Archive for the ‘Touring and Performing’ Category

Scan your passport, important documents, prescriptions and photos of your instrument and equipment in case they are stolen.

Then email them to someone (you can contact easily by the internet) staying home so that if you lose your documents you can have them emailed to you (or your embassy – or the authorities) to make it easier to get replacements.

If you have a secure file server with your website, you can also upload the files there for retrieval by you. I also read where you can upload the images to a free account on Flickr and then set it as “private” (not sure how secure this is.)

http://www.airbnb.com/

Do you have an extra room/apartment/house to rent? If you have a spare room to rent out during mardi gras/jazz fest you need to get on this site. I use this site to rent my house in New Orleans during jazz fest and mardi gras. The people I get are wonderful.

Do you need cheap places to rent while traveling / on tour? There are some really great deals on this site. Don’t be fooled by the Airbed in the name - most have real beds!

Here are some resources I’ve discovered in my internet travels that you might find helpful. I do not endorse any of these sources, and cannot vouch for the validity of their content or characters.

Music Phone Book contains over 75,000 listings from 29 music industry categories and provides detailed contact information for all 50 states including: nearly 10,000 live music clubs and venues, 1,800 + independent and major record label A&R reps, nearly every national touring artist, and thousands of music contacts that can’t be found anywhere else. www.musicphonebook.com

www.startarockband.net

www.artisthousemusic.org

www.knowthemusicbiz.com

Deadline October 1, 2009

Jazz Fest producers are accepting applications for performers for the 2010 event, scheduled for April 23-May 2.

Upwards of 80 percent of the hundreds of acts featured each year at Jazz Fest are Louisiana-based. Bands interested in performing should submit a recording, bio, photo, press clippings, contact information and an email address.

To view the application online, please visit www.nojazzfest.com/index.php?http%3A//www.nojazzfest.com/apply2010/

On June 4, 2009, the Arts Council’s Cole Bernstein and Gene Meneray sat down with Kristen Evans and Dennis Monn of New Orleans Fringe Inc for a conversation about the successes of the Fringe Festival, plans for future festivals and performances, the state of the performing arts community in New Orleans, and tips and ideas for others looking to create a start-up arts organization.

This conversation is available for free streaming through our website. The conversation lasts roughly 15 minutes, and can be listened to by clicking here.

If you thought YouTube was a great venue to connect with the world, you need to explore one of the latest trends – online performance sites. Some are geared around a specific venue. Others feature live performances from all over.

Live from Daryl’s House Live from Daryl’s House started with Daryl’s “light-bulb moment” idea of “playing music with my friends and putting it up on the Internet.”

Black Cab Sessions A unique venue – the back of a cab.

They Shoot Music Don’t They? Viennese videos

Blogotheque

What’s in your gig kit?

Leave a comment below to contribute to the list.

It’s 9:49 pm and you go on in 10 minutes. You’re downing a last gulp of your drink and someone knocks into you, spilling it all over your shirt. Did you bring another one? Do you even have any spot remover? Anticipating what could go wrong and planning for it can save the day (night).

So what items should always be with you, either out in the van or in your gig bag? You may be surprised by what you’ve forgotten.

ESSENTIALS

• extra strings, picks, reeds, etc.

Normally selling for $14.95 I’M SELLING THE CALENDAR FOR $5 EACH!!!!!!!!.

www.louisiana-festivals.com to order.

 The most complete listing of events in the state, listing over 500 events with dates, town names, phone numbers and websites

Each year the calendar is updated with new festivals and photos. On the top part of each month a particular festival is chosen to for display with photos and detailed captions.  An index on the last two pages lists each festival for the whole year alphabetically, which then directs you to the correct month.

Louisiana’s first completely carbon free, eco-friendly music festival.

Carrollton Station
8140 Willow Street – New Orleans, LA 70118 (504) 865-9190

House of Blues
225 Decatur Street – New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 529-2624

The Howlin’ Wolf
828 South Peters Street – New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 522-WOLF

Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘N’ Bowl
4133 S. Carrollton Avenue – New Orleans, LA (504) 482-3133