SplitGigs – Tour The World And Play More Gigs

Come on guys, I know you’re tired of only playing with for yourselves and want to spread some excess love around the world. How are your live performances coming along, huh? Any gigs booked lately? Well, if you’re lurking in the darkest corners of your garage, and through the miracle of wireless technologies, have access to the world wide web, then there still might be some hope for you.

I stumbled across this interesting concept: SplitGigs. It’s a social network that supposedly allows you to exchange gigs with other musicians. Meaning, I let your band play at my gig and in exchange you let my band play at your gig, get the idea?

Something that caught my attention with SplitGigs is that you can actually book a tour with it. What’s nice is that you can split gigs with bands from anywhere in the world, but, of course, you would still have to pay for your own plane ticket!

What is the philosophy behind SplitGigs?

Everything we do is underpinned by the concept of sharing. We believe that the organisation of gigs should not be the exclusive preserve of managers, labels or agencies. We want musicians to decide for themselves when, where and with whom they want to play, without middlemen or any other obstacles coming between them and the chance to take their music to the stage. – SplitGigs

Now how interesting is that, I covered the subject how to designate a single booker for your band, and the characteristics every booker should have, in earlier posts.

Watch the 1min video below: Introduction to SplitGigs.

What do I think of it?

I personally think the idea is brilliant. Why? Because, besides increasing the amount of gigs you play, you also get to go places you wouldn’t have considered before. Additionally, you’ll get to connect and interact with other bands, which also doesn’t happen very often. I like the idea of planning a tour online, sharing gigs with other bands/musicians, as I also get to play for their fans and get my music heard by people that I wouldn’t have reached otherwise.

I do still need to split at least one gig until I can further judge this concept, but Switzerland seems to be underrepresented right now on SplitGigs, and I can’t afford to travel to another country right now to test this out. So, if you’ve had any luck with SplitGigs, please leave a comment and tell us about it!