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]

Right... Whitby looms, so how about we revisit this when we get back (last comment was a day or so back, not expecting any more now...) and reformat it into a FAQ (and repost on LJ for second iteration comments?). Sound like a plan?

[sogoth.livejournal.com]

sounds like a plan.

I'll copy it all to the laptop as it's coming with me to whitby and it'll give me somehting to do in the quiet times behind the gothstuff stall (though here's praying for no quiet times ;)

come see us. We have the baby monster t-shirts for sale ;)
that and I'll try and do you that CD with new OVNI stuff on that I've been promising you for the last year!