Gigmor & SoundCloud

Gigmor Partners with SoundCloud

We’re thrilled to announce that Gigmor and SoundCloud have launched a marketing partnership. SoundCloud is the world’s largest streaming site for independent artists and will promote Gigmor as their exclusive live music partner.

With 65,000 artists and 2,500 venues, Gigmor is the leading marketplace for booking live music in North America. Since launching in 2017, Gigmor has booked thousands of artists at a wide variety of venues and private events.

David Baird, Gigmor founder and CEO, says, “We’re proud to be working with one of the most innovative firms in music—one that has launched so many artists’ careers. Adding millions of SoundCloud artists to our service will accelerate our growth because it helps us offer venues what they need most: talented musical artists who can perform live and bring a crowd.”

As part of the deal, Gigmor will offer SoundCloud Pro Unlimited members a 20% discount ($7.99/mo vs. $9.99/mo) to Gigmor’s Pro subscription.

Gigmor Pro members get exclusive access to gigs, direct messaging with venues and industry pros and Gigmor promotes their gigs to their growing database of music fans. Gigmor artist profiles are a best-of-breed EPK and include music, videos, social media accounts, estimated local audience (GigScore), previous and upcoming gigs and more.

If you’re an artist, click here to learn more on how to take advantage of this special offer.

For more information, contact david@gigmor.com.

David Baird 
Founder/CEO

book a show

Host a Gig in Your Own Space

Live music is one of the most effective marketing tools for businesses. In fact, 90% of live music fans say that brands can enhance the live music experience and 63% of fans say they are more likely to connect with brands during a live music event (https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/90-of-live-music-fans-say-brands-can-actually-enhance-the-experience/). Hosting a gig in your own space is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to build a real relationship with your customers. 

At the Governors Ball Music Festival, both Subway and Citibank experienced tremendous success with their promotions. Subway hosted a tasting area with sandwiches and other refreshments that included a DJ and Citibank had a private viewing area for Citibank cardholders.

It’s one thing to realize the potential that live music could have on your marketing strategy but it’s quite another to plan and host a gig. The good news is that it’s a lot easier than you think. Follow these steps and you’ll be hosting your first gig before you know it!

  1. Make sure your space is good to go.
    • Ask yourself a few logistical questions to get an idea of what kind of artist you want to book and when you want to schedule the concert. How many bathrooms do you have/need? Will the neighbors be angry if you book a metal band? Stuff like that. 
  2. Artist booking and scheduling.
    • Obviously, Friday and Saturday nights are the most popular nights for live music but they also have the most competition. Hosting a concert mid week could be a great strategy if your neighborhood has good pedestrian traffic. 
    • Artist booking is the fun part. What kind of artists do your customers listen to? What kind of music resonates with your brand? Once you decide this, you can create your gig post (link) and find a band. Make sure the artist knows what equipment they need to bring and what you can supply. If you don’t have speakers or microphones, no worries! Most artists are used to this and will be able to supply their own gear. 
  3. Promote and plan.
    • Once you’ve set a date and booked an artist you can finally start to promote. Artists will help carry the burden so make sure they are posting to their social media and getting their fans to come. You should do the same – put flyers on your sales counter, send a message to your email list, post to social, put a sign outside your store. Do everything you can to get people excited and bring them in the door. 
  4. Show time! Hosting the gig
    • So, you found a band, promoted the show and and brought people in the door. Congratulations! Now, make the most of it. Make sure people know where they are and what you do. Yes, it should be obvious, but don’t take that for granted. If you’re a gym, pass out flyers for membership discounts. When you’re introducing the band, introduce yourself, talk about your business. Pass out free samples. TAKE PICTURES AND VIDEO. Rinse and repeat. 

It may seem daunting, but once you get going you’ll find it’s a much smoother process than you think. Remember, we’re here to help! 

Good luck, 
Team Gigmor

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booking shows

Booking Shows – How To Book a Gig

Booking your first gig is hard. Even if you’ve played a few shows before, booking can still be challenging. That’s exactly why we created Gigmor – to make booking shows as quick and easy as possible. Here are our top tips for early-stage artists to book more and higher quality gigs. Follow these tips and you’ll book a gig in no time!

·      APPLY AND MESSAGE TALENT SEEKERS EARLY

         Most venues and talent bookers will plan their schedules many months in advance. If you’re looking for shows this month, you’re probably out of luck. They want to plan well in advance in case anyone cancels or reschedules. That’s why you should reach out at least 4-6 weeks before you want to play. That gives them time to check you out and to begin putting together a full bill of other artists.

Pro Tip: Even though we recommend planning ahead, you can also check out our gigs page for last minute gigs. Talent seekers will often post gigs with short notice to Gigmor because they had a cancellation or change of plans and need to find an artist fast.

·      UPDATE YOUR GIGGING HISTORY

         This is probably the most overlooked but important part of your Gigmor profile. If you don’t have any gigs under your belt, don’t worry! You’ve probably played at house parties, busked or streamed a performance on YouTube. Put that in your gigging history! Talent seekers want to know where you’ve played and how many people you can draw but, more importantly, they want to know that you’re putting in the effort to play live and build an audience.

·      NETWORK, BUT NOT REALLY 

         Networking is not what you think it is. We should really just eliminate the term and change it to “hang out and make friends” because that’s what real networking is. Let’s say you book a gig on Gigmor, you play the show and it goes well. But now what do you do? Don’t talk to anyone and bounce after your set? NO. This is the perfect time to just hang out. Get to know the people working at the bar, have a drink, make friends. That is key to getting repeat bookings in better time slots.

Hope that helps you gigMORE! 

Rock On, 

Team Gigmor

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