This book provides an extensive list of resources (including directories, websites, and funding sources) needed for a performing artists success. It demystifies the business of booking, touring, and promotion. In addition, it attempts to fill the gaps, answer the questions, offer solutions and methods, and providesa reality-based step-by-step road map to fashioning a career as a touring performer.

CONTENT
Foreword.
Introduction.
Acknowledgments.
How to Use This Book.
Road Map to Success.
Preparing to Do Business.
You are a Small Business Entrepreneur.
First Encounters.
The Promotional Package.
The Art of Negotiating.
Contracts.
The Art of Touring.
U.S./Canada Crossing Borders.
Managing the Road.
Conferences.
Funding Sources.
Marketing your Act.
Accessing the Media--Print.
Accessing the Media--Radio.
Accessing the Media--Television.
Internet Marketing.
Working with Your Record Label.
Working with Professional Agents and Managers.
Hiring Help.
The One-Year Plan.
When to Quit Your Day Job.
Ethics and Attitude.
Epilogue.
Appendix.
Index.
About the Author.
Manager-in-a-Box.
The Performing Biz.
About the Editors.

This book provides an extensive list of resources (including directories, websites, and funding sources) needed for a performing artists success. It demystifies the business of booking, touring, and promotion. In addition, it attempts to fill the gaps, answer the questions, offer solutions and methods, and providesa reality-based step-by-step road map to fashioning a career as a touring performer.