Wow!! My hard work is paying off!!
I will be at the BCA Entertainment Exhibit booth at NACA Mid-America in late October and also at the NACA National Convention in February of 2008!!!
If any of you are not sure what NACA is, it's the National Association for Campus Activities. Basically, if you want to play a college show, you have to go to NACA's regional conferences or the national convention to talk to talent buyers from each school and try to get some dates on your calendar. Dates at schools fill up really quickly at these conferences, so most musicians that are trying to independently call colleges to book gigs are going to come up against a wall when it comes to booking. Believe me, I have tried. I am not saying that I never got replies or had success doing it on my own, but the numbers are pretty low as far as how many places called me back.
So back to NACA....I was so down in the dumps because I couldn't afford to get my own booth and I didn't have a booking agent to help me out and today of all days was the deadline for submissions!!!
I had emailed BCA a couple of days ago in the hopes that they could help me out with the college circuit. Well, I went to my email inbox this afternoon and I saw the best email in the whole wide world!! BCA emailed to offer me a spot as one of their artist's at the NACA National Convention. I have gotten plenty of rejection in this business and today was the best day to get a positive email!!
I know that the Universe works in wonderful ways...today was just a mere sampling of what it has to offer!!!
Thank you to everyone and everything!!
Love,
Diana
I will be at the BCA Entertainment Exhibit booth at NACA Mid-America in late October and also at the NACA National Convention in February of 2008!!!
If any of you are not sure what NACA is, it's the National Association for Campus Activities. Basically, if you want to play a college show, you have to go to NACA's regional conferences or the national convention to talk to talent buyers from each school and try to get some dates on your calendar. Dates at schools fill up really quickly at these conferences, so most musicians that are trying to independently call colleges to book gigs are going to come up against a wall when it comes to booking. Believe me, I have tried. I am not saying that I never got replies or had success doing it on my own, but the numbers are pretty low as far as how many places called me back.
So back to NACA....I was so down in the dumps because I couldn't afford to get my own booth and I didn't have a booking agent to help me out and today of all days was the deadline for submissions!!!
I had emailed BCA a couple of days ago in the hopes that they could help me out with the college circuit. Well, I went to my email inbox this afternoon and I saw the best email in the whole wide world!! BCA emailed to offer me a spot as one of their artist's at the NACA National Convention. I have gotten plenty of rejection in this business and today was the best day to get a positive email!!
I know that the Universe works in wonderful ways...today was just a mere sampling of what it has to offer!!!
Thank you to everyone and everything!!
Love,
Diana
Labels: College Shows, NACA