Organizers of Garage Stock announce partnership with Onlinegigs.com

The organizers of Garage Stock 05 are pleased to announce our agreement with Onlinegigs.com. All bands that register with Garage Stock will be offered a membership with Onlinegigs.com. Onlinegigs.com will give a thirty day membership for the 2000 bands who register and six month membership to the 900 bands who participate in this years Garage Stock. The winning bands (1st, 2nd and 3rd place) will receive a one year membership.

Who is Onlinegigs.com?

Onlinegigs is a group of Do-It-Yourself musicians, bands, agents, record companies, managers and publicists that understand the power of information. They realize that the ability to perform live is the lifeblood of any artist's career. And while some may desire the ever-elusive record-deal/MTV route, all of them realize that any level of true success requires real work and organization first.

The process of finding locations to perform at in unfamiliar markets is a grueling one. This is not to mention the frustration of trying to keep up with the never-ending changes in talent buying staff, or tracking conversations, faxes, tasks and emails with a multitude of contacts at the same time. It becomes very easy to understand why many bands do not "make it." To be independent by definition means that a performer is not "dependent on or affiliated with a larger or controlling entity." What this really means is that the performer generally does not have many established national contacts and connections, or even the proper tools to effectively keep track of them.

Onlinegigs is a unique solution to this age-old problem. It is a centralized database of nationwide venues, colleges, festivals and media contacts. But the Onlinegigs members actually help to maintain and contribute to the data simultaneously from different parts of the country. Each member acts as a market researcher for the other, allowing everyone to benefit from every member's interaction with every contact. As a result the information is constantly up to date and as more members join, the data will continue to become even more so and grow.

Onlinegigs.com embraces a socially responsible business model and has applied to become an E2M certified organization. Twenty percent (20%) of after-tax profits or 2.0% of net sales, whichever is greater, will be divided between the employees and the E2M community fund. For more information feel free to visit http://www.e2m.org. We are always seeking out partnerships with other organizations that will provide discounts on necessary road expenses like gas, accommodations, food and vehicle maintenance.

Onlinegigs welcomes any and all suggestions on ways to make booking gigs even more efficient for independent musicians. By providing access to the right tools and resources, Onlinegigs is helping to transform the current popular music landscape into one that is not dominated by a few cookie-cutter performers. Every artist should have the ability to survive and prosper through practice of his or her craft.

"If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process." Cecil Taylor

Maintain your vision. Celebrate, Peace, Music.

Jay Flanzbaum
Founder
www.onlinegigs.com