"I'll Be On Tour Then": FREE touring/booking workshop Thurs., June 21

[expo at lists.artsandmedia.net]

Expo for the Artist & Musician & Lilycat.com presents ...

      "I'll Be On Tour Then" -- Getting your band on tour and in music 
festivals
      A FREE workshop and skillshare

     Thursday, June 21st, 2007
     EDINBURGH CASTLE PUB
     950 Geary St, San Francisco
     6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
     FREE (leaving you enough $$ to buy drinks + fish & chips)

     PANELISTS:

    * Anthony Atkins (aka Tonus) *
     Tidal Wave Music Festival booker and Rampage Radio superstar
     gives you the scoop on the heavy!

    * John Dwyer *
     A San Francisco legend. Frontman of The Ohsees, The Coachwhips,
     and so much more. Once played 30 nights on a 31-day tour with
     his entire band, gear included, packed into one single Volvo.

    * Jocelyn Kane *
     MotoGirl Productions' band-manger goddess and mover and shaker
     on the SF Entertainment Comission.

    * Mattowar *
     Alternative Tentacles recording artists The Fleshies have toured
     the globe and probably set something on fire in your home town.
     Learn how to survive the rigors of the road from one who knows.

      * John Miles*
     The founder of Sunset Promotions, John has produced concerts and
     festivals for 10 years, working with Sunset, the SF Jazz Festival, 
New
     Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival. John takes the lead in all 
aspects
     of Sunset's operations. Though everyone at Sunset does everything,

    * OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS TBA *

     TOPICS:
     - Press kits
     - Demos
     - Best way to sell your band to a festival
     - Finding venues in other towns
     - Finding local bands
     - Getting press
     - The ins and outs of life on the road


ALSO COMING UP:

    * "My Own Radio Show" -- Thursday, July 5
     (Podcasting and internet radio basics)
     FREE -- at Modern Times Bookstore, SF


    * The Eighth Annual Expo for the Artist & Musician
     The Bay Area's only grassroots connection fair for
     independent art, music and culture

     September 15, 2007, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
     SomArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan, SF

     Participate in the Expo!
     http://artsandmedia.net/expo/participate/