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I want to tackle three big questions today. All of them are centered around the word “why.” And although I have a lot to say about this subject, I’ll try to keep this article to the point.
Why would a booking agent or entertainment director (E.D.) hire you?
Why should you learn the skills to build relationships with booking agents and entertainment directors?
Why am I sharing this valuable information?
So, why would a booking agent or entertainment director hire you?
“Get a gig, get a gig, I gotta get a gig!”
If you are an entertainer trying to find an audience, get paid, and share your passion with the world, you may have said those words.
I’ve been a professional magician since 1999, and even I occasionally still find myself thinking that exact thing. What I didn’t know when I decided to become an entertainer all those years ago is that finding people to hire you, and more importantly - pay you, is more business than art.
Even though I became an entertainer for the purest of reasons - to give people an escape from the real world through amazement, laughter, and fun - what I didn’t know about the business side of show business, hurt me.
I struggled for years trying…
