{"id":9943,"date":"2014-06-13T06:14:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T13:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=9943"},"modified":"2015-09-30T18:50:24","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T18:50:24","slug":"how-to-book-gigs-that-lead-to-more-return-shows-long-term-planning-on-war-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/how-to-book-gigs-that-lead-to-more-return-shows-long-term-planning-on-war-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"How to book gigs that lead to more return shows. &#8211; Long term Planning on War Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/warstories.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/warstories-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"War Stories from the Music Front\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>How to book gigs that lead to more return shows. &#8211; Long term Planning. Episode 9 of War Stories from the Music Front with Michael Brandvold and Loren Weisman.<\/p>\n<p>How to book gigs that lead to more gig &#8211; Long term Gigs &amp; Planning<br \/>\nEpisode 9 of War Stories from the Music Front with Michael Brandvold and Loren Weisman.<\/p>\n<p>Episode 9 digs in to the ideas around not only how to book gigs, but how to get repeat and return bookings from music venues. After you have been booking shows, are you set to do the follow through so that each show allows for the best connection, the best engagement and best chance at being able to return and convert those first time attendees to long time fans.<\/p>\n<p>Taking a more long term planning approach, it will allow for so many more opportunities and allow you to build up your bookings in every market and show other markets how hard you work for your shows. When it comes down to answering the question, how to book gigs, the answer is to get out of the mindset of the single gig and move to the mindset that you care about your audience and standing out.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YjqALgGNZk0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; War Stories &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>War Stories from the Music Front with Michael Brandvold and Loren Weisman is a video music business and marketing series that goes to war with the worst case scenarios and front line disasters in a humorous and informative way to help artists, managers and labels from making the same mistakes down the road.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Brandvold<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nMichael is a freelance music marketing consultant, author &amp; speaker who has also managed the online efforts for KISS, Accept, Narada Michael Walden, Jordan Rudess, SOiL, Tantric, Killer Dwarfs, Ron &#8220;Bumblefoot&#8221; Thal, Dream Theater, Andy Gibson, Alexa Carter, Greg Kihn, Little Caeser, Motley Cr\u00fce, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna and Britney Spears to name only a few. For more on Michael Brandvold&#8217;s music business speaking or other services, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Loren Weisman<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nMusic Business Consultant, Speaker &amp; Author Loren Weisman works to help, assist &amp; consult independent artists, musicians, businesses, labels &amp; managers to achieve sustainable success. 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