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Unit 2 · Lesson 2.2 · Why They Book One Act Over Another · about 20 minutes

How to stand out when every act has a PA and 300 songs

What tips a booker your way when every act has a PA and 300 songs. Lesson 2.2, Why They Book One Act Over Another, is a game you play as your own act, for solo acts, duos and bandleaders.

Lesson 2.2 · about 20 minutes

Why They Book One Act Over Another

What tips a booker your way when every act has a PA and 300 songs.

Every act has a PA and 300 songs. Here's what tips a booker your way.

Skill: Be the Pick
Booker's choice game, Lesson 2.2 Why They Book One Act Over Another: the first call on a phone screen, priya again. Three quotes at $900: you, the duo, Video Guy. Her note: "All in budget. The...
The first call, as you see it in the game. Your act's name goes where it says Your Act.
Your first call
Priya again. Three quotes at $900: you, the duo, Video Guy. Her note: "All in budget. The CEO is picky about anything going wrong. Deciding Friday."
  • ADrop to $800 "to make it an easy call."
  • BSend a 40-second clip from a company party last year with: "Here's a room like yours. Happy to answer anything."
  • CReply today, three lines: never canceled, set up before her first guest, two lines from company hosts.

Every option is something a working player really does. Which one would you pick? The game shows you what each one costs or earns.

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What you walk away with

Everything in the game is made up: the venues, the people, the money. General information, not financial, legal or tax advice.

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