raindog
Member
Hey folks,
I was speaking to a foreign singer/songwriter recently. He has perfect english and does a lot (especially Irish - Damien Rice, Dempsey, Frames etc) of covers.
He was talking to me about playing a few gigs over here for about a week, only wanting to make enough money to keep going and to get home.
I suggested he do cover gigs in pubs/venues that would pay him for his time and get opening slots with other bands to play his own material (or slip one or two originals into a covers set for pubs and vice versa for opening sets).
My idea at the moment is for him to send over a demo of him doing covers and send copies to pubs with a covering letter stating he is looking for one-off (presumably) paid gigs.
I reckon Temple Bar would be the best place to start.
Does anyone have any advice in general and in particular the name of good pubs inside and outside of Dublin, whom I could approach?
I have a feeling that it would be easier to get paid gigs outside of Dublin.
Any advice much appreciated.
I was speaking to a foreign singer/songwriter recently. He has perfect english and does a lot (especially Irish - Damien Rice, Dempsey, Frames etc) of covers.
He was talking to me about playing a few gigs over here for about a week, only wanting to make enough money to keep going and to get home.
I suggested he do cover gigs in pubs/venues that would pay him for his time and get opening slots with other bands to play his own material (or slip one or two originals into a covers set for pubs and vice versa for opening sets).
My idea at the moment is for him to send over a demo of him doing covers and send copies to pubs with a covering letter stating he is looking for one-off (presumably) paid gigs.
I reckon Temple Bar would be the best place to start.
Does anyone have any advice in general and in particular the name of good pubs inside and outside of Dublin, whom I could approach?
I have a feeling that it would be easier to get paid gigs outside of Dublin.
Any advice much appreciated.
