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I'm a musician. If you could offer a reliable way for people who want to book talent to do so, and for musicians to get paid a reasonable rate, then you could
by scarecrowbob 11y ago
I'm a musician. If you could offer a reliable way for people who want to book talent to do so, and for musicians to get paid a reasonable rate, then you could perhaps get a slice of the pie.
The problem is that the pie is so small and there are so few of them, it would be tough to make any money.
But musicians hate selling performances, and venues hate buying and managing talent.
- thebrettd 11y agoGigMasters? I used this to find a musician for my wedding.
- ef4 11y agoYes, I know several bands that do decent businesses booking weddings and other events through GigMasters.
- scarecrowbob 11y agoWell, they work okay for one off events, but use case I have in mind is the 40 or so wineries in the county where I live; about half or more hire folks to come play music on a Saturday or Sunday. If they'd all just subscribe to a service, then they wouldn't have to dicker with a bunch of musicians and have their tasting room GMs deal with booking folks. The same thing could apply to all the little bars and restaurants here; they have a reoccuring need to hire talent, but they usually have some staff member who doesn't want to be doing it (and isn't getting paid much) buying talent, so it's a pain in the butt for musicians and the bars get inconsistent products. But at that end of the market, the budgets are so small that it'd be tough to take much out to work as a service.
- kazinator 11y ago> But musicians hate selling performances, and venues hate buying and managing talent. Ah, so that tends to explain the parasitic phenomenon known as Ticketmaster.
- scarecrowbob 11y agoNaw, it's more like an explanation for why the quality of music is so bad when you go to a bar and there is a live cover band.