Band

Finding a quality trombone for your beginning band member
A Step-by-step guide to purchasing a beginning trombone for the musically illiterate parent.
After working for over 13 years as a band director, I have gained much experience in starting and developing students on most instruments. I would often get frustrated by parents when they misguidedly bought a cheap instrument. As a result, their child had no chance of succeeding with their instrument. Photo Courtesy of: www.amazon.com

Building Stage Presence And Confidence
Gigging To Increase Your Band's Stage Presence
I think a lot of bands forget that the best way to eliminate stage fright is to perform. Performing is the pinnacle of being a musician. This is also the best way to be building stage presence and confidence in yourself. Experiencing first hand what people really feel about your music is what makes writing the music worthwhile in the first place. Besides that, playing live tightens the band. You will start to feel the changes in the music as they happen. You will notice and fix timing issues ...

Getting The Gig
Landing a venue for your band
Getting the gigs to play for your band can be a delicate balancing act of persistence and patience. You bug the venue too much and you go to the bottom of the list. Don't call enough and they will forget about you quickly. The key, as it is with any business, to getting gigs is to come off as a friend. Owners don't want a pest in the venue. They want someone they can trust. And creating a friendship goes a long way toward trust. And how your band acts will go a long way toward repeat busine...

Band Merchandising
Advertise Your Band Through Merchandise
One of the best way for a band to make money for it's continued music production is merchandise. It's well known that selling your CD can make you some money, but Tee-shirts are usually better in the bang for the buck at gigs. Then again if can come up with a gimmick, you can rake in the extra dough! Below are some ideas as well as some suggestions on creating that prefect graphic representation of yourself. This pic is a view of my book cover for the up and coming podcast and ebook Stage ...