looking for gigs?
We love scouring for new talent, which means going to lots of gigs! For our show promotions we generally only book bands we have seen live, and all bands get well looked after at our shows. Refreshingly, we don’t ask out of town bands to bring a 50ft coach load of fans with them either – we just ask they make the best effort they can, and stick them in-between local acts. Hardly rocket science is it?
BANDS IF YOU WANT A GIG: Please email us a bit about your band and a myspace/website link to your songs to demos@bwmusic.co.uk but if you want, you can also just send us a friend request. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY ATTACHMENTS UNLESS REQUESTED! Those emails will have to be deleted immediately. We listen to every friend request and catalogue any good band’s details in a database, upon which we will contact you if we get to see you live and like the show. We are not so good at dealing with myspace messages. We definitely prefer people emailing us on the email addresses at the bottom of this text.
PLAYING OUR NIGHTS: We will generally need to come and watch your band live before we book you for our own shows. Bands are looked after at our gigs. We work hard at promoting the shows, and they get extensive local media coverage. However, this does not mean a band should make no effort whatsoever! With our work, and your work combined, it contributes to a high quality night.
We will provide a drinks rider to all playing bands. Depending on how much effort bands make with helping boost the crowd numbers, the band will also get paid on a tiered system. For some shows guaranteed fees will be offered. Guaranteed fees plus bonuses are also paid to bands who have consistently delivered all round. Out of town bands get money towards their petrol costs also. Any band that makes a seriously good impression on us at our own live nights we may be interested in working with you longer term under our press or booking departments.
DEMO FEEDBACK: We do get A LOT of bands in contact with us. We will contact you if we want to come and watch you live. We strongly prefer bands contacting us to our email address rather than myspace, for the simple reason that it is much easier to manage our mails rather than myspace! You can also post demos to us, but we can not return them. We are unlikely to be able to respond to every mail we get, but if you do want feedback, and haven’t heard from us, feel free to call us for follow up.
MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/blackandwhitemusicpromotions
BAND DEMOS: demos@bwmusic.co.uk
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Black and White Music Promotions
PO BOX 2867
Reading
RG1 9HJ