This week I’m at another booking conference and saw a ton of acts. I saw good acts and bad acts. For me personally one of the things that separated them was tightness. I know it’s hard doing a showcase set instead of your regular show. A showcase set is generally somewhere between 10 and 20 mins, and in a variety show type format, with multiple acts.
One of the challenges with these showcases is that they aren’t always scheduled in an order that compliments the acts. Sometimes there will be low energy acts following high energy bands, or similar acts back to back. These are things that aren’t an issue if you are doing a full show as there’s usually a gap between shows, or you have more time to have the switch gears to what you do.
One thing you can do to help in this situation is have walk up music that sets the tone for your show. You can also try to do original material, so that you don’t have to worry about overlap with other acts. While those won’t completely help out an act that super low key, following a high energy act, they do help a little bit.
A Showcase Tip…
This week I’m at another booking conference and saw a ton of acts. I saw good acts and bad acts. For me personally one of the things that separated them was tightness. I know it’s hard doing a showcase set instead of your regular show. A showcase set is generally somewhere between 10 and 20 … Continue reading “A Showcase Tip…”