In this post, we explore how musicians can make more money without selling out. If you are a commercial performing singer or musician, whether full-time or part-time, your goal is …
How Entertainers Earn Extra Income Without Side Jobs
In this post, we explore how some entertainers earn extra income without any side jobs. If you are a commercial entertainer or performing artist, whether full-time or part-time, your goal …
(Almost) Everything You Need to Know About Performing on Cruise Ships
Whether you are a singer, musician, dancer, variety artist or any kind of live entertainer, this is a great starting point for you if you want to be a cruise …
Pack Small and Play BIG
The holy grail for many performers, especially variety entertainers performing a stage show, is to be able to present a show that can pack small and play BIG. This show is …
Extra Income Ideas for Entertainers
As an entertainer, your primary income is derived from your creative product of bookings shows. Your creative product is dependent on you being physically present to create the product. That means, …
The Death of a Performing Artist
Ok, this post is not as morbid as the title sounds. I am referring to a metamorphic death – career stagnation for entertainers. Almost every entertainer or creative entrepreneur will …
How to Book Gigs that Pay More for Life
In a previous article, I explored how to book more shows and make money as a live musician, comedian, magician, juggler or entertainer. If you want to take your career …
How to Book More Shows
This article examines a simple but profound thought on every entertainer’s mind – How to books more shows and make money. At the most basic level, being a successful entertainer …
How to Improve Your Show for Entertainers
This article explores how to improve your show for entertainers and make quantum leaps as a performer. First, it is important to recognize the distinction between an act and a …
How to Create a Promo Kit for Entertainers
This article explores how to create a promo kit for entertainers – the most important marketing tool for entertainers. A promo kit also known as a promo deck is a …
How to Find Agents for Entertainers
This is the second in a series of articles on how to find agents for entertainers. Read the previous article on “Working with Show Bookers & Agents for Entertainers” here. …
Working With Show Bookers & Agents For Entertainers
This is the first in a series of articles on working with show bookers & agents for entertainers. As an entertainer, show bookers and agents will likely make up a significant …
Music Design for Entertainers
It is important to learn the basics of music design for entertainers as music is an essential component of any show. Choosing the right music for your acts is critical. You …
Why Some Entertainers Can Charge Much More than Others
This article explores why some entertainers can charge much more than others. To really fully understand this aspect of show business, the first thing you have to do is to eliminate …
Essential Business Documents for Entertainers
Here a couple of essential business documents for entertainers that you might be able to use. As a commercial performer, it is important that you have the necessary professional business …
Winning Sales Letters for Entertainers
Sales letters for entertainers are important marketing tools for any Direct Marketing effort. Direct marketing, as the name implies, is a form of marketing where you communicate straight with your …
How the Market Has Changed for Entertainers
How has the market changed for entertainers? The global markets in 2015 have been experiencing a positive uplift for the past year although businesses are very apprehensive of the near-to-mid future. …
Everything You Need to Know About Performing in Asia
This article explores everything you need to know about performing in Asia for entertainers. Whether you are an Asian entertainer looking to perform in another Asian country or a Western entertainer hoping …
How to Build a Promotional Website for Entertainers Part 1
This two-part article discusses how to build a promotional website for entertainers. Your website is the single most powerful marketing tool of our time. A website is by far the …
How to Build a Promotional Website for Entertainers Part 2
This is Part 2 of 2 on an article on how to build a promotional website for entertainers. Read Part 1 here. So, how do you go about getting all …
Your Entertainment Career Path: Act or Show?
When you embark on a career as an entertainer, specifically a live entertainment performer, you will either choose to create and perform an act or a show. This will largely …
3 Tips to Stand Out as an Entertainer
This article offers 3 tips to stand out as a entertainer, regardless of your art or craft. The tips are simple in concept but also quite difficult to execute but nevertheless possible. …
10 Ways Entertainers Can Be Original
In any performance arts field, being original makes the artist stand out. If you want to be a highly successful entertainer, you have to be original. This article explores 10 ways entertainers can …
Professional Production Cue Sheets for Entertainers
Professional production cue sheets for entertainers are required to ensure that the show’s technical production team can effectively support an act or show. Here are templates for production cue sheets that …
The Business & Challenges of an Entertainer
This is a talk that highlights the business & challenges of an entertainer. I gave a talk at the Singapore Management University in July 2014 where I shared my journey as an illusionist & …
How Clients Choose a Headline Entertainer
If you are interested to build your career with the goal of being a headliner entertainer, it is good to know what a talent manager, event producer or organizer looks …
Two-Year Plans to Chart Your Career as an Entertainer
Most self-improvement gurus and life coaches stress the importance of setting a long term goal or a dream. Some even go as far as asking you think what you would …
Interview with Korean-born Australian Electric-Rock Violinist Jane Cho
This is an interview with electric-rock violinist, Jane Cho, based in Sydney, Australia. Jane Cho (www.janechomusic.com) In this 20-min interview, she discusses embracing change in her career from classical musician …
Audio Interview with European International Artistes Performing in Asia
This is a 25-min audio interview with European quick change artistes, Sebastian & Kristina, who have performed across the world including spending over a year in Asia. They have performed …
Work Opportunities in Europe for Entertainers
Are you an entertainer looking for work opportunities in Europe? This is an exclusive interview with Sven Rindfleisch, a professional journalist, photographer, writer who has worked with circuses, varieties and …