I play an average of 15 shows every month, mostly as a sideman, but sometimes under my own name.

Whenever I have my own show to promote, I’m conflicted.

I want to let people know about it without being annoying.  If anything, I tend to under-promote my gigs.

I’ve talked about practicing squeaky clean email etiquette before, but it’s still an ongoing struggle for me.

So I set guidelines for myself.  Guidelines about how much to post, where to post certain things, and how often. I do this because I get overwhelmed with the amount of invites and emails I get about gigs, so I hesitate to add to that noise.

If you’re interested in hearing about my upcoming gigs, these are the best ways to find out:

• click the shows tab at the top of my site (there’s an RSS button at the bottom, too, if you really want to keep up to date)
• subscribe to my monthly email newsletter (I only send one email each month)
• visit my facebook “fan” page (I post more music related stuff than I do on my personal page)

upcoming shows

So….I’ll be playing with my full band (Dafydd Hughes-keys, Paul Mathew-bass, Kieran Adams -drums) this Thursday (April 8th)  at The Rivoli, 9:30 pm.  We’re opening for Miss Emily Brown.

Here’s the facebook event

I’d be interested to hear about how you promote your gigs.  Do you hesitate to post about gigs, too?

(photo by Ali Eisner)