If you do things right, people will want you to play anywhere and everywhere humanly possible. But what if, as an independent act, you’re having a hard time filling your calendar and capitalizing on a burgeoning fan base as much and as often as possible? Skoggins is a site that works to fill in those openings for musicians on tour.
As you might imagine, booking gigs can be done any number of ways. You can get yourself an agent or manager to do any timely bartering with venues, which is how it is usually done with many reasonable successful names in the industry. Alternatively, you could try to connect with people through social networking sites - as some artists do on MySpace, etc. - and have listener demand help to craft your regional or national route in order that you hit all the spots where a good turnout can be expected and can be financially viable to pursue.
But there are always those people who you might do well to connect with, but fail to pop up on one network’s radar or another. This is where Skoggins comes in.
Skoggins isn’t for the average music fan to use in order to find bands they enjoy. It’s more a place that helps to bridge a gap that exists between musicians and event planners.
The event could really be anything. A night at a club, perhaps, or a spot at a festival, or even something fairly low-key like a college party or wedding reception. In that sense, the creators of Skoggins seem to prefer applying a label of “talent buyer.”
It’s features are straightforward enough. In addition to an artist page, you’re able to produce an interactive tour map, to be embedded most anyplace of your choosing. Also, options for a mailing list and press kit mailer are available, and both are free of charge. Again, it’s crucial that artist information be detailed and voluminous so as to make Skoggins into a thoroughly worthwhile visit for talent buyers across the American landscape. Yet it should be said that if it is to attract so many artists and event organizers to its doors, the formula being employed is solid start for sure.