{"id":3253210,"date":"2018-12-13T20:40:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T00:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3253210"},"modified":"2018-12-17T13:02:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T17:02:15","slug":"mind-your-own-business-show-booking-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/mindyourownbusiness\/mind-your-own-business-show-booking-best-practices","title":{"rendered":"Mind Your Own Business \/\/ Show Booking Best Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2320807492\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=3123278391\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/chsr979.bandcamp.com\/album\/mind-your-own-business\">Mind Your Own Business by CHSR 97.9FM<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\nFinding the right venue to play <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3252234\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/mindyourownbusiness\/mind-your-own-business-the-dirty-f-word\/attachment\/myob-mnb\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MYOB-MNB.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MYOB-MNB\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MYOB-MNB.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3252234\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MYOB-MNB-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MYOB-MNB-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MYOB-MNB-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MYOB-MNB-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MYOB-MNB.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>can be hard, even for the most seasoned touring band. How do you contact the venue? Should you call? Just email? They&#8217;ll be able to fit you in a prime slot in two weeks, right? Wrong.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/cat\/current-shows\/spoken\/mindyourownbusiness\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Episode 009<\/span><\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MindYourOwnBusinessCHSR\/\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Mind Your Own Business<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, Erin chats about information she&#8217;s gathered over the few years about best practices when trying to book a show. There&#8217;s many factors to consider, like not over-selling yourself, and perhaps less obvious things like trying to book your date <em>months<\/em> in advance. Erin will also mention a couple of tips at the end of the show that you can work on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">right now<\/span> before you even start reaching out to venues that will make yourself more organized and better prepared to hit the stage.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Whether you like it or not, the music business is a business. This podcast series is meant to help the emerging musician navigate the music industry by talking to those in the local scene who are actually \u201cdoing it\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6>Mind Your Own Business is supported by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MusicMusiqueNB\/\">Music\/Musique NB<\/a>.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding the right venue to play can be hard, even for the most seasoned touring band. How do you contact the venue? Should you call? Just email? They&#8217;ll be able to fit you in a prime slot in two weeks, right? 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