Introducing Beat ‘N Observe, a FREE interactive music map that connects artists with venues, providers, freelancers, followers and even different musicians.
The last word unsigned information
Pissed off by legacy music providers like The Unsigned Information, which cost artists to entry trade contacts, Main Labl Artist Membership co-founders Mark Knight and Sam Bardens set about making a viable fashionable resolution that enables unbiased artists to make connections with out fee.
“Beat ‘N Observe is like Google Maps meets LinkedIn with Fiverr thrown in free of charge.”
The result’s Beat ‘N Observe, the duo’s newly launched service that acts as an interactive map. Beat ‘N Observe permits customers to zoom in on a location and discover or join with music venues, music providers (together with managers, indie labels, trade organisations, radio stations, recording studios and rehearsal areas), in addition to different musicians trying to collaborate.
Beat ‘N Observe goals to grow to be the last word unsigned information, music trade listing and a one-stop store for musicians trying to discover different musicians or join with music trade providers.
“As an unbiased artist myself, I’ve at all times discovered it irritating that artists need to pay to entry music contacts whereas the companies that revenue from musicians are listed free of charge.” Explains Sam Bardens.
Facilitating native music discovery
While Beat ‘N Observe was primarily designed to facilitate connections amongst artists throughout the music trade, it presents the additional benefit of enabling serendipitous music discovery. Music followers can browse Beat ‘N Observe to find artists, venues, and gigs in any given space, with direct hyperlinks to ticket gross sales.
“Our final ambition is to map the music world, permitting artists, venues, and music service suppliers so as to add themselves to the Beat N Observe map. At launch, our focus is the UK, and we’ve already added over 1,000 map pins” and now we’re inviting artists to hitch us explains Mark Knight.
Beat ‘N Observe presents many advantages for quite a lot of customers, which embody:
Artists will have the ability to:
- Get free entry to over 500 music trade contacts throughout the UK
- Get free entry to over 500 music venues, together with contacts for bookings
- Invite bandmates to hitch present pins for straightforward sharing and collaboration
- Save and share pins when planning excursions and releases
- Discover freelance musicians for straightforward collaboration
- Ship free direct messages
Music venues will profit from:
- A free venue itemizing
- Declare an present venue pin
- Promote reveals and promote extra tickets with direct hyperlinks
- Discover and guide native expertise
Freelance musicians will have the ability to:
- Add a free pin with music hyperlinks
- Discover their subsequent band
- Ship free direct messages, enabling simple collaboration
Service suppliers, together with photographers, film-makers, make-up artists, sound engineers, producers and academics will have the ability to:
- Record themselves or their enterprise free of charge on the map
- Discover and join with native artists
Music followers will have the ability to use the app to:
- Discover and share expertise of their native space or by style
- Uncover stay music venues close by or by postcode
- Purchase gig tickets
- Map a path to a venue
Signal as much as entry free music trade contacts
Beat ‘N Observe is launching with over 500 venues and 500+ UK providers already on the map. Artists can signal as much as entry contact particulars free of charge by visiting Beat ‘N Observe.
About Main Labl Artist Membership
Backed by Microsoft for Startups. Main Labl Artist Membership are constructing a one-stop fee resolution for unbiased artists. Within the meantime, they’re sharing free instruments and assets, equivalent to Beat N Observe, to assist unbiased artists. Uncover extra at their web site.
