Articles tagged with: touring
Interactivity for bands and musicians definitely takes place online a lot. But what about those times when you’re not on Myspace, Twitter, updating your website, sending e-newsletters, reading blogs (hopefully this one) or otherwise engaging the online community… what if you’ve taken one giant leap for band-kind, and gotten yourselves out of the basement and onto a stage somewhere? Interactivity is just as important in the live setting as it is on the computer, more …
I recently came across this site, which is a community site for bands to network with each other, trade shows, read articles to get some tips on touring, radio, etc. plus bands can sell their music through the site as well. They’re also affiliated with BYOFL (Book Your Own Fuckin’ Life) and you can search that entire database via this site. Another thing that’s interesting is the fact they host a weekly online radio show …
As stated on their website:
“Better Than The Van is a couchsurfing-social network created to help touring bands and musicians. It’s a great way for bands and music fans to connect with each other for a practical reason. You can find a place to crash, look for bands to swap shows with or discover new music. Bands, fans, music lovers; all are welcome. You’ll meet cool people and help make touring a little easier.”
Having not tried …
