Tired Of Promoters....Have A Gig In Your Living Room!

I was talking to a musician friend of mine Elliot Hall about the woes of getting gigs and the problems of getting numbers. Many places in Camden will stop a gig after the soundcheck if you haven't brought enough people in....harsh.

A new take on gigging, and one that is beginning to take on are living room gigs. The way I see it, these kind of gigs have a lot of potential. Firstly you don't need to find a venue, you already have it! Secondly, the potential to make money from it is greater than 'normal gigs'. If you charge on the door, you get all the money. You might super-promote a pup gig, but only get a slice of the money made, and some promoters won't give you your fair slice. If you put a living room gig on, you know that that any work you put into it, you're going to get all the monetary benefits. There is also the potential for maybe selling drinks, cakes, tea and coffee on the night(or day?) and making more money there.

Some musicians might not want strangers in their living room, or they might not have a good place to play. The best solution might be to get together with other musicians in your area and form a network of living rooms, doing all the promotion centrally, have a website......

looking around there's a site that does just that... www.concertsinyourhome.com

there's another site offers a PDF guide to house concerts (another term for living room gigs)

I get the impression that living room gigs are more popular in the states than the UK....but there's a lot of potential there for those willing to find it....