Music goals & ambitions for 2026?

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, Al Krow said:

 

Very nice!

 

Your point about getting a promo video done - can't recommend doing this strongly enough! In my experience it can be one of the best investments to getting more work, certainly for covers bands which is my particular niche.

 

 

Interesting point. Not sure i've seen a typical covers band do a promo vid. Seen wedding or some tribute bands do it.

Dave 

[Al Krow]

27 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Interesting point. Not sure i've seen a typical covers band do a promo vid. Seen wedding or some tribute bands do it.

Dave 

 

Cheers Dave - it depends what you mean by "typical"? Any covers band looking to do function work (e.g. birthday parties, weddings and corporate events) needs very good quality promo material to have a decent shot at getting work through agencies, given that the competition will all have it, and it's all the punters have to go on when deciding which band to book. If you check out agencies like Alive or Encore it will give you a good feel for what bands are doing.

 

If you're purely focussed on pub work then you don't need something quite so formal/high quality to get yourself into new pubs venues, in my experience, but having some video footage (even decent phone clips) can be helpful in getting your foot in the door.

[dmccombe7]

5 hours ago, Al Krow said:

 

Cheers Dave - it depends what you mean by "typical"? Any covers band looking to do function work (e.g. birthday parties, weddings and corporate events) needs very good quality promo material to have a decent shot at getting work through agencies, given that the competition will all have it, and it's all the punters have to go on when deciding which band to book. If you check out agencies like Alive or Encore it will give you a good feel for what bands are doing.

 

If you're purely focussed on pub work then you don't need something quite so formal/high quality to get yourself into new pubs venues, in my experience, but having some video footage (even decent phone clips) can be helpful in getting your foot in the door.

Think maybe I'll mention it to the Glam band but we don't use agencies as we haven't found an honest one in our area we could trust.

Dave