Ticketmaster Invades The Aisles Of Wal-Mart
Ticketmaster's agreement to sell tickets at retail giant Wal-Mart has started rolling out, with Ticketmaster kiosks installed at hundreds of Wal-Mart retail locations around the country. The ticketing giant first. Continue reading
Earbits Leverages Online Radio to Promote Local Concerts
Earbits, a commercial-free music streaming service masked as a music-marketing platform, has found a unique way to convert Internet radio listeners to potential concert attendees. Recognizing that the live element. Continue reading
Last Night’s Riot In Hollywood: Is Electronic Dance Music The New Rock & Roll?
Last night, a DJ's single tweet caused a riot outside the premier of the Electronic Daisy Carnival Experience film in Hollywood. The social significance of this is huge. This was. Continue reading
Share Your Tour Stories With Intersect
Intersect is yet another social network with some interesting distinctions that make it worth considering for documenting a tour or special musical event. You create entries which are marked by. Continue reading
ConcertsInYourHome Brings Artists & Fans Together For House Concerts
A number of sites for artists to book shows were suggested to me after recently discussing DIYgigs.com. I wrote briefly about four of them but decided to save one, ConcertsInYourHome,. Continue reading
Guess What State Gets The Most Concerts? You’ll Be Surprised By This SeatGeek Survey
Nevada, D,C. and Missouri have the most concerts per capita according to a new survey based on secondary ticketing data by ticket search site SeatGeek. Regionally, the South has the. Continue reading
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
