u/ASS_MASTER_GENERAL

I am an extremely textbook SN--5’3”, obvious width, obvious curve, blunt bone structure. But in other style systems like Kitchener that focus more on the face and coloring, I don’t feel like the equivalent Natural or Romantic essences are very prominent.

- Maybe if I posted a picture you’d say otherwise, I do have large rounded/blunt bones in my face too, but when I’ve done that in online communities before they have said Gamine, Dramatic, Ingenue before Natural or Romantic

- I am a very high contrast Winter and luckily these are the colors I personally prefer (black with jewel tones or bright accents)

- I have short hair out of necessity, my hair is thinning.

- My lips are small

- I am extremely biased because personal taste in systems like Kitchener gravitates more toward Gamine, Dramatic, etc. and I don’t like stereotypical Natural or Romantic vibes even a little bit

I feel like I am giving the same impression as Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell, where her styling just reads a little off (on top of being white lol). Ive tried to find women that look like me on Pinterest to create an inspiration board, but it’s just full of unrealistically hot, super young influencer chicks and I am just an average looking 32 year old

I'm trying to get into booking at the smallest possible hobbyist scale. In my city, the genres I'm interested in don't really have any artists that are both good and have fans. I only want to book artists I think are good, and ideally some of them would have fans lol. So I have to look out-of-state.

My question is, how do I know when to ask an out-of-state artist to play? I can only think of the following scenarios:

- Asking artists from the neighboring major metro area (3 hours drive) if they'll just travel here. I tried this and it actually did work, surprisingly, but I only have established social media relationships with a handful of them so that's limited.

- Following venues/nights from the 3-hour-away metro area & poring through their calendars for 3-4 months out, OR organically coming across an artist's tour/show announcement on insta that they're playing 3-Hour-Awayville, then asking the artist to come play my city the day before or after.

- Similarly: do the above strategy but with the nearest major city (I don't really think this is a good idea because it's only an hour away so is kinda already considered part of my city's metro area. I feel like if someone plays there they don't play here, fans are expected to travel there instead, and vice versa. I am also friendly with the main booker in my genre(s) from that city and don't want to piss him off).

This all seems kind of late in the game, though. How am I supposed to know ahead of time if an artist is going to be coming near my city or if they even want to? Or do I just randomly hit up people and be like hey if you ever want to play my city, contact me, a person with no experience who you don't know IRL?

I'm trying to get into booking at the smallest possible hobbyist scale. In my city, the genres I'm interested in don't really have any artists that are both good and have fans. I only want to book artists I think are good, and ideally some of them would have fans lol. So I have to look out-of-state.

My question is, how do I know when to ask an out-of-state artist to play? I can only think of the following scenarios:

- Asking artists from the neighboring major metro area (3 hours drive) if they'll just travel here. I tried this and it actually did work, surprisingly, but I only have established social media relationships with a handful of them so that's limited.

- Following venues/nights from the 3-hour-away metro area & poring through their calendars for 3-4 months out, OR organically coming across an artist's tour/show announcement on insta that they're playing 3-Hour-Awayville, then asking the artist to come play my city the day before or after.

- Similarly: do the above strategy but with the nearest major city (I don't really think this is a good idea because it's only an hour away so is kinda already considered part of my city's metro area. I feel like if someone plays there they don't play here, fans are expected to travel there instead, and vice versa. I am also friendly with the main booker in my genre(s) from that city and don't want to piss him off).

This all seems kind of late in the game, though. How am I supposed to know ahead of time if an artist is going to be coming near my city or if they even want to? Or do I just randomly hit up people and be like hey if you ever want to play my city, contact me, a person with no experience who you don't know IRL?

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