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 | | Booking and Tour Management for the Performing Arts by Rena Shagan ISBN-10: 9781581150957 ISBN-10: 1-58115-095-4 ISBN-13: 9781581150957 ISBN-13: 978-1-58115-095-7 Paperback 2001-07-01 Allworth Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Solo artists and performing groups of all types will find everything needed to book performances, build tours, and succeed on the road in the third edition of this classic reference. This third edition of BOOKING & TOUR MANAGEMENT FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS has been updated to include information about the revolutionary new ways that performers, managers, and presenters are using the Internet to transform the business of booking live performing events. Special chapters by outside experts provide in-depth information about what presenters need from artists, the technical aspects of touring, the unique demands of touring abroad, and touring through the eyes of the artist. The book includes a Tour Manager’s Resource Kit and numerous other ready-to-use sample materials, including a contract, letter of agreement, technical information questionnaire, performance checklists, calendars, schedules, tour budget model, technical glossary, and much more. | ||
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How to arrange everything from transport to payday schedules Rena Shagan's Booking & Tour Management For The Performing Arts tells how to turn a booking into a tour, how to set up the budgets and target prospects, and how to arrange everything from transport to payday schedules. Chapters on what presenters need from artists make the essential link between artist and businessman. | ||
Don't mistake this for a commercial music biz book. If you're handling tours for theater groups, dance troupes, folk singers doing the NACA circuit or classical musicians you'll find everything you need in this book. If you're in a band playing clubs this isn't the book for you. Don't expect to find any advice on dealing with club owners or doing in-stores here. I've seen local rock bands buy this book thinking that it was going to give them tips for doing a club tour because they misunderstood the term 'Performing Arts'. I would, however, recommend the book to anyone that's interested in becoming a tour manager for bands or is just getting started as one. There's some very useful information that you can adapt to the commercial music biz. | ||
A terrific resource for the touring classical musician This is the only book I've found that addresses the questions of management, booking, publicity, contract negotiation, budgeting, and market trends for those of us working in classical music. It's extremely helpful, clearly written, and comprehensive. What a relief to get answers to these questions without having to wade through lots of irrelevent stuff about club dates and laser light shows! For once, the tone is right, the resources cited are appropriate, and the timetables are tailored to the classical music marketplace. The author, a former dancer, spends quite a lot of her time addressing the concerns of touring dance companies, but there's plenty of information for chamber musicians, theater companies, touring recitalists, and instrumental and vocal soloists seeking engagements with orchestras or opera companies. Now, if there were only a book like this that focused entirely on the details of creating promotional materials... | ||