n this episode Bill Hochberg and Sami Kazi get Shark Tanky on a new app called GigLogic designed by musicians for musicians. The app's developers Craig A. Meyer and Gary Arbuthnot say their software will help an act figure out which gigs to play and which to stay away from if they want to succeed on the road (or the high seas). GigLogic is supposed to help predict whether shows are going to be profitable or money-losers on both larger and smaller scale tours. Will this app result in some cities and towns around the country and around the world seeing fewer and fewer tours coming through because the tour economics just don't make sense? We get into that and other interesting aspects and implications of tour accounting software like GigLogic.

Table Of Contents

00:00 - Introduction And Overview
02:18 - Gig Logic Dashboard and Show Profiles
04:37 - Tour Economics and Market Selection Strategies
06:57 - Tour Deficits and Independent Artist Touring Realities
09:24 - Gig Status Categories and Budget Adjustments
11:49 - Official Launch
14:07 - Travel, Lodging, and Historical Touring Comparisons
16:30 - Multi-Ensemble Show Profiles and A/B Scenario Comparisons
18:55 - Founders' Backgrounds and Closing Remarks

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Bill Hochberg is a music and media lawyer at Raines Feldman Littrell LLP and he writes regularly in Forbes and other top publications on the business and law of music.

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