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If you are interested in playing at the Bull & Gate,
have a read of the following information.
Send demo’s to:
ANDY/PHIL c/o THE BULL GATE,
389 KENTISH TOWN ROAD,
LONDON, NW5 2TJ,
UK.
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If you’ve played similar London venues before,
you’ll probably have an idea of how things work down the B&G.;
The Bull & Gate is a NEW BANDS VENUE. We don’t put on covers or
tribute bands. The main thing you need to understand is how the
gig works. There is no ready-made crowd waiting to cheer your
arrival. It will only work if you can get some people there yourself.
For bands just starting out this often consists of friends,
work colleagues, relations, etc. The best way to let people
know about your gig is to make up and distribute fliers.
Bands are expected to bring a minimum fan base of 25 paying
punters to their gigs to be taken seriously for future bookings.
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We put 3 or 4 bands, on per night on the basis that if they
all bring a bit of a crowd then they’ll all play to a lot more
people than they bring. Bands who abuse this and have obviously
made no attempt to promote and encourage people along to their gig
will not be given a second chance. If you are traveling from outside
of London, you can maybe look into arranging transport for some of
your local following. We understand the difficulties some bands face
with this; just be honest with us and we will do are best to help you
out.
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Many bands playing The B&G; or other London gigs generally are doing
so in order to generate interest from members of the music industry.
Industry awareness doesn’t happen by magic, so don’t listen to
unscrupulous promoters telling you to come and play their
‘Industry Showcase Night’ or whatever. These people are just
after yours and your friends money! The best way to generate
industry interest is to do it yourself, i.e. sending your demo to
someone at a label you think may be interested, then keeping them
informed of any impending gigs. We can offer advice on this if you
need it.
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For a venue of it’s size The Bull and Gate has a sound system which
is second to none with a good sized stage, making it one of London’s
best and most well known showcase venues. Interested acts should send
us a minimum of two tracks on a demo CD or cassette (our preferred
choice of formats). Dodgy rehearsal room recordings are just as
likely to impress as heavily over produced and over priced studio
nonsense. We also request that you send us the following info on your
band: Up and coming gig dates, where you are based and a little
background history, life stories are not necessary. We need this
information to help us to bill your band appropriately. Bands who
just send demo’s accompanied by nothing other than a mobile phone
number are likely to be rejected.
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We do not accept MP3 files or have the time to look at band websites
for demo purposes, so please do not clog up our e-mail by sending us
large music files. Bands who do this will automatically be rejected.
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Send demo’s to:
ANDY/PHIL c/o THE BULL GATE,
389 KENTISH TOWN ROAD,
LONDON, NW5 2TJ,
UK.
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