1.   How do most entertainers find their first jobs?

1. Working out deals with local club owners to play for tips or for gas money.

2. Finding a promoter or record label that is interested in their music.

3. Mailing sample CD’s or videos to radio DJ’s or TV stations and hoping to get air play.

4. Tossing a demo CD or video inside the car of an entertainment executive, hoping they’ll find it and play it.

2.   How does the average local, successful entertainer make a living?

1. Selling CD’s or videos.

2. Performing concerts.

3. Performing at parties and other special occasions.

4. Playing clubs.

5. Getting a second job in the real world.

3.   What is an entertainment agency?

1. A company that finds work for entertainers by introducing them to clients.

2. A company that organizes concerts or sets up events for entertainers.

3. A business that contracts with those looking for entertainment and then finds the entertainer to suit the job.

4. A company that looks for work for its entertainers.

5. A place entertainers can go to if they desire steady work.

6.  A business that looks for the best entertainers and then finds work for them.

4.   What is the difference between an agent and a promoter?

1. There is no difference. Promoters and agents do the same thing.

2. Promoters organize entire events. Agents find entertainment for clients.

3. Promoters do what agencies do, but they also plan entire events.

4. They both do the same thing, except that promoters advertise.

5.   Do entertainers need literature to promote themselves, or will a CD or video do the job?

1. The CD or video is fine. Anything else is just icing.

2. You need a complete, professional looking press kit in order to give the best first impression.

3. The CD or video is not enough, but you can get away with a simple bio, photo and business card.

6.   How does a CD help a band?

1. The band can make money from CD sales.

2. The band can give the CD’s to radio DJ's and get rotation.

3. The band can give CD’s to anyone with influence or interest in the music, but charge everyone else.

4. The band can give CD’s to everyone they know in order to get the music on the street.

If you think you answered more than one of these questions incorrectly, it is likely that you could use additional help.

If you are looking to us for answers, you can either contact us directly, or you might first decide to purchase our book, designed to help those in the entertainment business who need advice.

The Entertainment Connection Career Guidebook can help you understand the truth about how the entertainment business really works. It includes key information that you might have thought you knew but were misinformed about. Whatever your goal may be...to be a full time entertainer or just play weekends, the more you know about the entertainment business, the better your chances of reaching that goal. The book was written to provide the advice to help you get there.