We've all been there before, you want to perform and you find a promoter who tells you "we are looking for artist just like you to perform at our showcases".
If you decide to go ahead with the purchasing the tickets, this is usually how it plays out for beginning artist;
The promoter usually will sell you around 200 tickets for 1.00 each, then tell you that you can resell the tickets for 3.00 to 5.00 dollars each to your fans and make your money back plus make a profit.
So you end up with 200 tickets to sale and two or three weeks to sell them. This is when you find out whether you really have fans or not.
So, the bottom line is that you're in the red 170.00, you most likely will not get any new fans, but you will get the experience of performing in front of a semi-hostile crowd. If you need experience performing, there are many venues that will let you perform for free, but there will probably not be too many people in the crowd.
What that means is that for every artist, there is a little, or big, cheering section, only for them....and when the artist that they came to see is finished performing....that section leaves with the artist.
This means two things. One, it is not likely that you will gain any new fans because these people are loyal to who they came to support, and two, once the artist that they came to see performs, these people are going to leave right along with that artist. So, if you perform near the end of the roster, the audience may be very very small.
Just make sure that you are opening up for an artist in the same genre as your music is in.
On the other hand, if a major artist in your genre is coming to your town and going to do a show, and the same opportunity arises (you have to sell tickets in order to open up for them), jump on it...because this is a different situation.
Basically, when you hear that a major artist is coming to your town to perform or do a show (preferably the same genre as you), find out who the promoter is and you will find that most of them offer the same opportunities to perform or to sell tickets to perform.
So, in closing, showcases with no major artist headlining, are basically like big talent shows with no prize that I don't find very helpful. On the other hand, if there is a major headliner, it can be beneficial to your career and if you have the money could be a stepping stone if used in the right manner.
I'm Out!
If you decide to go ahead with the purchasing the tickets, this is usually how it plays out for beginning artist;
The promoter usually will sell you around 200 tickets for 1.00 each, then tell you that you can resell the tickets for 3.00 to 5.00 dollars each to your fans and make your money back plus make a profit.
So you end up with 200 tickets to sale and two or three weeks to sell them. This is when you find out whether you really have fans or not.
So, the bottom line is that you're in the red 170.00, you most likely will not get any new fans, but you will get the experience of performing in front of a semi-hostile crowd. If you need experience performing, there are many venues that will let you perform for free, but there will probably not be too many people in the crowd.
What that means is that for every artist, there is a little, or big, cheering section, only for them....and when the artist that they came to see is finished performing....that section leaves with the artist.
This means two things. One, it is not likely that you will gain any new fans because these people are loyal to who they came to support, and two, once the artist that they came to see performs, these people are going to leave right along with that artist. So, if you perform near the end of the roster, the audience may be very very small.
Just make sure that you are opening up for an artist in the same genre as your music is in.
On the other hand, if a major artist in your genre is coming to your town and going to do a show, and the same opportunity arises (you have to sell tickets in order to open up for them), jump on it...because this is a different situation.
Basically, when you hear that a major artist is coming to your town to perform or do a show (preferably the same genre as you), find out who the promoter is and you will find that most of them offer the same opportunities to perform or to sell tickets to perform.
So, in closing, showcases with no major artist headlining, are basically like big talent shows with no prize that I don't find very helpful. On the other hand, if there is a major headliner, it can be beneficial to your career and if you have the money could be a stepping stone if used in the right manner.
I'm Out!
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