Thursday Night: TourSmart w/ Martin Atkins THURSDAY @ Avant Garden
..Tour:Smart Seminar plus DJ set coming to Houston,TX!
"If you KNOW that you're fucked then you're not. If you think that you're not, then you are." - Martin Atkins
Please note: There is a $5 cover charge for the DJ portion only. The seminar is free.
These zen-like words of wisdom come from one of the music and art industry's most outspoken contributors: Martin Atkins. Martin will be giving a 90 minute seminar and 60 minute DJ set in Houston, TX. For over three decades Martin has been at the cutting edge of where the entertainment industry is and where it's headed, whether through his work with Johnny Rotten's band, Public Image Limited, playing with Nine Inch Nails, touring the world with his own band Pigface, or working with Beijing's emerging Indie Rock scene.
In 90 minutes you will learn:
**How to make more money on the road**
**How to get more people to come to your show**
Who should attend?
Anyone interested in learning the latest music marketing techniques which successful musicians use in the US to build a buzz, grow their audience, and sell more CDs.
Who should NOT attend?
Anyone who thinks they know it all.
Agenda will cover:
* State of industry
* Strategies for successful touring
* Why you must book yourself
* Marketing
* Packaging
* Questions from the audience
Cover Charge:
$5
"Best speaker on the planet."
Paul Natkin, Chicago Music Commission
"Four Stars! The ultimate touring manual. Tackles every conceivable aspect of getting the show on the road in a highly readable style."
Kris Needs - MOJO Magazine
“With their chic spectacles and slick audio-visuals, [Jarvis] Cocker and [Martin] Atkins joined a list of rockers who have made the transition from the stage to the lecture circuit, including David Byrne, Lou Reed and Brian Eno.”
Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune on SXSW 2009 presentation
"Finally, a book that's the real f***ing story and not some fairy tale."
Jim Cuomo - President, Ryko Distribution
"Should be in the car, van, or bus of anyone trying to make it."
Trevor Fischer - Illinois Entertainer Magazine
"Attention Rock Bands - this is your owner's manual!"
Joel Selvin - Senior pop critic, San Fransisco Chronicle
"Tour:Smart and Martin Atkins probably just saved my band's life.
Tristan James, Proletariat Productions..
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