's and con's of local acts having managers/booking agents overdue?

Well, standard agent fee is 10%, but if you get a decent agent, you'll be getting paid more..

All depends on the type of shows you're doing, what your profile is.

Al