“The very embodiment of the term Crooner. Knows his way round the ivories better than most, with an unbeatable repertoire of Classics and originals to keep you entertained."
Island Records artist
Introduction campaign process
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANISATIONS
“Hi Im Hannah/Eli, I work with a perfomer / entertainer “Baby Tosh’ we are just fielding for where geographically is most interest at this point. Then we will design the rounds. He is the top East Cost earner in the senior living homes. He’s a Jewish boy, a bit like a Barry Manilow and also very strong in Frank Sinatra, and that same crowd that you can see love him from his videos are the same middle to upper class people as your customers. Can I forward you his videos / web site to do a test and send it out to your members or commity, asking if they would like a concert. We charge $1500 - $2000 and their needs to be a piano”
"hi I rep this "an evening/afternoon with entertainer, how about doing it for the community"
Somethign else you can try saying
"Perhaps the sentimental Jewish singer songwriter" is making a comeback"
It's best Hannah that u get good at this because it's where the money is (a commission) - otherwise I will get a tele sales person - their will be ups and downs - so give it a good 3 months for us both to decide. As discussed you are in a unique position to be able to discuss with people. Please come to me with any questions of any kind I'm pretty sure I can say I'll always get back to you ith considered thought.
Something I never did before, but from now on I would like to take a 20% deposit for any booking. We can say "please zelle it "9048602362", & get an address to send invoice / receipt to
all venues in usa with a grand piano
(& at this stage a built in community)
targeting all community center venues
get in touch with every single one in the usa
we will eventually see where most interest is and focus a booking round there.
USA wide to community based organizations
that have (or can get in) a grand piano
fan clubs
golf clubs
craft clubs
darts clubs
book clubs
social clubs
tennis clubs
bridge clubs
country clubs
bowling clubs
workmen's clubs
women's lunch clubs
libraries
charities
chabads (have one interested Bathesda - so don't call them)
jazz clubs
church halls*
recital rooms
home concerts
50's+ communities
holiday resort hotels
congregations of all faiths
assisted and senior living facilities
*Church - is a problem because it has to NOT be in the service chapel - it can however be in an annexed "hall" - just not where they daven - needs handled sensitively because this could be a very good one.
Hotels - this is an odd one and more bespoke - holiday resort type perhaps
First asking "do they have a piano (and perhaps they could get one in)
Selling to the director the idea to offer an afternoon / evenings entertainment to it's members / community
FOR NOW:
leave out assisted / senior living -
PRICE
$500 minimum - but aim for $613 - ranging up to $1200 (for this type)
Or start offering at $750 / $700 and see if people want to knock you down
Eli is starting with the gambling centre ones and the marketing companies to go for - but if you take a notion to try either go ahead
To start now / after I leave you in Baltimore, slow and steadily
Take each call as far as you can
schedule a follow up call for each person you get to speak to and send an email to
How to get into many music venues or small theatre based bookings is a mystery to me, other than being affiliated / signed to some music management company - the above is just my stab at something - if you come up with anything at all that fits the rider I am up for it.
Gambit to get out of this realm into more “public sector” performance situations – in whatever various guises they come.
fielding for bookings
10% commission on any introduction that ends up in a booking
that 10% continues through their future bookings (during employ).
STRATEGY
“fielding for bookings” in tandem with the insta / fbk slow steady release campaign on the stuff organized in folders - (see media strategy)
ASPECTS JOB ME AND ELI HANDLE as required
Eli 845 323 2631 larger pricing conversations
I 904 860 2362 handle scheduling conversations and artistic detail
If possible you can handle the “rider” conversation
https://www.babytosh.com/rider
- if you find new ways of doing things please feel free
CONTACT PROCESS
1: make a call
2: send the standard email (personalized a bit at your discretion)
3: follow up with the aim of getting them to talk to Eli (on price) or me (on detail)
Broken down in more detail below
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STEP 1: THE SOFT SELL
“BabyTosh.com (for the baby boomers) currently the East coast guy" see web site videos etc., he is broadening his reach with caravan in toe. We are setting up customers who would like to book, and within a month we will get back to you with a time slot to fit his travel round.
On the call back we can discuss price, but first please see BabyTosh.com
STEP 2: Eli 845 323 2631
the money conversation - Eli
we will give Eli a list of those interested
Eli or Hannah make these call backs to secure "a confirmation for a booking" (but not the actual date of)
Once price agreed, Eli will say "we will email back with date options once the travel design is set)
STEP 3:
I create a travel plan
STEP 4:
I / we call e back all and secure dates and send the W9 / set up my account info with them etc
STEP 5:
THEN: contact my existing customers and say: "Paul has grown and is working further afield - and can we can only look at every 3 months, but it is now a minimum $500 for a performance / so it is not enough to charge 300-360, (of course every two months is good also).
I am well established already with the residents so can IyH’ fall into the category of “rare and more desired”
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MID grade
(the non assisted /senior living):
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Libraries
LIBRARIES is a major target “all ages family night” $850
The Nyak library
Westchester library
The Chapaqua library
The Mount Kisko library
Long Island libraries also
• faith and other communities (in hall not actual church)
• family hotel / resorts
• can you think of any targets that can fit the Rider?
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Mid to upper grade
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small theater Blue Rinse Brigade is used to refer to older women and men, sometimes involved in politics, charity work and committees. They are the people who fill up all matinée theaters.
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jazz clubs
using the Jazz clips video into the jazz clubs
also the orig clips as that fits also
email and follow up on
The turning point in pearmont / chetzi built in audience perhaps
Fat cat in Greenwich village
Cornelia st café – will give you a chance & if u can bring in 50 ppl they will let you play again
Tomi jazz has more of a built in crowd – but you wont get paid
to jazz clubs + orig clips vid
Un arteist
Space between
Nwe x 3
Living years
summertime
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more targets, please id more if you think of
century village Florida
Israeli embassy
The turning point in pearmont / chetzi built in audience perhaps
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Regards run of the mill "entertainment music agents" - you never know - but not to spend too much energy on
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IN ALL THE ABOVE what may help is to have targeted Facebook ads - but it’s a chunk of time and follow up / maintain - do you know how to do them with the target audience options they give?
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FYI
AMAZON author page vid upload
VIDS:
4: nwe
7: cry
2: heart in head
CLIPS
3: all the way
6: foggy day
9: forever young
8: esp ur billy joel
5: sunshine advert
1: main combo clips