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…
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…
GigMasters recently made the switch to the new Facebook Timeline. We had to. No really, we had to because Facebook required that we, along with every other ’fan’ page out there, make the switch. While we are still undecided about the overall look of the Timeline, we love our new cover photo: Read more…
If you’re one of those folks who pride themselves on being on the cutting edge of social media and tech, than you already know all about Pinterest, the photo-sharing service that lets users curate their own collections of images from across the Internet. It’s no secret that Pinterest has absolutely taken off since launching last year. Some reports claim the site has over 10.5 million registered users ! Read more…
All DJs and musicians get song requests from their audience. Most would rather get them ahead of time and not just before or, worst of all, during shows. Even for DJs with huge selections of songs, last second requests from clients and audience members can mess up months of careful planning.
Lucky for you, GigMasters just learned about QuickRake – a new service that makes it easy for entertainers to gather song requests from party planners and guests. And to help get the word out about this cool startup, we have free QuickRake invites to give away!
If you’re like us and you find yourself on Facebook at least a few times a day, you’ve probably noticed they’ve been introducing all sorts of changes recently. The most noticeable change is the introduction of Timeline (that’s Madonna’s Timeline above) a new look that’s replacing the traditional Wall we’re all so used to. Up until recently Timeline was only available for your personal Facebook account but now not only is Timeline available for fan pages, but it’s also going to be mandatory starting at the end of the month!
Today’s guest post comes from a new GigMasters member, jazz singer Kat Langdon (Toronto, ON). When Kat’s not entertaining the crowd with her pipes, she’s blogging and mixing it up on social media to promote her singing and as her day job. We asked Kat for a few social media tips for performers and she came through in a major way:
Musicians have a lot to look after. When you factor in rehearsing, booking gigs, taking care of finances, travel, writing and promoting…who has time left over for social media? Read more…
Have you dropped by Wikipedia today? If so, you probably learned a bit about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and not whatever random bit of trivia that brought you there in the first place. That’s because Wikipedia is protesting the SOPA bill by blacking-out the entire English speaking portion of its site for the duration of the day.
Drop by the GigMasters homepage today you’ll see we have weighed in on the SOPA debate as well. Unlike Wiki, we have paying customers who rely on GigMasters and we would never cut your service just to make a point. Read more…
Introducing the GigMasters Portable Contact Form…
The wait is over! Today, we officially launched the GigMasters Portable Contact Form. Now, you, our members, can have the GigMasters contact form right on your own website, giving you the ability to manage more leads and bookings through GigMasters while showcasing your hard-earned star rating. Read more…
It is pretty clear that going into 2011, one of Facebook’s biggest priorities was improving and expanding the music side of their service (their recent integration with Spotify comes to mind). That musicians promote themselves and interact with fans on Facebook is nothing new, but artists can now do more with Facebook then ever before and a recent study by RootMusic shows exactly what the site’s most popular artists are up to.
