Friday, 10 October 2008

The Great Gig Drought of 2008

Getting gigs isn't easy. There aren't that many opportunities and there's a lot of competition for bookings.

I'm a bit annoyed with myself at the moment as I was offered 3 gigs at the Frog & Bucket (my favourite venue so far) for November and December. I normally check my email about twice a day but for some reason I didn't check it at all on Monday. By the time I responded on Tuesday they had already given all 3 bookings to someone else. That's it now until next year for the Frog.

From now on I'll be more diligent. Anyway I am on the case and am hoping to get about 10 bookings for the first quarter of next year which is about as many as I can do.

In the meantime I guess the gig drought will give me a bit of time to reflect on what I have learned and to write some new material. And to have hours of fun bouncing about in front of a mirror with a mic telling myself jokes. 

Life is good.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

LIfe is certainly good.....and as you say, some time means you can make changes, practice and finely hone the act. I'm looking forward to seeing you!!