Gigit connects bands with booking agents, promoters and venues. Bands set up slick profiles that tout their best qualities, providing sound and video to live music buyers. After browsing minimum guarantees and booking bands, venues can rate and review the band for the benefit of other bookers, generating a sort of reputation score that can […]

Many have tried and failed to make crowdfunded concerts a reality. It’s a tough nut to crack. Rabbl seems to have the best shot yet at getting the concept off the ground. The New York Times likes it, and so do we. Their site has a polished user interface, with all the right functionality. They […]

Bandhappy connects independent musicians with amateurs who are still learning their instruments. Musicians give lessons either online through video sharing, or in person. “Teachers” are vetted by the Bandhappy staff and “Students” have the opportunity to learn directly from musicians. They take a 15% fee from the lesson rates you set.

School of Rock is one of the quickest-growing franchises in America, and is rapidly transforming music education in the country (and expanding to include the entire world). Dozens of School of Rock programs around the country give kids the opportunity to learn music not through anachronistic classical, folk or jazz but through rock, the genre […]