Booking Policies for The Old Firehouse in Edom


The Old Firehouse Acoustic Concert Series is run by Jeff & Judy Gottesman as a "labor of love" and has been in operation since September of 2009. We are located in downtown Edom, TX which is halfway between the cities of Canton and Tyler, and about 90 minutes southeast of Dallas. We host one concert per month between September and May of each year. Our preference is to host these concerts on a Saturday evening with the first set beginning at 7:30 pm. We've offered Sunday afternoon performances, butaudience turnout isoverwhelmingly better on Saturday nights.
We typicallybook performances between sixmonths andone year out. We choose talent based on frequent polls of our audience, which help us determine and provide the types of music they most enjoy. This keeps the audience coming back, and keeps our venue going.
The music we present is "folk" music...not only in the traditional sense, but also music of contemporary acoustic songwriters. We book musicians who are professional or semi-professional; touring local, regional, national, and international coffeehouse and festival circuits. We can host solo, duo, and trio acts, but we do not book bands since our stage is relatively small. We are very selective since we have so few concert openings.

Your music is an important factor in our decision-making, but we also consider recommendations throughother performers, our audience, andpossibly our own attendance at one of your gigs. It's crucial to usas venue hoststhat weshowcase

performers who are a natural "fit" for our venue andits listeners.

Submitting your CD to us is certainly a good introduction, but we prefer to see live videos and/or an audio track of a full set from a live performance—unedited! How you interact with an audience is as importantas the lyrics you sing, so please be sure to send a recording of good qualityand clarity so you can be heard at your best. We also appreciate a “professional looking” website that contains biographical information, samples of music, and upcoming gig listings. We direct our listeners to these websites using our Facebook page, our own website, and Microsoft tags in our posters.

Finally, be aware that we DO NOT ALLOW COVER SONGS during concerts at The Old Firehouse. Your own, original material is all we want to hear and present. Our typical headline acts perform two 45-minute sets of original music, so please be sure you have enough original music for an entire show.
Compensation is based on a fixed dollar amount per ticket sold LESS a small amount that we keep to cover insurance and overhead. We do not make any guarantees. We do not make a profit on these concerts, thus we try to pay our musicians as much as possible. The musician keeps 100% of CD sales.
All concerts are recorded and, with your permission, we may produce a CD each season containing songs from each concert that we use to raise money to keep our concert series going.
If you make a submission to play at The Old Firehouse, we assure you that you will be considered, andthat we will contact you if we determine that your music is a fit for our concert series. Naturally, we will try to accommodate scheduled tour dates that match our openings at the Old Firehouse.
Music can be submitted to the address below and links can be sent directly to our email address.
A list of technical specifications is also provided below.

PLEASE NOTE: Pets are sometimes allowed inside the venue building, so please be aware of this if you have allergies.
Once again, thanks for your interest.
Jeff & Judy
The Old Firehouse in Edom
8241 FM 279
Edom, TX 75754
www.theoldfirehouse.net
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Venue maximum seating capacity: 70 (concert seating arrangement)
- Stage size 4'x8' with a 4'x8' extension on stage right
- House sound system with the following equipment:
- 16 channel mixing board.
- 3 passive DIs available.
- 2 microphones: Shure SM 58 with pop screens (if desired)

- 1 microphone: Shure Beta 87 Condenser
- 6 microphone stands with booms.
- 5 20' XLR cables.
- 1 Guitar Stand, 1 Music Stand

- Various stools
- Stage monitors available if desired.
- The Old Firehouse is a small venue. We reserve the right to control the volume level of the house mix and any backline equipment. Backline cannot be provided by venue.
- Lighting: Provided by House Lighting System