{"id":243,"date":"2013-04-09T05:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T05:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/and-let-the-gigs-begin\/"},"modified":"2014-07-06T14:58:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T14:58:58","slug":"and-let-the-gigs-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/and-let-the-gigs-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"And let the gigs begin!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So&#8230;.it&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve done my own shows. &nbsp;I finished my EP, and had my release concert\/celebration, and then&#8230;um&#8230;(head hangs with a sigh)&#8230;I just haven&#8217;t gotten it together to start booking gigs. &nbsp;(commence busy musician whining) &nbsp;It&#8217;s sooo hard to be an artist, with all the practicing, rehearsing, composing, arranging, second-guessing, rewriting, working on music for other people&#8217;s gigs, teaching, lesson preparation, blah blah blah, AND I have to do the administrative work, booking, following up, accounting, creating and printing and&nbsp;disseminating&nbsp;fliers, promotions, interviews, etc. etc. etc.<\/p>\n<p>But things are changing! &nbsp;I&#8217;m learning to delegate and to let people help me. &nbsp;I&#8217;ve got some real angels in my life, and for that I am truly grateful.<\/p>\n<p>There are several shows coming this month. &nbsp;The first is with my friend Kymberly Jackson, this Saturday night in Oakland!<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, April 13 7:30pm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/150721741756237\" target=\"_blank\">Sistah&#8217;s in Sound<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joycegordongallery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Joyce Gordon Gallery<\/a><br \/>406 \u2013 14th Street Oakland, CA 94612 510-465-8928 $15 <a href=\"http:\/\/kymberlyjackson.com\/gig\" target=\"_blank\">advance tickets<\/a>$20 at the door <br \/>Also, check out this new article by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelleysings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shelley MacKay<\/a>, all about me!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfbaytimes.com\/?sec=article&amp;article_id=17511\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Grateful&#8221; SF Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t forget about these shows:<\/p>\n<p><b>Saturday, April 20<\/b><br \/><b>10am &#8211; 5pm<\/b><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/tedxberkeley.org\/speakers-3\">TEDxBerkeley<\/a>:&nbsp;&#8220;Catalyzing Change&#8221;<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calperfs.berkeley.edu\/visit\/venues\/zh.php\">Zellerbach Hall<\/a><br \/>U. 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Berkeley Campus (near the corner of Bancroft &amp; Telegraph)<br \/>2200 University Drive<br \/>Berkeley, CA 94720<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/tedxberkeley2013.eventbrite.com\/\">Tickets<\/a>: $100 General Admission, $30 CAL Student\/Faculty\/Staff (with ID)<\/p>\n<p><b>Friday, April 26<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;\"><b>8pm<\/b>Music SHE Wrote: Featuring Victoria Theodore Fundraiser for OPC &#8211;&nbsp;<i>proceeds to support OPC&#8217;s youth programs<\/i><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opcmusic.org\/\">Oakland Public Conservatory of Music<\/a><br \/>1616 Franklin Street<br \/>Oakland, CA 94602<br \/>510.836.4649<br \/>$15&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/musicshewrote2013.brownpapertickets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">advance tickets<\/a>, $20 at the door<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So&#8230;.it&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve done my own shows. &nbsp;I finished my EP, and had my release concert\/celebration, and then&#8230;um&#8230;(head hangs with a sigh)&#8230;I just haven&#8217;t gotten it together to start booking gigs. &nbsp;(commence busy musician whining) &nbsp;It&#8217;s sooo hard to be an artist, with all the practicing, rehearsing, composing, arranging, second-guessing, rewriting, working [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":875,"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions\/875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}