They say I say

James T. Young

The author of my article talks about four essential steps for a musician to follow when it comes to booking gigs and starting a journey to live performance. 

The authors says first and foremost a performer needs to find local venues and areas that have performers come regularly. I agree with this step clearly because it is much easier to find places to perform if they are already open to people playing there before you.

The second step is once you've narrowed down the search call the venue and politely ask about performance availability. I think the way the article talks about how to do this is very wise. If the people in charge of booking aren't they you give them your information in hopes that they get in contact with you.

Step three says that once you've given them your information in most cases they don't call you back so you should go to emailing them politely. The author made sure to stress politeness and formal in conversation. Of course this made sense to me, because at this point I would still be trying to get to perform there and nothing would be guaranteed.

Step four is to follow up by phone. Once you've been in contact you want to talk over the phone about the details and if you're in that point discuss dates for your gig. I think this is great to make sure that you the performer and them the venue owner aren't getting confused and both have a clear idea of what's going to happen.