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First gigs, royalties, vinyl pressing, busking and club nights: how bands and DJs get their music heard.

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How to Get Gigs: A First-Gig Guide for New UK Bands

From a first demo to confirmed support slots, the practical steps that turn a rehearsal-room band into one promoters book again.

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Songs and recordings earn separately in the UK, and knowing which body pays for which is the first step to collecting what a band…

From a vinyl master to boxes of finished records, each stage of a first pressing and the admin that should run alongside it.

Busking is legal across the UK, but the rules change from one council to the next, and a few places require a licence or an…

A monthly DJ night lives or dies on its idea, its venue deal and its licences, then on the regulars who keep coming back.

Earlier items on this subject from the venue website that once used this address

Band competition

Every Sunday the venue ran a live band competition for local acts, a stepping stone for Medway bands.