Ever get the urge to take your act on the road? It’s a romantic idea but the reality is that putting a tour together is hard work and the chances of netting any money off the deal are about as low as Charlie Sheen’s morals.
Before you give up the touring dream completely, we want to introduce you to GigFunder, a new website that’s helping bands put tours together through crowd funding. Read more…
Despite the bulky sweater I’m wearing today, summer is almost here. In fact, judging by the summer festival calendar, summer is here. Two of the biggest summer music festivals, Coachella and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, are already in the books for 2012, and there’s a whole lot more coming real soon. Read more…
With 54 million blogs and counting, chances are you’ve at least heard of Tumblr. Their catchy tagline, “Follow the world’s creators” is certainly intriguing. If you’re anything like me, you probably think of yourself as a creative person and certainly you want to promote your artistic side. So does that mean that Tumblr is the place to be for entertainers and musicians? Can the site help you reach more fans? We set out to answer these questions and more. Read more…
For over 13 years thousands of independent musicians and songwriters have turned to the Indie Bible to help them get their music heard by the right people. One of the industry’s top guides, it’s filled with lists of music publications, radio stations, music distributors, labels and more.
Indie Bible founder and editor David Wimble was kind enough to speak to us about the state of the music industry and the independent musician’s best chances for survival. Plus he’s giving away a free copy of his book!
At this point, our Exploring Your Control Panel series has walked you through nearly every page of the GigMasters member Control Panel, everything but the ‘Tools’ tab. We saved one of the best for last as the ‘Tools’ tab is a great resources that, if used properly, can really help you get the most out of your GigMasters membership. Read more…
Every day GigMasters helps people book entertainment for some of life’s most important events. Everything from weddings to funerals, corporate events to proms and literally everything in between. There are very few entertainers out there that can play every type of event we book, but you’re welcome to try. Read more…
Over the weekend we spoke with ‘music marketing master’ Michael Brandvold, a freelance music industry consultant based in Northern California. He recently published an ebook entitled KISS School of Marketing: 11 Lessons I Learned While Working With KISS. As the title implies, Michael worked closely with KISS after Gene Simmons personally reached out to him to lead the band’s website and VIP ticketing program. Michael has also managed online efforts for Motley Crue, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne and more. Read more…
It’s no secret that we have our share of amazingly talented and amazingly busy entertainers here at GigMasters. But with a whopping 506 verified GigMasters bookings, it’s hard to imagine anyone stays busier than 5-star Elvis Impersonator Rick Torres (Santa Clara, CA).
Summer must be right around the corner because the annual Coachella Festival is here! Actually its half over since for the first time the festival is taking place over the course of two weekends.
Seem a little early for a “summer” festival? Well its around 90 degrees today in the deserts of Indio, CA, where the festival is held. It’s not even that much cooler here on the East Coast! So summer must be on its way! Read more…
At GigMasters we are lucky enough to spend our days helping people plan some of their life’s biggest events. Helping people plan parties, hooking them up with our world-class entertainers, is fun, rewarding work and we get to hear about some very cool sounding events. The tough part is that we rarely get to actually see these events unfold. But that’s all changing thanks to the Real Event features we’ve been running on our Life of the Party and Wedding blogs. Read more…
