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Workshop: Folk Business for Performers

Saturday 26th July at the Cooper Art Gallery, Barnsley.
   
photograph of Jacey Whether professional or semi-professional, most folk performers take to the stage because they make good music, but to succeed, you also need to know about the business. This workshop day is for performers needing more of an insight into how the business works.

Jacey Bedford, Development Worker for Yorkshire Folk Arts and also survivor of 19 years (and counting) on the road with Artisan, takes you through the basics of folk business from agents (do you need one?) to marketing. All you ever needed to know about sourcing and clinching gigs, contracts, promo materials, making your own CD, MCPS, PRS, being your own record company, keeping the tax man happy, and much more.

This workshop day is presented by the Barnsley Folk Arts Development Group in partnership with Yorkshire Folk Arts.

Timetable
10 am Welcome and introduction
10.15 am Introduction
What is "professional"?
A word about the tax man
10.30 am Looking your best: promotional material, publicity and how to use it effectively.
Web and e-mail promo: is hype your friend?
Making media contacts.
11.30 am Coffee break
11.45 am Agents and gig-getting, including resources.
How to find about potential gigs.
Building your own database. Issuing contracts.
1 pm Lunch break.
2 pm Review of the morning.
Brief overview, followed by marketing exercise.
3.15 pm Coffee.
3.30 pm Making and releasing your own CD:
Getting the most out of a studio.
Artwork, mastering and pressing.
Legalities: MCPS, PPL.
Distribution, promotion and reviews.
4.15 pm Final get together, questions and review.
4.45 pm Finish.

Contacts:

Emily Penn
Community Arts Worker, BMBC Culture, Sport and Tourism
Central Offices
Kendray Street
Barnsley S70 2TN
Direct Line: 01226 774467
Fax: 01226 773594
Email: EmilyPenn@barnsley.gov.uk

Jacey Bedford
Development Worker, Yorkshire Folk Arts
10 Park Head,
Birdsedge,
Huddersfield HD8 8XW
Phone: 01484 606230
Fax: 01484 606290
Email: jacey@yorkshire-folk-arts.com

 

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