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A Guide for Performers and Presenters to Navigating a Successful Event.
Hi all, My name is Lisa Lynne, I am a full time touring artist who has learned how to create brand new venues and everything it takes to DIY tour in the current music climate. This book took me three to years to write and I have shared everything I have learned in the process. I just love the illustrations too. Think Charlie Brown gang meets Spinal Tap. Here is the description from the back of the book as well as a recent review. It is available on my website in both hard copy and .pdf form. You can see table of contents and more about it at www.LisaLynne.com
For musical artists who are just breaking in, or experienced performers who have been at it a long time, this book is a helpful tool to manage the new era of independent music: This guide will show you how to take control of your ability to find or create new places to play, book venues on your own, be your own agent, manager, promoter and publicist. This means taking control of all aspects of the touring business and having a system in place that will greatly increase your proficiency to make it work. This book will also serve new presenters who wish to open up their space for a concert or concert series. Both performers and presenters can follow the guidelines in this book and work together and make the most of every opportunity. For performers, being able to coach new presenters will empower you to uncover a wealth of opportunity and therefore set you free… to perform your music as often as you wish and with abundance. 220 pages.
Review:
Lisa Lynne Franco has more than survived the ups and downs of the modern music business. She has made her own way through the maze of record labels, falling CD sales, billboard chart fatigue and has developed an almost scientific process by which to thrive as a musician, and is generously willing to share it all in her book, How to Succeed at Self-Produced Concerts; A Guide for Performers and Presenters to Navigating a Successful Event. The author takes the reader through her history as a bass playing classic rocker, to chart topping recording artist for Windham Hill, through her experiences developing programs for community medical centers bringing musical healing into the lives of people so desperately in need. All leading to the eventual realization that acting on her own behalf as a completely independent musician, successfully managing, in every sense of the word, her own artistic journey, was the perfect fit.
This text helps the artist navigate the exploration of alternative venues vs established ones, working promotion and social media leading up to the event, dealing with tangibles like contract agreements, ticketing, merchandise, and accounting when the event has come to its successful conclusion. It’s not a study in “successful event management made easy” because Ms. Franco makes it clear that a successful return only occurs through diligence, focus and hard work. However, with specific email templates, action timelines, spreadsheets for organizing press contacts and possible venues, the author manages to elevate some of the sting of mundane business tasks and offers even the most disorganized person a foundation for success with an effective step by step process.
Equally inspirational and motivational, the book helps the reader to see venue performance opportunities through a broader view, enabling innovative ways to build an audience and make a living by breaking each piece of the process down into actionable and approachable steps that seem palatable even to the most easily overwhelmed artist. A quintessential DIY manual for the performing musician that manages double duty as a guide to also inform possible Presenter-Hosts in preparation for a successful event. In addition, the practical applications bridge several artistic platforms and it’s safe to say, this would be beneficial text for anyone organizing a public event or for any type of performance artist who wants to advance the trajectory of their career.
Overall, Lisa Lynne Franco offers a concise, comprehensive, and entertaining manual. How to Succeed at Self-Produced Concerts provides many thoughtful options for success and leaves the reader feeling empowered and prepared to embrace their own independence, while reaching out to endless possibilities for creating a magical entertainment experience for host, performer and most importantly, audience.
Female Entrepenuer Musician