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Phone Apps to find musicians.

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Bassbeater

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Hey all,
I'm putting together my live act players for "Beer Can Vampire" and thought I would install some musician/gig social networking apps and test the tech-water. Before installing a bunch of random apps I wanted to post the short list I made here and see if anyone else had had luck or could share their experiences with these android apps. Feel free to add apps I've missed. Thanks!
Bandlab
Vampr
Fleeber
GigQwik
Band Friend
Melloplot
 
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Bassbeater said:
This has been a very productive thread so far. lol.
I'm going to install a few with the most amount of listed downloads/installs and post if any of them are useful. :D
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Self quoting is teh laziezt....

So I installed Vampr and BandLab

Vampr: Seems like it could work in an area with a hot music scene. There just aren't many people on it in France. I think there is one member in my small city. The app is stable, and does what it says. To me it hasn't shown much value yet, but I suspect it will when I am in a better area for music.

BandLab: OK I lied already. I didn't install it because there is a web version and I wanted to try it online first. This one is interesting. It's very collab oriented, and the collab process is made fairly simple. This is good because the site has lots of activity. The downside of extreme ease of use means that there is plenty of very low quality material.

I'l probably stick with these platforms for a few weeks and see how things progress. If I install more or have a epiphany I'll post an update.

Feel free to share your experiences or suggestions as to how to maximize these platforms or others.

-Slimm
 
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It seems that a great percentage of those who list themselves in the kinds of apps are delusional dreamers. Don't waste your time. I prefer to GO where musicians are playing music I like to hear. Attend a jam. Make some personal connections, get introduced around the scene. Nothing works as well as person-to-person networking.
 
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RustyAxe said:
I prefer to GO where musicians are playing music I like to hear. Attend a jam. Make some personal connections, get introduced around the scene. Nothing works as well as person-to-person networking.
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That was the idea behind using the app. I'm looking for an app that connects musicians in the real world. It's not too efficient to just search for jams, especially where I am right now. Efficient or not, I'll probably start collecting calendar pages from various venues and try to find activity that way.
 

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