r/TouringMusicians

We have been in the US for 7 weeks

It was cheaper to buy most of what we needed than rent it, so we now have a load of stuff we want to sell to claw back some costs.

4x12s, drums, IEMs, Shure wireless mic etc

How is Guitar Center in terms of offers for used gear? Any tips?

They say they don't take radio stuff (wireless mics, IEMs) but I see them used on their site.

Craigslist? Facebook?

Any tips gratefully received

My band is currently in the last days of its second tour and we start thinking about the next. However, business is tough rn. We do make a profit on this tour, but barely. How do other bands decide wether there will be a next tour or not? Are there any rules to this?

Hi!

Not sure if this is the best place to ask this, but I’m looking to play some gigs outside of my home city and was wondering if anyone has any experience traveling with an acoustic guitar in the luggage compartment of a coach?

Since I’m a solo performer, don’t drive and trains are by and large too expensive for me to cover my costs so I’m restricted to coach travel, but after looking on the FlixBus and National Express websites I found they don’t allow you to bring guitars on board, meaning it would have to in the luggage compartment. I was thinking of investing in a hard-shell case anyway, but am fearful that even this won’t be enough to prevent damage.

I couldn’t find much discussion about this online so thought I’d ask here. First time posting a question though so any advice/corrections welcome!

I’m based in the UK if that’s relevant at all.

Edit: Appreciate all the swift replies!

hello dear community

we’re a german metalcore band touring through germany in about two weeks and ticket presales are more on the.. dismal.. side 😬

obviously some people know us and will come to the shows and buy tickets there, we can’t control that but this made us think and see: we never really established a connection to our online fans.

people do like our music, we’ve gotten a lot of that after our concerts

but how do you spread the word to people on tiktok and instagram that have never seen you and have no personal connection to you?

memes? ragebait? covers of popular songs with a “hey i’m in a band btw this is our tour check it out”

as soon as i see videos that go like “you like \[genre\]? you live in \[city\]? come see our band” i ten to get bored real fast and will not interact with that kind of content. or any small band related content for that matter. which is why i’m unsure about what to do myself

anyone been through that?

greetings :)