How To Book Your Band On A Festival This Summer
This guest post comes from Lou Plaia, the co-founder and EVP of Music Industry Relations at ReverbNation, a top provider of digital marketing and promotion tools for artists and venues. Many. Continue reading
4 Gig Booking Sites: BandSurfing, Indie On The Move, Getagig Info, Sonicbids
My recent discussion of DIYgigs.com returned some suggestions for similar web services. Here I briefly discuss four sites, BandSurfing, Indie on the Move, Getagig Info and Sonicbids, focusing on their. Continue reading
GigsWiz & The Human League Help Disrupt The Ticket Industry
TicketMaster has long been unpopular with both music fans and many bands. GigsWiz' approach to building an alternative was to create a system that rewards artists for ticket sales resulting. Continue reading
DIYgigs.com – Should This Site Be Saved?
I recently came across DIYgigs.com and thought it was a great idea. Basically it's a free site that allows people to list venues with contact information, update the posted info. Continue reading
Live Nation Stock Rises On Reports That Concert & Ticketing Giant Could Go Private
Concert and ticketing giant Live Nation Entertainment shares traded higher on Friday after the New York Post published a story suggesting that Live Nation and Liberty Media were in talks. Continue reading
GigaTools: Auto-Announce Upcoming Shows
GigaTools is a straightforward event announcement service that allows you to automate the posting of your gigs on multiple sites. They're based in Berlin and launched in late 2009. GigaTools. Continue reading
Songkick Releases Cool ‘100,000 Concerts In Your Pocket’ iPhone App
Songkick is challenging long time leader Pollstar.com as a go to place to find concert information and yesterday they released a useful today app for iPhone and iPod touch that. Continue reading
Once Again, Square Revolutionizes The Merch Table
Yesterday, Mobile credit card processor Square announced it had shipped 500,000 of its free reader that turns an iPhone or Android smartphone into a mobile credit card processor. A fair. Continue reading
Eventbrite Grabs $50 Million More For Live Ticket & Marketing Platform
Even as Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino was touting synergies created by its merger with Ticketmaster at this morning's JP Morgan conference, investors were signalling that it's far from game. Continue reading
TourIntel Offers Free Look At Live Show Data
TourIntel offers "Concert Business Intelligence" and accounts are currently free for a limited time. TourIntel claims to provide data on over 15,000 artists performing at over 7500 venues for more. Continue reading
