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Booking

The first show I ever booked

Tilburg, October, twelve people, three bands, fourteen guilders each. I thought I had figured something out.

28 May 2026 0 min read

I rented my first tour bus from a guy in Eindhoven who insisted on being paid in cash. Here is the boring stuff that nobody mentions.

You want to put on a show. Here is what you need, in order, with no fluff.

DIY isn't a sound. It's a way of working. Here is what the word still means when everything is monetised.

I started Simuze because the tools musicians use don't fit the way musicians work. This is what I'm trying to do about it.

I didn't start the Daily Indie. I built the website it ran on, migrated 900+ posts off Wix, and watched it run for years. Here is what that…