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THE WEB BY SHEENA BARNETT ® ON Scene For more information on visit TUPELO – Bands need fans like Trance Entertainment, they need electricity for their instru- myspace.com/tranceenter- ments and air to breathe. tainment. One sure way to get fans is to play COURTESY PHOTO live, said Jeffrey Martin, My Epic, a rock band from North Carolina, is one band Martin has who runs Trance Enter- tainment, a local book- brought to Tupelo. ing agency. Martin has been recorded or professionally-sounding “Make friends, and take them to your booking shows for more music on their MySpace page or Web practice, and they’ll learn your songs,” than a year, and he’s site. Having quality music shows that Martin suggested. C. TODD SHERMAN booked bands from all the band is serious about music, he In that same vein, artists should make Mooreville-based Order of Opinion is often over the country and said. sure they can put on a quality show. booked by Martin for local shows. from right down the Bands should also have some kind of “Make sure you’re proud of your stage DESTE LEE road for gigs in Tupelo. merchandise, like T-shirts or stickers. show, as far as sound goes,” Martin said. Booking local gigs isn’t really a Jeffrey Martin Thing is, he won’t “You can make a shirt for $4 and sell it It also helps to stay on top of booking. money-making machine, he said. “No- Plan your tour months ahead of time, book just any band or for $10,” he said. body makes money,” Martin said. “You has been book- he said, to secure the best venues and any one performer. A Although it seems obvious, Martin either love it and do it, or you don’t.” ing local con- best dates. band has to have its act notes that bands should actually show Paying the bands is the first priority. certs for more together before they’ll up for their gigs and be on time. “If I can, I always pay the band – it than a year. be booked by a rep- “If they don’t show up, they’re not How it works may be as cheap as $20,” he said. utable booking agency, going to create a fanbase,” Martin said. Out-of-town bands will contact Mar- With each show, he hopes to make Martin said. Bands should also be friendly to other tin about booking a show, and if Martin enough to both pay the bands and then “The key to making it in music in- musicians, so they can create contacts likes their music and thinks they can invest in future concerts. volves putting your own money into it,” and friends in the industry. bring in a good audience, he’ll book “I’ll put any profit in a fund to get big- Martin said. 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