Florian -> RE: Need opinions EXTREMLY IMPORTANT (Feb. 25 2012 13:18:05)
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So you have two choices. 1) Move. Go somewhere where you can get money for playing. am i the only one that thinks hes sitting on a gold mine ? no flamenco , no competition ? there must be hotels, clubs, restaurants, weddings, functions there... Imo the only thing he needs to do is get the word out about himself, through a demo cd ( infact kehati that's exactly what you should be doing right now), business card, approach restaurants, hotels, television stations, festivals ....you are sitting on a gold mine, could possibly be working every night of the week playing guitar if there's isn't any flamenco there it will catch on soon, not a question of if just when, one wouldn't have thought Japan would be the biggest flamenco country after Spain but it is....u don't necessarily need the people in a particular country to know about flamenco to have a market..there's alot of Flamenco shows in Australia, approx 15 bigger shows a year in my city alone...its not like the general public has any idea about flamenco.. kehati heres your homework this week, record about 3 to 5 pieces of guitar, mix between flamenco and slow "pretty" romantic melodies more suited for restaurants, weddings etc..burn about 200 copies on your computer, make 200 business cards to begin with with your name, phone number, say Spanish guitarist available for weddings and functions, put some prizes you would like to charge...i dont know your market so u need to decide whats fair to charge where you are..since u have no competition u can afford to charge a little more... then find any restaurant, any hotel any function center, any wedding shop and drop off a cd and a business card...or if you wanna skip the business cards put your information on the cd....( but on a nice label so it looks professional)...ps. when you do this go in a suit, no t-shirt and jeans, sell class, look professional dont wait a second, DO this...you will be back here thanking us in a month you dont need to do something you don't like for money or sacrifice your happiness when you could be playing guitar...you are in a great position to simply because you would be the only one there, or atleast give yourself a chance to succeed, noone is going to knock on your door and ask you if you can play flamenco
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