OK--I'm going to start organizing my information and get next year as booked as I can. On week-ends when I can't find a date for a festival or paid gig, I will of course just hunker down somewhere and busk my butt off to make ends meet.
I have bought a 1975 Winnebago for this work--so I want to get it mobile and ready to go out by April of 2010. This will require a lot of work. The plan is to install my shop and living space all in this little unit--then I will be able to work on and sell Harps and busk as I travel.
A basic methodology for setting up bookings would be:
1) Get a booking as close to home as possible for April of 2010.
2) Use the zip code of that gig to search for another in a 200 mile radius--get up to 20 applications out if there are enough--frame the search around the week-end following the first gig.
3) Book another--and so on.
Of course the above will be done in compressed time, so that the entire trip will be booked and planned according to the location of gigs before even leaving.
I wish I was ready to go sooner--the worst time to work around home is the winter--and it would be possible to work at home during the summer, but the rig won't be ready that soon. I'll just have to get things booked this winter--then swing into real action in the spring.
I can also play a lot of open mics and such around home in the meantime--this will solidify my act and get my ability to perform into better shape.
