Press kit
Hi, and thanks so much for booking me at your venue. Below you'll find pretty much what you'll need for promoting the show. I've included high res photos, a bio, my sound requirements, links to You Tube videos, a downloadable flyer ( I can also ship you a few posters ) and a special segment on how we can best promote the event.
If there's anything else you need, please get in touch.
Your success is my success!!
If there's anything else you need, please get in touch.
Your success is my success!!
Press Photos
Directions for downloading the pictures:
Single click on the desired image. It will then open up in a separate window. If the image is fully viewable in the window then you need to click on it once again... thus enlarging the picture to it's true size. Then right click on the new image and choose 'save as.'
Images are 300 dpi in a RGB format.
Top three photos by Larry Sribnick
Single click on the desired image. It will then open up in a separate window. If the image is fully viewable in the window then you need to click on it once again... thus enlarging the picture to it's true size. Then right click on the new image and choose 'save as.'
Images are 300 dpi in a RGB format.
Top three photos by Larry Sribnick
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Photo by Eric Fieldstadt
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Bio
Internationally and nationally acclaimed Toby Walker has been hailed as an award winning, roots music fingerstyle guitar virtuoso and songwriter who has toured the US, the United Kingdom, Canada and Europe. Blending the styles of blues, ragtime, country, bluegrass, old-time jazz and rock, Walker has developed his own style and as such received numerous awards, including being the 1st place recipient of the International Blues Challenge Award in Memphis and the NY Music Award for best instrumental CD. Walker has also been inducted into the NY Blues Hall Of Fame.
Walker is a nationally recognized guitar instructor, having taught at Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch, Woody Mann's Guitar Seminars, The Swanannoa Gathering, The New Jersey Big Guitar Camp and the Guitar Intensive in Maine. Walker also has eight instructional DVD's on Happy Traum's Homespun Music Instruction and has produced hundreds of instructional videos for his own website.
Toby’s passion for blues, rags, folk, and other traditional American music drove him to leave an apartment crammed full of recordings, books and instruments for the Mississippi Delta, Virginia and the Carolinas where he tracked down some of the more obscure - but immensely talented - music makers of an earlier era. He learned directly from Eugene Powell, James "Son" Thomas, Etta Baker, and R.L Burnside, among others.
"If he doesn't get them with his phenomenal guitar playing or catchy songs, he gets them with his wonderful stories. True entertainers have an engaing spirit that puts a smile on your face. Arlo Guthrie has it. David Bromberg has it. And so does Toby. "
- John Platt - WFUV
"Flat out... you have to hear this great musician... I'm blown away"
Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna and the Jefferson Airplane
"A fingerpicking guitar virtuoso"
- Happy Traum
Walker is a nationally recognized guitar instructor, having taught at Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch, Woody Mann's Guitar Seminars, The Swanannoa Gathering, The New Jersey Big Guitar Camp and the Guitar Intensive in Maine. Walker also has eight instructional DVD's on Happy Traum's Homespun Music Instruction and has produced hundreds of instructional videos for his own website.
Toby’s passion for blues, rags, folk, and other traditional American music drove him to leave an apartment crammed full of recordings, books and instruments for the Mississippi Delta, Virginia and the Carolinas where he tracked down some of the more obscure - but immensely talented - music makers of an earlier era. He learned directly from Eugene Powell, James "Son" Thomas, Etta Baker, and R.L Burnside, among others.
"If he doesn't get them with his phenomenal guitar playing or catchy songs, he gets them with his wonderful stories. True entertainers have an engaing spirit that puts a smile on your face. Arlo Guthrie has it. David Bromberg has it. And so does Toby. "
- John Platt - WFUV
"Flat out... you have to hear this great musician... I'm blown away"
Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna and the Jefferson Airplane
"A fingerpicking guitar virtuoso"
- Happy Traum
Sound Requirements:
Depends on the situation. For larger venues I bring a small, acoustic amplifier from which I do my own mixing. From there the sound person will run an XLR cable into the house sound system. Contact me so we can choose the correct set up: Toby Walker's Email Link
1 vocal mic
1 boom stand
1 arm-less chair if a stage is provided.
1 power source located close to my position on stage
1 XLR cable
1 monitor
For smaller, listening rooms I like my guitars to be mic'd directly.
1 vocal mic
1 instrument mic
2 boom stands
1 arm-less chair if a stage is provided. If not I'll stand
Depends on the situation. For larger venues I bring a small, acoustic amplifier from which I do my own mixing. From there the sound person will run an XLR cable into the house sound system. Contact me so we can choose the correct set up: Toby Walker's Email Link
1 vocal mic
1 boom stand
1 arm-less chair if a stage is provided.
1 power source located close to my position on stage
1 XLR cable
1 monitor
For smaller, listening rooms I like my guitars to be mic'd directly.
1 vocal mic
1 instrument mic
2 boom stands
1 arm-less chair if a stage is provided. If not I'll stand
You Tube Videos
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Mp3's
| 01_i_know_you_rider_1.mp3 |
| 05_glory_glory.mp3 |
| 02_god_moves_on_the_water.mp3 |
Right click and choose 'Save Image As' to save the pdf flyer to your computer.
Promoting this show.
You can read the document and/or download the file for future use.
To download right click (or control click for Mac) on the file. Choose 'Same Image As.'
You can read the document and/or download the file for future use.
To download right click (or control click for Mac) on the file. Choose 'Same Image As.'
| gigpromotion.pdf |