Here is a typical Friday-night for every music venue owner: the gig sells out, the bar is three deep, the room is electric, and you are still one very quiet Tuesday away from a knot in your stomach. Live music is the best job in the world and the most nerve-shredding business on the high…
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Real 2026 fees for Eventbrite, Ticket Tailor, Skiddle, DICE, WeGotTickets, Humanitix and Prekindle, plus how a venue can sell tickets in its own app.
This evening we are looking at appbuild.diy vs Live360… This is the unusual head-to-head in the radio series, because Live365 and AppBuild.diy are not really competing for the same job. Live365 is the grand old name of internet radio: it hosts your stream, sorts out the music licensing, and pushes you out to directories and…
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This afternoon we’re looking at AppBuild.diy vs DICE! DICE has earned a lot of respect, and rightly so. It built a fan-first ticketing app that takes a genuine stand against scalping, sells every ticket at face value sourced straight from venues, promoters and labels, and gives fans a clean way to discover gigs, join waitlists…
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Bandsintown has earned a lot of goodwill, and rightly so. It is a genuinely powerful promotion engine: more than 90 million fans use it to follow artists and discover live music, and its tools for venues, promoters and artists let you announce shows, run presales, email the right fans and push ticket links from a…
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There are as many ways to promote your music online as there are music blogs, bands, and fans put together. The internet is literally awash with articles, videos, podcasts and tips from gurus and amateurs alike on how to do this. No doubt you’ve read or viewed many of them. But you’re probably finding you’re…
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Pretty much everything your band does can be turned into a form of promotion in one way or another. A gig or tour can be used to promote your album and merch, as well as being an artistic event in and of itself. Booking studio time to record a single or album can be used…
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