Adrian Chapman

How to Make a Living in Music: by Gigging During the Daytime in Retirement Homes, Residential Homes, Nursing Homes, Day Centres and More! Adrian Chapman

Publisher Marketing: "How to Make a Living in Music" by Gigging during the daytime in Retirement Homes, Residential Homes Nursing Homes, Day Centres... and more! "The aim of this book is to bring to light and share what a MASSIVE OPPORTUNITY there is available for Musicians and Entertainers to make a Living in Music by Gigging in Retirement Homes and Villages, Residential Homes, Nursing Homes, Day Centres..... and more....." Praise for "How to Make a Living in Music" Hello Adrian, I'm not sure if you remember me my friend, but I purchased your book "How to Make a Living in Music - Gigging in Retirement & Nursing Homes" earlier this year. I have to say it was a turning point for me and since then I've become very busy and turned it into a "full time" thing that I do now, along with another singer friend and duo partner who sings with me. I have done 46 shows this month between 1st of December and Xmas Day and most of next year is booked, and even a few dates in January 2015 are booked. You really opened my eyes to pricing and the elasticity of what homes are willing to pay for good entertainers who sincerely care and pray over their residents. And it all started because I bought your blessed book and read it from front to back, asked you some questions and we prayed for one another. Take care my friend and let's stay in touch. Adam Price - Newcastle, NSW Australia. ---------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Adrian. It's really a good book, filled with so much practical, common sense advice on how to do what we do. We share the same principle. "It's about them, not about me." Rene. - Washington, USA ---------------------------------------------------- Hello Adrian, My name is Ronnie Stockdale, I live in Memphis, TN in the United States. It' been a few months now since we last communicated about your book and I have done six gigs in different assisted living centres now as a direct result of your information contained in the book. I am taking it slow trying to get a feel for what is the best way to approach doing this full time. I have gotten so much joy and fulfilment from the few gigs that I have done that I find I am constantly thinking of songs to sing or the best way to enhance my performance. I am charging $100.00 for one hour which seems acceptable to the activities co-ordinators that have booked me. I plan to ramp up the introductory letters and see where this will go. I just wanted to thank you for the great info contained in your book. It has really been a great help. I will keep you posted on my progress as I see how this thing will really work for me in the United States. Thanks Ronnie - Memphis, Tennessee, USA Contributor Bio:  Chapman, Adrian Merrill R. (Rick) Chapman is the author of the first edition of In Search of Stupidity. He has worked in the software industry since 1978 as a programmer, salesman, support representative, senior marketing manager, and consultant for many different companies, including WordStar (really MicroPro, but no one remembers the name of the company), Ashton-Tate, IBM, Inso, Novell, Bentley Systems, Berlitz, Hewlett-Packard, and Ziff-Davis. His first computer was a Trash One (you antiques out there know what that is), and he began his career writing software inventory management systems for beer and soda distributors in New York City. He is the author of "The Product Marketing Handbook for Software", coauthor of the Software Industry and Information Association's "U. S. Software Channel Marketing and Distribution Guide", and periodically writes articles about software and high-tech marketing for a variety of publications.