The music business doesn’t come with a manual, so Andrew Blaze Thomas wrote one! With over 20 years of experience as a professional drummer, Blaze has established rules for working musicians that illustrates how to acquire and maintain consistent work. You Got The Gig, Here’s How To Keep It, explains how to negotiate salary, network with musicians, prepare for tours and much more. Blaze includes stories from the road that will entertain Blues fans as well.
Andrew Blaze Thomas has toured with Blues Hall of Famer and 3-time Grammy Nominated Billy Branch & the S.O.B’s, Bernard Allison, Lucky Peterson, Mississippi Heat, James Armstrong, Ana Popovic, Chicago Plays The Stones, Welch-Ledbetter Connection, Dave Herrero, Jimmy Burns, Matthew Skoller, Anthony Gomes, Sherman Robertson, Chico Banks, Bill Sims Jr, John Primer, Liz Greeson and the Blue Points, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Wayne Baker Brooks, Shawn Kellerman, Nigel Mack and the Blues Attack and more.
Andrew Blaze Thomas is a 2019 Blues Music Award winner, and has appeared on ABC’s Windy City Live, NBC’s The Golf Channel and Germany tv’s Rockpalast.
photo by: Clare Stewart Logan
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction
Chapter1 How I Became A Working Musician
Chapter 2 Be Nice
Chapter 3 The Rules Of Time
Chapter 4 Warm Up
Chapter 5 Respect The Gig
Chapter 6 Have Stage Presence
Chapter 7 After The Gig, What’s Next?
Chapter 8 Chapter 8: Don’t Freak Out While Traveling; Airplanes, Tour Busses, and Vans
Chapter 9 Negotiations, What Are You Worth?
Chapter 10 Be Smart With Your Money
Chapter 11 Scheduling Gigs, Paying Taxes, and Child-Support
Chapter 12 ‘Mind Your Business’
Chapter 13 Respect Yourself
Chapter 14 How To Handle Getting Fired
Chapter 15 Don’t Be The ‘Jack Of All Trades’, Before You Are the Master Of One
Chapter 16 Read Books For Enlightenment
Chapter 17 Avoid Complacency; Always Search For The ‘Next’
Chapter 18 What Happens When You Lose A Band Member?
Chapter 19 Race And The Blues
References
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