{"id":79,"date":"2018-02-19T14:37:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T14:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alterativus.com\/surreyrhythmandblues\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2025-01-11T10:40:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T10:40:47","slug":"musician-band-artist-enquiries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alterativus.com\/surreyrhythmandblues\/?page_id=79","title":{"rendered":"Musician\/Band\/Artist Enquiries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The club welcomes enquiries from artists and musicians interested in playing at one of our live events. However, before you contact us, please make yourself aware of the following key points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We run not-for-profit.\u00a0 We work collaboratively with artists to make sure everyone gets a good result. That means we cannot commit to paying any artists or bands a fixed appearance fee. All payment will necessarily be on the basis of entrance money made by the event. We aim to be fair and transparent. We will aim to keep our costs low &#8211; and the lion&#8217;s share of any money made will go to the artists appearing. \u00a0 NB \u00a0We are not asking artists to pay anything &#8211; nor are we asking you to commit to selling a minimum of tickets.\u00a0 However, for everyone&#8217;s benefit, we do trust that artists will also\u00a0 actively promote the event.<\/li>\n<li>We aim to keep the entrance costs to our events reasonable and realistic with a view to attracting a good size audience. \u00a0The capacity of the club is 50 people.\u00a0 Our current standard entry charge is \u00a39.<\/li>\n<li>Vocalists\/solo artists are very welcome to approach us about appearing and working with our excellent\u00a0 &#8220;house band&#8221;. \u00a0No solo artists or duos working with backing tracks please. \u00a0We want this to be a &#8220;true&#8221; live music club.<\/li>\n<li>Note the genre of the club. We embrace a wide interpretation of &#8220;Rhythm &amp; Blues&#8221;. However, not to the point of stretching credulity. \u00a0Soul, blues, funk and classic R&amp;B are definitely within the remit. \u00a0Some jazz would qualify, also ska\/blue-beat and the bluesier end of blues-rock. There are no hard and fast rules &#8211; but you&#8217;re unlikely to get to play if, for example, you&#8217;re a hard rock outfit.\u00a0 Also, acoustic solo acts and duos tend not to be our thing.<\/li>\n<li>Tribute acts: we can envisage the occasional tribute night &#8211; just not too many of them. \u00a0So yes, we are interested in hearing from you.<\/li>\n<li>Quality: you need to be of a standard where punters are happy to pay to see you and the reputation of the club is not compromised.\u00a0 Please provide links to video and audio (live performance).<\/li>\n<li>We receive a\u00a0 lot of enquiries from artists and we currently only stage one music event per month.\u00a0 Inevitably that means we can&#8217;t accommodate everyone.\u00a0 Please don&#8217;t take it personally if we don&#8217;t book you to play.\u00a0 Also, we are entirely run by volunteers.\u00a0 Sometimes it can take us a while to respond.\u00a0 Please be patient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested in playing, please contact us through the form below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full\" id=\"wpforms-234\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-234\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form\" data-formid=\"234\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/surreyrhythmandblues\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpages%2F79\" data-token=\"e7207b738ffbb3481baeda4db532065b\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\"><div id=\"wpforms-234-field_0-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-name\" data-field-id=\"0\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-234-field_0\">Name <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><div class=\"wpforms-field-row wpforms-field-medium\"><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-first wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-234-field_0\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-first wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][0][first]\" required><label for=\"wpforms-234-field_0\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after \">First<\/label><\/div><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-234-field_0-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-last wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][0][last]\" required><label for=\"wpforms-234-field_0-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after \">Last<\/label><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-234-field_1-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"1\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-234-field_1\">Email <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-234-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1]\" required><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-234-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-textarea\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-234-field_2\">Comment or Message <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><textarea id=\"wpforms-234-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" required><\/textarea><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-hp\"><label for=\"wpforms-234-field-hp\" class=\"wpforms-field-label\">Email<\/label><input type=\"text\" name=\"wpforms[hp]\" id=\"wpforms-234-field-hp\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpforms-submit-container\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wpforms[id]\" value=\"234\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wpforms[author]\" value=\"1\"><button type=\"submit\" name=\"wpforms[submit]\" id=\"wpforms-submit-234\" class=\"wpforms-submit\" data-alt-text=\"Sending...\" data-submit-text=\"Submit\" aria-live=\"assertive\" value=\"wpforms-submit\">Submit<\/button><\/div><\/form><\/div>  <!-- .wpforms-container -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The club welcomes enquiries from artists and musicians interested in playing at one of our live events. 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