Can you relate to any of these?...“We added our details to their websites but not getting gigs”, “We can’t get any traction with agents”, “How do we crack the apathy from entertainment agents”, “The agents take us on and then hide our brand so

GS 24: How Adam From All Covered Up Party Band Smashed His First Year Bookings Goal Target

Jun 16th, 2015 35m 24s

At the start of 2014 All Covered Up party band had one booking. Adam, the band leader set himself a target of 20 private event bookings by the end of 2014. Adam smashed that goal. Hear how he managed to do it all while being employed full time

GS 23: Why Joe Lee Decided To Create An Act That Was Different From Everything Else And How It’s Paid Off

May 26th, 2015 36m 42s

Being unique and different is critical in a market place that is filled with cover bands and acts that look and sound like their competition. Joe Lee from Party Piano’s made damn sure he didn’t fall into that trap. He cleverly borrowed a unique

GS 22: 6 Ways To Stop Your Cover Band Being Undercut On Fees

May 11th, 2015 44m 54s

One of the biggest challenges for most cover bands is how to not look and sound like every other band out there. It's very easy to fall into 'The Cover Band Commodization Trap'. When you do, you leave your prospective client with no other reaso

GS 21: How The Bluejays Went From No Shows To 70 Shows In 3 Years And How 2015 Is Set To Be An Even Better Year

Apr 22nd, 2015 35m 3s

Sometimes a band comes a long that makes success look effortless. The Bluejays are one of those bands. BUT don’t think for one minute that the bookings just fall out the sky miraculously. These guys have cleverly used branding, social media, ne

GS 20: 3 Simple Steps To More Cover Band Bookings

Apr 7th, 2015 41m 30s

The number of cover band marketing ideas, strategies and tactics available is huge. It can be really overwhelming to know where to even start. In this podcast we discuss 3 simple strategies that'll help you get on the right track.The post GS 2

GS 19: Cover Band Websites That Get Gigs With Bandzoogle’s Dave Cool

Feb 9th, 2015 38m 22s

If you want well paid gigs with good clients in great venues then you absolutely must have a website. Relying on a Facebook page is just not going to cut it. Your website is your bands home online. It’s where your prospective clients go to make

GS 18: Getting a Fairer Deal For Musicians With Dave Webster & Kelly Wood from the Musicians Union

Jan 13th, 2015 39m 3s

The Musicians Union in the UK have a number of initiatives ongoing that are there to help you achieve a fairer deal for your performance. In this podcast we run through all of these in detail as well as covering some key factors involved in how

How to ‘Sell’ Your Cover Band Without Feeling Like A Sleazy Salesman

Dec 12th, 2014 9m 38s

If the word ‘sales’ fills you with dread and fear then this is the post for you. That feeling of nervousness, sweaty palms and dry mouth is enough to make you never pick up the phone again. It doesn't have to be that way though. In this post I

How to Create Amazingly Powerful Video Testimonials That’ll Get More Gigs For Your Band (All with Zero Budget and Just Using Your Camera Phone)

Oct 31st, 2014 14m 15s

If you're standing on a soap box and yelling about how great your band is, chances are you're losing bookings. Prospects aren't interested in your opinion of your band. They want you to show them clear evidence that real people paid their hard

GS 17: How Brad Wills Balances A Full Time Job And Busy Family Life While Finding The Time To Grow His Indie Rock Cover Band

Oct 23rd, 2014 41m 46s

Running your own small business places massive strains on the time you have available for other things in your life. That doesn’t faze Brad Wills. He’s successfully balancing running a small business with family life commitments while also find

GS 16: How Dominic Halpin Spent The Last 10 Years Earning A Full Time Living Running A Cover Band And Working On His Own Original Material

Oct 6th, 2014 43m 52s

For the last 10 years Dominic Halpin has earned a living as a full time musician successfully running a cover band and releasing his own original material independently. His enthusiasm for both areas of his career is infectious. If you’re looki

How Big Do You Want Your Cover Band To Be?

