really cool article about the metal tour booking industry

[AeonicSlumber]

Decibel Magazine interviews Nathan Carson - agent for Agalloch, YOB, Primordial, and many others, and Dave Shapiro - agent for Godflesh, A Day To Remember, and Whitechapel among many others about the economics and business of being booking agents.

http://www.decibelmagazine.com/feat...ss-booking-agents-nathan-carson-dave-shapiro/

 

[seh750]

Good article. Always interesting from a fan's perspective to see how the industry really works.

I was surprised to see the article highlighted someone from my neck of the woods. I've seen Witch Mountain locally twice as an opener. Really enjoyed them.

 

[AngraRULES]

Great interview. Hope this gives folks a little bit of a deeper understanding of what/how we do things.

 

[VenomGA]

enjoyed reading that

 

[Mardoch]

I almost passed out from exhaustion after finishing his last story, damn.

That was a really cool read.

 

[AeonicSlumber]

The SXSW one? Yeah that story is excruciating to read. That's how a lot of these DIY bands operate too, and it's why I laugh at people who armchair qb about managers and record labels not being important, because that guy wouldn't have had to go through all of that if he had a team working with him.

Of course, he explicitly says he doesn't want that - and that's totally fine, but then you also have to be willing to put up with shit like that. To me, it sounds unfathomable.