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COURSE OVERVIEW

Obviously, succeeding as a jazz musician relies primarily on


making brilliant music and engaging performances. This part
might not be easy, but I'm pretty sure it's something you've
worked towards ever since you started playing seriously.

It's the other side of things - the non-playing parts - that can
seem most daunting. But whilst the subject of growing your
career can seem broad and seemingly never-ending, it can
ultimately be broken down into two main parts.

Firstly, are you reaching the right people in the right way? And
secondly, how are you presenting your project to the world?

Now I'm going to assume you're taking care of the great music
part yourself, and in this course I'm going to be taking you
through all the other things that need to be taken care of to a
similarly high level in order to really make progress with getting
gigs.

By the end of this course, you're going to have a very specific list
of the promoters that are most likely to book your project, along
with their contact details and a good method for contacting them
and getting them interested in your project. You'll also have done
a bit of an audit on all your content - your videos, photos, press
and text materials - and figure out the best ones for convincing
people to get involved with your project and how to improve
those that need improving.

I'm also going to give you some real-life examples of how I made
progress with some of my artists, and from that you can start

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planning similar things that you can do in the coming weeks and
months to make progress with your career.

And, lastly, I've kept the content broad so that it's useful at
whatever stage of your career you're at. So once you make some
progress and decide to set your sights on bigger goals, you can
go back to your specific lessons to refresh your memory and
make new plans.

Building your career is not necessarily quick or easy, but if you


can start putting some focused hard work into the tasks here, you
should see some steady progress and hopefully start building a
sustainable career where you can pick and choose your work
based just on artistic motivations rather than financial ones.

This course is split into various themed lectures with several


video lessons in each. As well as the video, there's always a bit of
text to give you a quick overview of the session, and sometimes a
resource to download. Either a cheat sheet, a template of some
sort, or else a list of venues, festivals, or other useful things.

Generally, lesson one in each lecture is an overview of what to


expect, and then the others get into the details and have a task
involved. I've kept the lessons as short as possible, but that
doesn't mean that the concept is simple, or that the task can be
done in a few minutes.

Booking gigs for your project is not something you can complete
in a few days like a computer game or a puzzle; it's something
that's an ongoing and ever-changing process. So, because of this,
I'd recommend that you go through it pretty slowly, make notes
when there are things that require ongoing work, and revisit

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lessons from time to time. If at any point you're stuck, or feel that
you don't understand something, you can post in the comments
section of that lesson and I'll get right back to you.

Lastly, before we get started, just a reminder that signing up to


this course gave you lifetime access, so there's no time limit on
getting through the content and you can come back whenever
you need to remind yourself about any of the specific lessons.

There will also be new content added from time to time as I try to
make the course even more useful and relevant to you. If there's
something related to booking gigs that you don't feel is covered
here, feel free to drop me an email and I'll try and include it.
Similarly, a lot of the resources and lists will be expanded over
time, so be sure to check back on that too. I'll send a mail when
anything really big is updated so you don't miss anything too
important.

So for now, thanks again for joining and I look forward to hearing
your progress as you move through the course.

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