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Part 2 of “How To Get ‘IN’ With Venues” follows directly on from part 1.

If you haven’t read part one, you can catch up with it here http://www.musicandevents.co.uk/me_article/how-to-get-in-with-venues-part-1/

So you have secured a meeting with the big venue that has entertainment just about every week of the year.

First of all, don’t underestimate how big a deal that actually is, you have done really well to get this far. These places are busy for a reason, they don’t waste… Read more

An article written by ‘Mike Collins’  the singing minstrel.

The music at your ceremony is very important. Many people like the idea of having a spiritual element to the ceremony without actually having an organist playing hymns. For a lot of people attending the wedding this might be their only visit inside a church. Perhaps you have decided not to have your wedding in a church but you feel that you still want a christian element to the service without… Read more

Event music www.eventmusic.org.uk is a small, bespoke live music agency specialising in jazz. We supply wedding bands in sussex and other part of the UK. We also supply corporate entertainment, live jazz for parties and bands for venues. The musicians on our books are all very experienced professionals.

Some of our regular clients include The Green Door Store, Myhotel and Ten Green Bottles, who all employ us to run their jazz nights. Additionally Brighton and Hove council have approached… Read more

The Wandering Minstrel will be travelling all over York, surprising people all day on Valentines day, Tuesday 14th February, with special songs all about them. The Minsrel can surprise your loved one anywhere, at home, at work, at the restaurant, at the pub, anywhere at all. he will present the person with a single red rose, a chocolate heart and a special audio CD of the personalised song. You can include anything you like in the lyrics, their name,… Read more

 
Not too many years ago the corporate scene was buzzing and musicians, entertainers and performers were taking advantage of a huge market that spent a lot of money on their parties and events.

Whilst things are not quite as good as they used to be, there is still lots of work in this area if you know how to find it.

There is a myth that you can only get  corporate gigs if you go through an agent. Some of the… Read more

One Foot in the Groove will be playing at the Heart FM wedding fayre on SUnday 19th February at the Brentwood Centre. The band rarely do any form of public gig, but this is your chance to see and hear the band live. We should have the full 7 piece band aswell.
Also on the Saturday 18th we shall be showcasing our saxophone/vocal duo, Unforgettable. The perfect accompaniment for your ceremony, drinks reception and or wedding breakfast.

An article by Louise Perry, band leader of  - http://www.musicandevents.co.uk/artists/one-foot-in-the-groove

I really felt that I had to write another post on prices as generally people have no idea how much a live band will cost for thier event. Prices can vary, not by hundreds of pounds but by thousands. Believe me you will always get what you pay for and that applies to anything in life.

Now I’m all for getting a good deal, especially in the times we live… Read more

 
In a previous article I talked about how networking can get you ‘in’ with some venues.

But what about those ones that don’t network? You know the ones, they always seem to be full and always seem to have music and entertainment going on. If you know the sort of places I am talking about but have never played there before, do you ever wonder ’how can I get a gig there?’

Do you know what the 4 main reasons some people… Read more

 
In a recent article we talked about how networking can get you more corporate gigs. The truth is, you can also get lots of Wedding gigs from networking as well as every one there probably knows someone who is getting married. Make sure they are spreading the word for you!

Aside from networking and online advertising, a great way to get more Wedding gigs is to start exhibiting at Wedding Shows and Exhibitions. Just like networking, try typing… Read more

 
If your inbox is like ours then you probably get your fair share of emails from people telling you how they can improve your business and increase your sales. The ones I read all seem to focus on the obvious and quite frankly get extremely boring.

Because we try to tailor what we write to help the people who actually read them, and because going with the crowd has never been something Music and Events has been interested in, we have come up with what we think are 5… Read more