Cover Band Confidential's Podcast (Music Business, Gigging Tips & Making Money as a Musician)
Oct 2, 2026 · 40 min · 12 segments
What happens when a venue stops booking your band? You can get pissed. You can write the email. You can explain why they’re wrong. You can make sure everybody involved knows exactly how disappointed…
Adam JohnsonHost,ratio(1,1),fit(190,190),quality(75))
Dan ReaHost
It's kind of a continuation of an episode we did about a month ago, and you'll...
The main thing that we're trying to talk about is, uh, is ending well, when the gig ends, but hopefully the relationship doesn't.
So initially the, the story had gone that, uh, we were, w- we had partnered with a venue that was kind of up and coming, and they wanted to Add Libe karaoke to their calendar of events.
And so we kind of talked through what that looked like, partnering with them, trying to build it from the ground up, uh, which, which typically involves you booking multiple dates all at once, [smacks lips] uh, to kind of make sure there's some consistency to it so that it's easier to promote as, you know, as the, as the thing builds.
And as we were kind of approaching football season, they were like, "Hey, I think we're going to just put a pause on this," and, and basically stopped booking dates, uh, after the ones that we had agreed to wrapped up.
And, you know, we had talked a, a bit about the way to navigate that and how we, you know, w- what bands do in that scenario.
But as luck would have it, they reached out to us, uh, two weeks ago about playing there again, uh, but this time for a private event.
The big takeaway, of course, was I, I felt kind of indicated that, like, the thing that we did was good and that-
So when you wrap up a particular set of dates or, or some sort of booking situation, it's easy to assume that, you know, the relationship ends with whatever decision is made.
Now, I don't wanna, like, belabor the situation and, and tell you that, like, if you follow these three steps, you'll always get a comeback.
this week's episode is, is about how you can handle that ending portion the r- the r- you know, either way, and then not necessarily give you a guarantee that, like, if you're a good boy then or a good girl, like, you'll, you'll get rewarded in kind or whatever.
It's kind of a continuation of an episode we did about a month ago, and you'll...
The main thing that we're trying to talk about is, uh, is ending well, when the gig ends, but hopefully the relationship doesn't.
So initially the, the story had gone that, uh, we were, w- we had partnered with a venue that was kind of up and coming, and they wanted to Add Libe karaoke to their calendar of events.
And so we kind of talked through what that looked like, partnering with them, trying to build it from the ground up, uh, which, which typically involves you booking multiple dates all at once, [smacks lips] uh, to kind of make sure there's some consistency to it so that it's easier to promote as, you know, as the, as the thing builds.
And as we were kind of approaching football season, they were like, "Hey, I think we're going to just put a pause on this," and, and basically stopped booking dates, uh, after the ones that we had agreed to wrapped up.
And, you know, we had talked a, a bit about the way to navigate that and how we, you know, w- what bands do in that scenario.
But as luck would have it, they reached out to us, uh, two weeks ago about playing there again, uh, but this time for a private event.
The big takeaway, of course, was I, I felt kind of indicated that, like, the thing that we did was good and that-
So when you wrap up a particular set of dates or, or some sort of booking situation, it's easy to assume that, you know, the relationship ends with whatever decision is made.
Now, I don't wanna, like, belabor the situation and, and tell you that, like, if you follow these three steps, you'll always get a comeback.
this week's episode is, is about how you can handle that ending portion the r- the r- you know, either way, and then not necessarily give you a guarantee that, like, if you're a good boy then or a good girl, like, you'll, you'll get rewarded in kind or whatever.
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