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. . . Another thing: maybe you are limiting yourself by looking only at places that ALREADY have live music. Try approaching places that DON'T and see if you can present compelling reasons why they SHOULD . . .



Excellent point. Here in the Atlanta area many Mexican restaurants, from chains like Frontera down to mom-and-pop joints, are booking live music on Friday and Saturday nights.

The twenty-somethings and the older performers alike seem to be playing from a similar sixties-forward repertoire. Every one that I have seen uses backing tracks. And every one astonishes me by NOT playing Santana.

R.



Interesting. I would never have thought of the Mexican restaurants, but it makes sense.
I'd like to hear from other parts of the country/ world to hear what live music niches other people are finding.

Around here wineries have also become a good source of gigs. And downtown revitalization projects have made budgets avaialable for live music downtown.

Some people just set up on the street and play with a tip jar beside them.

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