Comments on: How to Put Bands on and Not Lose Loads of Money http://blog.theautumnstore.co.uk/archives/116 The Autumn Store is Birmingham's night of indiepop, and this is it's blog. Topics include music and gig reviews, tips on promoting, maybe guitar chords for songs I love, and music chit chat in general. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:25:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: matt http://blog.theautumnstore.co.uk/archives/116#comment-120183 matt Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:43:12 +0000 http://blog.theautumnstore.co.uk/?p=116#comment-120183 great post - i always spend ages worrying about if anyone's going to turn up to one of our events and if they're drinking enough! As you point out, I think it's always healthy to try to see it as a 'hobby' and a worthwhile outlet for your income, rather than thinking about any potential profit. Matt great post - i always spend ages worrying about if anyone’s going to turn up to one of our events and if they’re drinking enough! As you point out, I think it’s always healthy to try to see it as a ‘hobby’ and a worthwhile outlet for your income, rather than thinking about any potential profit.

Matt

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://blog.theautumnstore.co.uk/archives/116#comment-118290 Pete Ashton Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:22:21 +0000 http://blog.theautumnstore.co.uk/?p=116#comment-118290 The pay what you think it's worth idea has legs I think. I reckon a flat fee to get in, say £4, and then a tip-jar on the way out. If I think I gig was worth way more than the entrance I like to buy a t-shirt or CD but sometimes they don't have march and sometimes a tenner is a bit too much. Plus, the merch doesn't help the promoter who didn't cover his costs. The pay what you think it’s worth idea has legs I think. I reckon a flat fee to get in, say £4, and then a tip-jar on the way out. If I think I gig was worth way more than the entrance I like to buy a t-shirt or CD but sometimes they don’t have march and sometimes a tenner is a bit too much. Plus, the merch doesn’t help the promoter who didn’t cover his costs.

]]> By: dunc http://blog.theautumnstore.co.uk/archives/116#comment-118064 dunc Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:44:50 +0000 http://blog.theautumnstore.co.uk/?p=116#comment-118064 You'd be right too. If you want to see me at my most stressed it's at 8.30 when the doors have just opened and the room is empty and I'm certain that it'll stay empty. I usually guess between 30 to 40 depending on who the bands are, when it is in the year, and what it clashes with. It generally works out that 4 or 5 quid covers it for my nights and I usually err on the side of 4. How do you get people down is a whole supermassive topic on it's own. I'll put together a post sometime soon on it rather than try and do it comment-style. The main thing is to get somone else to help you run the night - so then there's two people watching the bands : ) You’d be right too. If you want to see me at my most stressed it’s at 8.30 when the doors have just opened and the room is empty and I’m certain that it’ll stay empty.

I usually guess between 30 to 40 depending on who the bands are, when it is in the year, and what it clashes with. It generally works out that 4 or 5 quid covers it for my nights and I usually err on the side of 4.

How do you get people down is a whole supermassive topic on it’s own. I’ll put together a post sometime soon on it rather than try and do it comment-style. The main thing is to get somone else to help you run the night - so then there’s two people watching the bands : )

]]> By: Created in Birmingham » Links for August 14th http://blog.theautumnstore.co.uk/archives/116#comment-118061 Created in Birmingham » Links for August 14th Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:19:00 +0000 http://blog.theautumnstore.co.uk/?p=116#comment-118061 [...] Home of the Autumn Store Blog - How to Put Bands on and Not Lose Loads of Money “The next in my occasional series about how to put on a gig” [...] [...] Home of the Autumn Store Blog - How to Put Bands on and Not Lose Loads of Money “The next in my occasional series about how to put on a gig” [...]

]]> By: NRG http://blog.theautumnstore.co.uk/archives/116#comment-118059 NRG Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:55:31 +0000 http://blog.theautumnstore.co.uk/?p=116#comment-118059 I think the big problem is just how to figure out the "number of people likely to turn up" bit of the equation... Only recently started going to smaller gigs again, trying to rediscover whats going on in Brum but so far its been thoroughly depressing. Seems 90% of the people turning up are mates with one of the bands and for some reason its been the tedious MOR crap who always seem to have the most friends, the Toby Goodshank gig I found out about thanks to you being the obvious example - there were what, about 5 people actually there to see him but 20-30 for the band on just before? How do you manage to get people through the door for pretty much unheard of bands who aren't even local (i've not been able to get to one of your gigs yet, I assume some people do show up and its not just you watching bands on your own :P) I think the big problem is just how to figure out the “number of people likely to turn up” bit of the equation…

Only recently started going to smaller gigs again, trying to rediscover whats going on in Brum but so far its been thoroughly depressing. Seems 90% of the people turning up are mates with one of the bands and for some reason its been the tedious MOR crap who always seem to have the most friends, the Toby Goodshank gig I found out about thanks to you being the obvious example - there were what, about 5 people actually there to see him but 20-30 for the band on just before? How do you manage to get people through the door for pretty much unheard of bands who aren’t even local (i’ve not been able to get to one of your gigs yet, I assume some people do show up and its not just you watching bands on your own :P)

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