What Does A Booking Agent Do Day to Day?

In this video, I bring in a guest speaker, Troy Gilmore, Vice President of Sleeping Giant Music to talk about what a booking agent does day to day.  A lot of artists are clueless about the duties of the booking agent and often confuse managers and agents. As a result, we wanted to give you an explanation of the duties of a booking agent. For a short synopsis of what agents do day in and day out then be sure to watch this video.

#Timecodes

0:00 Start
00:38 Introduction to Troy Gilmore, Vice President of Sleeping Giant Music
00:45 What Does a Booking Agent Do?
00:55 Research
01:08 Contracting
01:24 Advancing
01:45 Negotiations
01:55 Solicitation

#StepByStep

1. Introduction to Troy Gilmore, Vice President of Sleeping Giant Music

2. What does a booking agent do?

3. Brief discussion about research

4.  Contracting the shows

5. Confirming and advancing the shows

6. Negotiating the shows

7. Soliciting artists

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