GigTag for solo acoustic performers
You are the whole band, so you cannot be the request desk too.
Solo acoustic work is a run of rooms: a pub on Tuesday, a bar on Thursday, brunch on Sunday. A GigTag on the mic stand does the jobs you cannot do mid-song: it takes requests, takes tips and tells people where you are next.
- Requests while you play
- Tips with no cash jar
- Every room on one page
The problem
Nobody is free to look after the audience
A band can send someone to the bar to explain the set. A solo player is the singer, the guitarist, the sound engineer and the person who has to say no politely to the man who wants Free Bird.
Between the songs you also need to say where you play on Thursday, that you take bookings, and that there is a way to say thank you. That is a lot of talking for the minute between songs.
What GigTag does
One code, four jobs done for you
- Pro
A queue you read between songs
Fans send a title from their table. You look at the queue when you are ready and play what fits. A request is a suggestion, and the page says so.
- Pro
Tips with no jar
A tip goes by card or Apple Pay straight into your own account. Send them to the page with a word from the mic, and let them do the rest.
- Free
Your whole week, listed
Add each room as a weekly residency. Anyone who scans sees your next gig first and can add it to their calendar.
- Pro
Pro for more than one act
If you also play with a duo, a trio or a band, add it as a second act and switch which one your tag opens before you leave the house.
A night with GigTag
A Thursday in the corner of a bar
The tag is on the mic stand. During the second song a woman at the bar scans, sends a request and adds a tip. You see it at the end of the song and play it, and she waves.
You say one line from the mic about the next gig, and that is all the selling you do. Four people add Thursday's gig to their calendar before the end of the night.
Set up
Ready before your next gig
- 1
Make the tag in your colours and publish your page.
- 2
List your gigs as weekly residencies.
- 3
Load a song list on Pro, or use open requests if you are comfortable busking.
- 4
Keep one line ready for the mic: scan the tag for requests and the next gig.
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 solo acoustic performers: your questions
Do I have to play every request?
No. Every request is a suggestion, and the page says so. You decide what to play.
Is the printed tag necessary?
No. You can design your tag, download the print file and print it yourself, or have one made whenever you are ready (free delivery in Dubai and the UK).
Can I use it in more than one venue?
Yes. The code never changes, and your page shows wherever you are playing next.
What if the venue has its own request system?
Use whichever suits the room. A GigTag is yours and goes with you from room to room.
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.