Most artists view playing 400 cap rooms as a stepping stone to playing 4,000 cap rooms or 40,000 cap rooms.
But what if (in a strange turn of sci-fi events) 400 per night was all you could have? What if the bigger rooms didn’t exist and in each city 400 was the max?
Once you get 400 in the room for the first time, from here on out the only thing that is ever going to change is which 400 people are there.
You only get 400 slots. Who do you choose? Tell me about those 400 people. Tell me everything about those 400 people.
Play for them.
***It’s worth noting that if you’re touring and selling out 400 cap rooms, you can pretty easily bring in a few million dollars a year. Not a bad stepping stone. Maybe even a stepping stone worth focusing on and ignoring the ones after it for a while.
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