Sep 17th, 2014 9m 2s

Taking your cover band to the next level of success is a challenge. It’s easy to get comfortable in the status quo or just think that ‘we’re a 10 gigs a year cover band’ and not really believe or have the confidence to increase that number sign

GS 15: What Graeme Nash Of Cover Band ‘Daft’ Did To Go From Part Time Semi-Pro To Full Time Professional Musician Running A Successful Band That Supports Him And His Family

Aug 18th, 2014 44m 3s

Graeme Nash of cover ‘Daft’ is one of those brave characters that took the decision to ‘go pro’. He’s successfully gone from being a full time sales professional on a great salary to earning all his income from his band. He now supports a famil

GS 14: How To Reach Thousands More Potential Bookers Of Your Band Than Your Website Will Ever Be Able To Do

Jun 24th, 2014 33m 34s

Over the last few years websites that cut out the middle man ie agents have become increasingly popular. They allow you to showcase your band directly to thousands more potential clients than your website could ever achieve. I speak with Nevill

GS 13: How Natasha Beckman Took Urban Soul Orchestra To 100 Plus Bookings A Year At High End Events And A Performance At An Oasis Album Launch.

May 23rd, 2014 35m 34s

Natasha manages a very unique act called Urban Soul Orchestra. Originally from New Zealand she arrived in the UK in the late 2000s and had no experience of the UK private and corporate events market. In the last 5 years she’s been the driving f

3 Reasons Why Wedding Couples Aren’t Responding To Your Emailed Quotes…And What To Do About It

Apr 29th, 2014 10m 25s

Rehearsed and ready to gig – check. You’ve got a great promo video – check. Websites looking good – check. You’re getting enquiries and emailing back quotes – check. So why are so few couples getting back to you? There’s a few good and actually

GS 11: How Billy and Andy of Soul Avenue Went From 100 Bookings in 2012 to 50 Bookings in 2013 And How They Plan To Get Back To 100 In 2014

Apr 10th, 2014 48m 44s

With 10 years experience of running a successful cover band you would be excused for thinking that Billy and Andy knew everything there was to know about getting gigs. 2012 saw them rack up 100 bookings then in 2013 it plummeted to half that. W

GS 10: 175 Bookings in 2013 – How Sera Golding of MIB Band Achieved This Many Bookings Through Mastering Key Marketing And Sales Tactics & Strategies.

Mar 21st, 2014 38m 4s

Once in a while I meet someone who just gets it. Sera is one of them. In 2013 her band, MIB did 175 bookings and she still finds time to manage multiple other bands and pursue other projects. How? Early on she understood that marketing and sell

The 7 Critical Things Your Cover Band Promo Video Probably Doesn’t Have But Should

Mar 5th, 2014 10m 18s

There are literally thousands of cover bands that want the gigs you want. You need to do everything you can to communicate to your audience why you’re the right choice for their event. Your promo video is hands down the best way of getting your

GS 08: How Brian Walters Works a Full Time Job As a Marketing Exec And Still Finds Time To Implement Sales And Marketing Strategies For His Cover Band That’s Getting His Diary Ever Fuller

Feb 21st, 2014 46m 11s

Brian is a full time marketing executive. In his spare time he runs Baffalo Tale, a 5 piece party that is consistently busy gigging at weddings and corporate events year round. Brian's take on the bands semi pro status is excellent.... he sees

GS 07: How James Eager Of Metropolis Has Embraced Video and Social Media to Grow His Network, Land High End Clients and Supercharge His Band Bookings

Jan 29th, 2014 42m 31s

James takes his band, Metropolis, seriously. He treats it like a business. In this episode we learn how he got that crucial success mindset, why he concentrates on quality rather than quantity, his approach to networking and how that has landed

GS 06: How An Ex Heavy Metal Band Front Man Took His 4 Piece Party Band From Standing Start To Performing At Weddings Most Weekends For The Last Three Months

Jan 15th, 2014 46m 28s

Baz Edmondson runs The Benedicts, a 4 piece party band. He's an ex heavy metal band front man who set up the band 18 months ago and has some stellar success relatively quickly. In the last 3 months of 2013 his band were out gigging at weddings

GS 05: How Martyn Strange Took His Cover Band ‘Get Funked’ From Zero Gigs To A High End Market Leader And Full Diary

Dec 11th, 2013 32m 9s

This week we talk to Martyn Strange of UK band Get Funked. Martyn has built Get Funked from the ground up and now can boast to be the band leader and manager of the one of the UKs most successful cover bands. He is very focused on getting his b

GS 04: How to Handle Difficult Band Members and How to Structure Your Band For Maximum Profit

Oct 7th, 2013 31m 31s

Del & Brad discuss the delicate issues of how to handle the people in the band, how to structure your band to make it more manageable, less stressful and more profitable. Listen to Ideas and experiences from the sharp end of gigging in a covers