Gigging thing - opinions, please!

[mrph]

(With apologies to diffrentcolours for poaching the title...)

There's been a fair bit of debate about gigs and promoters elsewhere on LJ today - mostly about a specific incident, but with some discussion of what should be expected/provided, good practice and all that sort of thing.

And thinking about it, there are a few musical and promotery types reading this journal. So...

What advice should be in a FAQ/guide for first time gig promoters?

Or, from the other point of view, for new bands who are about to start playing gigs?
Edit: actually, there seems to be a very decent take on the band's checklist here. Which the gigging thing lyrics indirectly reminded me of... :)

Comments

[mrph.livejournal.com]

Of course not. Ouch. :(

[sogoth.livejournal.com]

ahh yes.

15. Try and keep the number of organisers of an event to a minimum and limit it to those you'd trust to carry out things promptly and on time without too much pestering. If you do need lots of people involved, make sure you have regular contact with them and have one person managing the whole thing very closely.