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Someone should do this for indie bands...

puffyredchair 7y ago
How would this be any different then Community.com? Do you imagine a group chat with the band members or something else?
- evan_ 7y ago
  You could have a themed page with a music player, fans could post their own profiles and friend each other, pick their top 8 friends, one of them is Tom,
  - egypturnash 7y ago
    We could call it BandSpace...
- rajangdavis 7y ago
  TL;DR: I want Myspace Bulletins but with text messaging. I have a band on facebook with 23,000 likes. Even when I have paid money to promote shows, music, and merchandise, I had no guarantee that what I posted ever got to my audience. There are some (unclear) analytics involved but at the end of the day I don't want to pay a middle man to connect to my audience. This was one of the best aspects of Myspace: there used to be a bulletin board that would give you a specific feed of bands/friends posts. You could choose to read whichever messages you want and bands could message their audience without having to pay a toll. With social media, there is so much hype and noise that there is no signal for up and coming bands to really stand out. I frequently see sponsored ads on Instagram of musicians playing in their living rooms and I keep wondering why I am seeing this when I frequently miss posts of bands that I care about. In my mind, I would love the ability to be able to have fans text a number and receive a message if one of my bands is playing a show in their area. I don't want to send them anything else unless I have a show coming up, new merch for sale, and new music to listen to. Bands put up messaging/posts to stay relevant on social media. A larger band can hire a team for this, but it adds so much more noise for bands that are small as they have to grind for social media relevance _with everyone else_ instead of working on their music. It would be the most direct marketing possible without a need for an installable app. It would be a very grassroots thing but I think it's something that needs to happen.
  - altacc 7y ago
    You're certainly not the first person I've heard this from. When we follow someone on fb we expect to see their updates in our feed, but in reality we don't unless they pay for that to happen.

How would this be any different then Community.com? Do you imagine a group chat with the band members or something else?

evan_ 7y ago
You could have a themed page with a music player, fans could post their own profiles and friend each other, pick their top 8 friends, one of them is Tom,
- egypturnash 7y ago
  We could call it BandSpace...
rajangdavis 7y ago
TL;DR: I want Myspace Bulletins but with text messaging. I have a band on facebook with 23,000 likes. Even when I have paid money to promote shows, music, and merchandise, I had no guarantee that what I posted ever got to my audience. There are some (unclear) analytics involved but at the end of the day I don't want to pay a middle man to connect to my audience. This was one of the best aspects of Myspace: there used to be a bulletin board that would give you a specific feed of bands/friends posts. You could choose to read whichever messages you want and bands could message their audience without having to pay a toll. With social media, there is so much hype and noise that there is no signal for up and coming bands to really stand out. I frequently see sponsored ads on Instagram of musicians playing in their living rooms and I keep wondering why I am seeing this when I frequently miss posts of bands that I care about. In my mind, I would love the ability to be able to have fans text a number and receive a message if one of my bands is playing a show in their area. I don't want to send them anything else unless I have a show coming up, new merch for sale, and new music to listen to. Bands put up messaging/posts to stay relevant on social media. A larger band can hire a team for this, but it adds so much more noise for bands that are small as they have to grind for social media relevance _with everyone else_ instead of working on their music. It would be the most direct marketing possible without a need for an installable app. It would be a very grassroots thing but I think it's something that needs to happen.
- altacc 7y ago
  You're certainly not the first person I've heard this from. When we follow someone on fb we expect to see their updates in our feed, but in reality we don't unless they pay for that to happen.