Six Strings Club

Six Strings' Bookings

Press Kit Mailings:

Address:
     Attn: Six Strings Booking Manager
     525 N Center Street
     Bloomington, IL 61701

Email:
bookings@sixstringsclub.com

In your email, please include links to on-line press kits and websites highlighting the band being represented. Please also provide contact information and booking rates. emails without this information will not be considered.

Six Strings is a Country genre live entertainment venue. Requests from bands to perform music outside of this genre will not be considered.

All of our booked and open dates are available for viewing on our website. Six Strings is fully booked for Saturdays through 2011. The only dates open in 2011 are early Friday shows where the band performs from 8:30 - 10:30. The verbal contract for performing a Friday show includes the following:

FRIDAY CONTRACT (Local Bands & Whip Concerts Only):

Before any band can play a Friday night at Six Strings, they must first audition on a Tuesday at Open Jam. The House will be looking for your ability to entertain, your musicianship, and most importantly how many people you bring to hear you perform.

First $100 at the door goes to pay Sound and LIghts (house charge)
Performance time is from 8:30 - 10:30
After the first $100 at the door, the remainder goes to the band/No Cap
The door cover price is $3 with $2 drink specials
You invite your friends through social media and word of mouth
No $$$ guarantees for the band. What you make depends on how many people you bring in.
Scheduling multiple dates helps build a following
If you want to schedule multiple dates, spread them about 6 weeks apart
If multiple dates are scheduled but the band does not perform well or fit well with the Six Strings environment, we reserve the right to cancel future dates (3-4 week notice will be given)

Here is what WE do for you:

In most cases your band gets mentioned on B104 with our weekly AD
You get a facebook event to ~4000 people notifying them of your show
You are featured on the WBNQ and B104 benefits blackjack game and Scratch & win game
Your band is featured on our website, including upcoming events, this week, band slideshow, and list of bands
Security will maximize door for you. If someone is going to walk because of cover they will negotiate it down to maximize your profit
You get all of the door money from the time we open at 7:00 until 10:30 when we flip to NO Cover (less the $100 for the house)
If the band plays well and does a good job but does not pull a crowd, the house has the option to compensate the band for their time (not to exceed $100). This option would be selected if the house thinks the band could do well with more rotations to build a following.

http://www.sixstringsclub.com/upcomingevents.htm

Please do not contact us about dates that are already booked. Out of courtesy to our existing bands we have a policy not to book over the top of existing bookings.

Six Strings is a Country and Classic Rock live entertainment venue. We provide our bands with a professional production sound and lighting environment capable of accommodating even the most demanding production requirements, including a professional and experienced in-house production staff. We discourage the use of guest engineers to ensure that our venue provides a quality entertainment environment that our customers have come to expect. Any intention to use external sound engineers must be approved by Six Strings management at the time of booking. Use of external engineers for local and regional bands will not be approved.

We are a club environment and artists performing need to adhere to the following conditions:

- Sound Checks should be completed before 7:00
- Band takes the Stage at 10:00 ready to perform (8:30 on Fridays)
- Band plays until 1:40am on Saturdays
- Bands should be prepared to play 2 or 3 sets
      - A copy of your set list must be provided to the House Sound Engineer
      - Breaks should not be longer than 15 minutes
      - The last set must not start later than 12:15 and play until 1:40
      - Timing of breaks must be flexible and geared to the crowd
      - Return engagements are determined by
         - your performance
         - the number of customers you draw and hold
         - feedback from customers and staff
           - how well the band engages the customers at the stage

All bands that are booked at Six Strings should provide the sound and light engineers at Six Strings with stage plots to ensure a smooth load-in and set-up. Technical questions and stage plots should be emailed to:

engineering@sixstringsclub.com

Note: As a courtesy to our bands we are happy to provide you with a recording of your performance, at no charge. We record performances in HD (1080p) with sound input from the mixer board. A typical performance requires 17-20GB of disk storage. If you bring a laptop with you we will be able to transfer the files directly to your computer and you will be leaving that night with your show. Otherwise we will place rendered (720p) performance footage in a secure location on our website for you to download at your convenience.

We run a schedule of bands on rotation to build local recognition and a following for our bands. We are always looking for new talent but your band will need to outperform our existing bands to stay on a regular rotation with Six Strings. We are also careful not to introduce too many new bands, eliminating the ability to rotate our regular bands. So if we do not offer you the opportunity to play at Six Strings, it is not necessarily because we don't think you are talented enough, but rather that we do not have any openings. We receive 5-10 requests a week from bands to play at Six Strings. Clearly we cannot accommodate all of the requests.

We pay our bands on a Min/Max pay scale based on income from door cover. Our sound and light engineers are paid from the door cover after the band minimum is reached. If hotels are required, this expense is also pulled from the door income after band minimum is satisfied. Income over these expenses are paid to the band up to the contracted maximum.

You are encouraged to advertise and promote your own band in addition to the advertising provided by Six Strings to maximize your profit at the end of the night. This is also important for you because booking future performances is highly dependent on the number of customers you draw.

In our opinion, if the information you provide fits the open dates and quality of performance expected by Six Strings we will be in contact with you regarding booking a date.

Note: Six Strings is an ASCAP licensed establishment. Any artists or contractors booking at Six Strings are expected to limit their song selections to ASCAP licensed songs.