Last week a bunch of new people started at my work and it got me thinking about how first impressions and the impact you make within that first week window of meeting someone can really last. The exact same thing goes for new bands and rising stars.
Bands are like the tonnes of people paying their couple of quid each week to play the lottery; only a small handful win the jackpot - some deserving, others not so much. So I've compiled a short list of 'do's and do not's' for those wanting to make it big in this horribly competitive industry. Although mostly a compilation of the obvious and common-sense kind of things, it's these very things that sadly far too many people overlook: