‘It’s an important skill’: A complete guide to solo gigging

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I would not be the person I am today without solo gigging. It all started in 2017, when I was an awkward first-year Sussex uni student, struggling to cajole the misfit group of accommodation friends I’d made into coming with me to the local rap gigs I’d found on Facebook. Eventually I started riding the bus into town on my own and, after a few weeks of hitting up the same venues, I started to get recognised, first by door and bar staff, then other fans, and later even the artistshellip;read more raquo;