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The History of Musicians Contact
For over 45 years, we’ve been connecting musicians looking for bands with working bands that are looking for drummers, guitarists, singers and more – from club and casual groups, to traveling bands, to concert and recording acts.
Sterling Howard was a young rock vocalist playing Hollywood clubs in the late sixties. There were no magazines or papers at this time for players to connect with each other, and the question of how to find band members was always a challenge. Sterling realized there was a need for a contact service, so he opened an office upstairs in the Whisky a GoGo. The idea was an immediate hit. By distributing flyers on the Sunset Strip and posting ads in music stores, a large number of musicians and bands soon began connecting at the new referral service.
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Bands and venues need to promote together
Here are a few observations about some conflicts between musicians and club owners which should not exist. We all know there are a lot of free and low paying gigs out there, but it usually has nothing to do with whether the economy is good or bad. One problem is that...
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