GigTag for jazz and piano-bar players
A tip jar on a piano has never worked as well as a QR code.
Piano bars and jazz rooms run on requests and goodwill. A GigTag on the piano lets the room ask for a standard, say thank you by card and find your next night.
- Requests from your repertoire
- Tips by card or Apple Pay
- Every residency on one page
The problem
Your hands are busy
Piano players cannot stop to read a napkin. They are playing the whole time, and a request that comes mid-chorus is gone by the time they can answer.
The people who tip are often the ones who stand nearest to you. A jar sits where they can see it. It also reminds them they have no cash.
What GigTag does
One code, four jobs done for you
- Pro
Your repertoire as the list
Load the tunes you play. The room picks from them, so you see requests for the standards you know and not for ones you do not.
- Pro
A glance at the queue
Read the queue at the end of the tune. Play what suits the room, and mark it played.
- Pro
Tips from the back of the room
A guest tips by card or Apple Pay from their seat, with or without a request. Straight to your account, with GigTag taking 0%.
- Free
Residencies and private functions
The same page lists your weekly nights and takes enquiries for private events, hotel functions and parties, and a jazz trio shares it between three players.
A night with GigTag
A Wednesday at the piano
The tag sits on the music desk. A regular scans and asks for Autumn Leaves. You play it after the next tune, and she sends a tip with a thank-you.
Another guest, a hotel events manager, adds your Wednesday residency to her calendar. A fortnight later she sends the enquiry form for a December dinner.
Set up
Ready before your next gig
- 1
Load your repertoire as the song list.
- 2
Put the tag on the music desk, where the room can see it.
- 3
Add your weekly nights as residencies.
- 4
Turn on tips for requests.
Free: your page, links, gigs and residencies, and a booking form. Pro adds song requests, tips, invoices and more than one act. Tips go straight into your own Ziina or Stripe account, and GigTag takes 0%.
Questions
GigTag for jazz and piano-bar players: your questions
Can I list only standards?
Yes. Your song list is yours, and guests choose from it.
Do I have to play every request?
No. A request is a suggestion and the page says so.
Is it too commercial for a jazz room?
It is a small tag and a page. How much you use it is your choice, and you can switch requests and tips off.
Can I list my recordings?
Yes. Add your music links, so people who like the set can hear more.
Also made for
Guides to read next
For musicians
One code on your stand. Requests, tips and the next gig behind it.
No app for your audience, nothing to download. Free to start.