http://baldguitardude.com/sales-techniques-for-local-bands guitar. internet. dog. just not in that order. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://baldguitardude.com/sales-techniques-for-local-bands/comment-page-1#comment-86 baldguitardude Sat, 29 May 2010 18:55:40 +0000 http://baldguitardude.com/?p=269#comment-86 If by "getting an occasional booking" you mean playing 3-4 times a week and packing rooms, then yeah you're right. If you don't like it, don't listen to it, <a href="mailto:fred65@hotmail.com" rel="nofollow">fred65@hotmail.com</a>. I really don't care either way. If by “getting an occasional booking” you mean playing 3-4 times a week and packing rooms, then yeah you're right. If you don't like it, don't listen to it, fred65@hotmail.com. I really don't care either way.

]]> http://baldguitardude.com/sales-techniques-for-local-bands/comment-page-1#comment-81 Somebody who disagrees Sat, 29 May 2010 01:10:07 +0000 http://baldguitardude.com/?p=269#comment-81 And you'll notice that it gets slammed as ridiculous. Obviously lying and misrepresenting yourself, and painting yourself into corners you can't get out of is no way to accomplish anything. You may scam your way into an occasional booking, but lying and playing people for fools will only piss them off. You have no chance of getting rebooked using those techniques, and I would think very little chance of getting booked at all. People don't like being treated like idiots. And you'll notice that it gets slammed as ridiculous. Obviously lying and misrepresenting yourself, and painting yourself into corners you can't get out of is no way to accomplish anything. You may scam your way into an occasional booking, but lying and playing people for fools will only piss them off. You have no chance of getting rebooked using those techniques, and I would think very little chance of getting booked at all. People don't like being treated like idiots.

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