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Music Biz 101

When you picture someone booking bands, you think of a hardened pro, wheeling and dealing and probably smoking a cigar.

But the people booking one of the state’s busiest music venues are in their teens and early 20s, with little to no business experience.

The student union at the University of Wisconsin-Madison hosts more than 160 music programs, 35 weeks a year. At both Union South and the Memorial Union, students handle the nuts and bolts of concert promotion through the music committe