Tag: talent agent

Why Agents Like Me

There are many reasons why the agents I work with like me, but this is the secret to get any agent to like you. It’s really easy, pay your commissions on time! By the time you get to the gig, the agent has done all of their work (unless there’s a problem) weeks or months ago. The agent is the last person to get paid, and has to wait the longest to get paid for their work.

The week before gigs when I’m sending out conformations for gigs, I also mail out any commission checks. These are sent out before the gig and the agent usually gets paid before I do the show.

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This may seem like a small thing, and it really is as usually I have somewhere between two weeks and 30 days to mail the check. I know I like it when shows are prepaid, and I’m sure agents are the same. I also personally know a lot of agents and if you ask them how many of their acts are pay late, or how many acts have owed them money for years, it’s remarkably high.

This one little thing, being reliable with payment goes a long way!

-Louie

Just Another Show…

Recently I’ve started performing in a new market/venue for me.  I’m lucky that a lot of my friends work, or have worked this market and I was able to ask them a lot of questions before my first show.  Knowledge is key to breaking into any market. It’ll keep you from making rooking mistakes, and … Continue reading “Just Another Show…”

Recently I’ve started performing in a new market/venue for me.  I’m lucky that a lot of my friends work, or have worked this market and I was able to ask them a lot of questions before my first show.  Knowledge is key to breaking into any market. It’ll keep you from making rooking mistakes, and help you do the best show possible for the venue. 

One of the best pieces of advice that I got from my agent was, “act like you’ve been there before”.  This is an amazing mindset to have. Don’t walk in all wide eyed like a kid on the first day of kindergarten.  Walk in like the senior in high school.  Sure there will be challenges, but really none of it’s a big deal.

That leads me to the second best piece of advice that I was given, also from my agent was, “It’s just another gig” and that’s true.  You just do your show.  You can get all excited about all the bells and whistles that now surround the venue, but at the end of the day, you just do the show you were booked to do. 

If you keep changing the show you’ve polished ,then your show will suffer. In my opinion, it’s better to slowly tweak the show you do to fit the venue.   

Roll With It…

Last week someone tagged me on a Facebook post, saying that my show as great. That’s a nice compliment, however it was on a post for a show in a week, that was never booked. By never booked, I mean they never contacted me. I dug through my email, webform and phone records and there … Continue reading “Roll With It…”

Last week someone tagged me on a Facebook post, saying that my show as great. That’s a nice compliment, however it was on a post for a show in a week, that was never booked. By never booked, I mean they never contacted me. I dug through my email, webform and phone records and there was no contact from the venue, aside from when I did a show there in 2012!


After some investigation I found a text from about 6 months ago from an agent inquiring about availability. That’s it. I contacted the agent, got the info and the gig is good to go!


I could have gotten all upset with the booker or venue, but that doesn’t solve anything. I was available, so the gig is going down today, and it’ll be fun!