Alan Ratcliffe wrote:
Don't forget
http://www.whatson.co.za/ and
http://www.zajazz.net/
I think that more than getting the musos to update, you need to get the
venues onboard - much more reliable and most have schedules set months in advance.
...And to get the venues onboard, you'll have to make it worth their while to actively submit the info to you, which means you will need a dedicated site that markets the information to the wider general public, not to the people playing the gigs themselves.
So I Google "gig guide", and on page one we have:
-SA gig guide has a listing of 7 venues for bands,
no gigs listed that iI can see, unless its hiding(?).
-www.nationalgigguide.co.za/ is for sale.
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http://www.gigcentral.co.za/ has a whopping 3 gigs listed, looks like club parties.
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http://www.samusic.co.za/ is pretty jacked, which is weird. When I went there a few months ago it was quite tragic.
-The IOL gig guide has a lot of listings, but the format is frustrating. Who's going to read 50 listings to find one that interests them.
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http://www.gigguide.co.za/ has 14 gigs listed in total.
-www.Overtone.co.za has some random listings, mostly redundant.
-No self respecting man will go to the Cosmo website!! Its like admitting you do aerobics damnet.
As the original post says:
"Including myself there are 4 members who have already expressed interest in assisting with administration, as well as spreading the word and being the contact in their respective locations."
I've also expressed interest in helping out. The idea discussed between us has been to systematically approach venues and agents as the opportunity arises. As I point out above, the site could potentially see a lot more guest action. All the books on internet mumbo jumbo points out a site that's frequently updated ranks higher on a search engine's than one which is occasionally updated.
