How Strumsy Works

  • Fan accounts are free!
  • Catch Local Live Shows Located by GPS
  • Follow your Favorite Bands—
    we'll tell you when they're right down the street!
  • Request Songs from your Mobile Device
  • Tip Bands from your Mobile Device
  • Find bands by songs played or genres
  • Frequent venues that support live music

Fan details...

  • Band accounts are free!
  • Enter gigs with our streamlined entry form
  • Use Strumsy's free online gig-promotion engine
  • Automatically show your schedule on your web site!
  • Upload song lists for requests
  • Get Tipped from mobile devices!
  • Manage one or more bands

Band details...

  • Enter Shows and Promote your location with our included online marketing.
  • Help Pack the Place; feature offers on your page at no extra cost.
  • Display upcoming shows—automatically on Strumsy and your website!
  • We're not in the business of processing reviews...Tell your story.

Venue details..

Strumsy is a one-stop live music show directory for venues, bands and fans of live music. You need only enter each show in one spot-on strumsy.com to widely publicize yourself to people looking to see live music.

 

If you’re a Venue/Bar/Restaurant:

  1. Sign up and specify that you are a venue that would like to be listed with a featured image
  2. If you aren’t already at your venue page, search for your venue on strumsy.com
  3. Claim your venue page
  4. Start your free trial
  5. Add a picture of your venue
  6. Add your venue’s website if you have one
  7. Add a description about your venue. Hint: you can also list promotions here such as specials on drinks or food.
  8. Add each show/event on strumsy
  • Fill in the Facebook post info for each show
  • Check our “engage online promotion” box so each show you enter gets widely publicized to many site nationwide and many in your area
  1. If you want to streamline even further, install our embed code for your website so that each show you enter on strumsy also appears on your site. You will no longer have to update the shows on your website. Please call or email us if you would like help with this; 702.508.4821 or support@strumsy.com
  2. Strumsy significantly cuts down on your administrative work as you see in our example matrix. Enjoy all the extra time you gain by using Strumsy-Live Music Directory and Publicity App.

 

If you’re a Band Admin:

  1. First, sign up for an account; choose Role as Band Admin
  2. If you aren’t already at your band page, use your band claim code or search for your band on strumsy.com. Create your band on strumsy if you can’t find your band on our site.
  3. Claim your band page
  4. Add a picture of your band
  5. Enter your PayPal email if you want to be able to accept tips from patrons electronically at your shows in addition to cash tips.
  6. Add your band’s website if you have one
  7. Enter genres you play
  8. Add a description about your band
  9. Add all the songs you play and use our iTunes link maker if you sell your songs
  10. Add each show/event on strumsy
  • Check whether you will allow song requests for each gig. Make sure to download our free iPhone or Android app if you will take song requests from fans during your show (when you get to the show, you must open the app on your phone or tablet to see requests come in). Mention to people at the show that your song list is on strumsy.com and that they can request directly from their phones.
  • Fill in the Facebook post info for each show
  • Check our “engage online promotion” box so each show you enter gets widely publicized to many site nationwide and many in your area
  1. If you want to streamline even further, install our embed code for your website so that each show you enter on Strumsy also appears on your site. You will no longer have to update the shows on your website. Please call or email us if you would like help with this; 702.508.4821 or support@strumsy.com
  2. Strumsy significantly cuts down on your administrative work as you see in our example matrix. Enjoy all the extra time you gain by using Strumsy-Live Music Directory and Publicity App.

 

 

If you’re a Band Member:

  1. First, sign up and choose the Role "Band Member"
  2. Join your Band(s)
  3. If you don't already have one, set up a PayPal account to get and give tips (you have all the privileges of a Fan). Need to set up a PayPal account? It's easy! Go to PayPal

 

If you’re a Fan

  1. Sign up for a User account
  2. Search for bands, you know, genres you like to hear or songs that you like and find out where to catch the act.
  3. Set up an account so that you can request your songs and tip the bands
  4. Set up a PayPal account so you can show your appreciation to the bands you love. Need to set up a PayPal account? It's easy! Go to PayPal .