gigging

When we got our hands on QSC's K Series loudspeakers, we felt like we needed to really showcase how great this line is. Throughout the summer, we’ll be featuring the K10 and K12 in lots of different...

Streaming Live Gigs

Expanding your gigs to the online universe could get you exposure and maybe a little cash. By Jeff KlopmeyerLove it or hate it, we live in a visually-oriented world. One of the benefits of doing...

The Press Kit is Not Dead

Sometimes going old skool can be putting your best foot forward.When presenting your package to the world, don’t poo-poo the traditional press kit. Since EPKs (electronic press kits) have...

Touring: Attention to the Basics

It may seem silly, but even a brief touring gig can really take it out of you... While I adjusted my internal clock to run on American Eastern Standard Time after a 15-day tour in Germany,...

Virtual Gigging

Let’s get the bad (and obvious) news out of the way first: it’s not easy being a gigging musician these days...by Jeff Klopmeyer aka Zak ClaxtonThose of us in working bands are finding fewer and...

Gigging Right: Playing with Tracks

So your drummer quit, your bass player has taken up yoga and... won't learn the songs, and you can't find a keyboard player willing to drive to your gigs? Never fear. No musician likes to admit...

Gigging Right: Hearing Onstage

What? What!? WHAT?!!! Hearing yourself onstage is no joke when it comes to getting your performance down. Do you know what you need to? Many years ago, I read a story about a Nashville touring band—I...

NAMM 2012: Getting the Gig - Janet Robin and Band Rock the Hilton

So you wanna play NAMM? How good do you need to be? Well - pretty good. Just ask touring singer/songwriter Janet Robin (Lindsay Buckingham, Meredith Brooks), who took the stage at the packed Hilton...

For the Girls: How to Rock Your Badass Rockstar Life

I’ve stayed away from gender specific topics so far, because…well…they’re gender specific. But this one bears some mentioning, and I’m going to take my experience this past weekend as an opportunity...

It's Not Your Money

I’ve been accused in the past of being verbose. For the non-English literature folks, that means I’m wordy. Wordy, wordy, wordy. I like words and I use them. Too many of them for some people. But...