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EX: 1<br />
EXISTING<br />
SERVICE<br />
RESEARCH<br />
QUESTION<br />
Are there websites that currently exist that<br />
match venues and bands, and also allow<br />
the public to vote on what band they would<br />
like to see perform from a pool? If so, what<br />
kind of features do these websites have?<br />
RESULTS<br />
There are some services that match bands<br />
and venues. Many of them are lacking<br />
extremely in the design department, but<br />
there are four decent looking sites I found<br />
for these services (SplitGigs, SonicBids, Gig-<br />
Masters, and ReverbNation). ReverbNation<br />
is focused on helping bands find venues,<br />
while GigMasters helps venues or people<br />
who are having events find performers (not<br />
all musicians, but it is a choice). SonicBids<br />
and SplitGigs goes both ways, allowing<br />
venues to post for events, and then letting<br />
artists bid for them.<br />
After my research I was not able to find a<br />
website that allowed the public to vote on<br />
artists who had bid on gigs, and think this<br />
could be something that is beneficial to<br />
everyone involved (the bands, venue owners,<br />
and general public). From the navigation<br />
I found from the websites I did research, it<br />
seems the best way to format my site would<br />
be to have venues post events they need<br />
bands for, have bands bid on them (including<br />
samples of their music to view/links to their<br />
websites), then have the public vote on<br />
who they would like to see play the most.<br />
<strong>MIC</strong> // Research // Experiment 1
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