The Tuesday and Thursday shows are generally scheduled 4 - 8 weeks in advance. If you wish to perform, the best approach is to send a Myspace friend request or an email link to your online press kit where we can listen to you and your songs. You may instead bring a CD/press kit to Dougie Ray's during normal business hours. If you need to bring it at a time other than Tuesday or Thursday evening, simply put "Attn: Jack Scott" on your package and leave it with a Dougie Ray's employee.

Scheduling is basically for 3 different performance formats:

1) 3 person writers rounds where (usually) one writer is asked to invite the other 2 writers to join him/her for a round in which each will perform 3 songs (3 writers total for 3 songs each). In an effort to balance scheduling with generating business for the club, the hope is that the scheduled round will be assembled enough in advance to allow each round member time to promote it to their friends and fans. If each of the 3 writers, for instance, is able to bring 3 or 4 friends, we end up with 10 or 12 people coming into the club. This is the advantage of scheduling someone to set up a round who may not yet have established, individually, a large following.

2) Acoustic solo spots (usually 5 songs) where a writer may bring accompaniment as long as the instrumentation can be set up within a matter of 2 or 3 minutes. Ideally, those scheduled for this format will be able to bring in 10 to 20 persons for this type of performance.

3) Full band shows (usually 6-10 songs) which will (ideally) bring in 20 - 50 friends and fans for their performance.

Adherence to the aforementioned details is not "unwavering", but it is very important that these shows are scheduled  in a manner which will be most advantageous not only for the artist but for the club as well. Please consider this and let me know how we can best help each other.

If you have further questions, you may send them to:

mail@writerartist.com
or call
(615) 414-7752