Before I started promoting shows, I was a band manager. But for years before ever thinking about going into the music business, I was a bass player who would play with any decent band that had a paying gig. People used to tell me that for my bands to get the best shows we had […]

Touring is the crown jewel of the music industry and of the band experience. The minute you picked up your instrument, you probably thought about how cool touring would be shortly after. Half the fun of being in a band is the idea of going on tour. We’ve all heard the stories. Sex. Drugs. Rock […]

Maybe it hasn’t happened yet, but it’s going to… Halfway through the commencement speech, you’re going to realize that after the dinner with your parents is over, college will be as well. You may have not been planning for this moment, in which case you may have a small freak-out called the “post college crisis”. […]

What focus track of the Berklee Music Business Program did you take? LT: I studied in the Management track of the Music Business program while at Berklee. What business are you currently in right now? LT: I’m an independent concert promoter in Boston under my own company, LT LIVE. Additionally, I work as a talent […]

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/07/the-role-of-the-local-promoter-vs-the-local-band.html Guest post by Lance Tobin (@ltliveboston) who runs a musician-based tax accounting firm and is an independent concert promoter in Boston. One of the most advantageous relationships an artist or band can have is with a promoter. At the local level, there seems to be a mystery as to what exactly the promoter does. “Does the […]