GigTag for session and hired musicians
You play in six people's bands. Have one page that is yours.
A hired musician is on stage under someone else's name most weeks. A GigTag gives you a page of your own: who you are, what you play, the acts you work with and a form for the next person who needs a drummer on Friday.
- A page that is yours, not the band's
- Linked from the bands you play in
- An enquiry form for the next call
The problem
Always the one in the photo, never the one on the poster
You can walk off a stage after a wedding and nobody in the room knows your name. The bandleader does, and so does the person who recommended you, but the guest who just heard you play a very good solo has nowhere to go to find you.
Work comes by word of mouth, by a text at five in the afternoon, by a name remembered from three years ago. It is a living built on being easy to find, and a lot of it still happens through the group chat you were in last time.
What GigTag does
One code, four jobs done for you
- Free
A portfolio page for you
Your photo, your instruments, a few clips and the acts you play with. It is your name at the top, not the band's. The page and the tag are free.
- Pro
Linked from the bands you play in
When you are a member of a band act you join with your own account, so you appear on the band's page. Your own page can link back, so someone who likes the band can follow you too.
- Free
A form for the next call
A bandleader, an agent or a venue manager fills in the date, the place and the type of gig. You read it with the details attached, not in a voice note from a moving car.
- Pro
Tips, if you want to take them
When you play a solo spot or a residency under your own name, switch on tips and guests can tip you directly by card. GigTag takes 0%.
A night with GigTag
Three bands, one week
On Thursday you play bass for a wedding band at a hotel and on Saturday for a function band at a corporate dinner. Your tag sits in your gig bag with a small card in the case, with your own page behind it.
A guest at the hotel asks the keyboard player who the bassist is. He turns to point at you, and you hand her the card. On Monday there is an enquiry in your inbox from her cousin's band, which needs a dep in November.
Set up
Ready before your next gig
- 1
Publish a page with your name and your instruments, a few clips and the acts you play with.
- 2
List the regular gigs you work as gigs, with the band name next to each.
- 3
Ask the bandleaders you play for to link to your page from theirs, and link back.
- 4
Keep a printed tag or card in your gig bag and hand it out when someone asks who you are.
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 session and hired musicians: your questions
Can I be on several bands' pages?
Yes. Each band with a Pro band act can invite you, and you join with your own free account. You can sit on as many band pages as you are asked to.
Is this a directory where bands can find session players?
No. GigTag is not a marketplace or directory. People find your page through your tag, your link and the bands you play with.
Does my page replace my website?
It can, if you want it to. It holds your bio, your links, your clips and your enquiry form. Many players keep a website as well and link to it.
What if a band wants to book me for a one-off?
They use your enquiry form. If you need to bill them, Pro lets you send an invoice they can pay online.
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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.