owngig.com

Last Saturday, November 22nd saw the first Owngig.com concert and we’re pleased to announce it was a resounding success. The Blow Monkeys played a blinding set at The Prospect of Whitby and in addition to the fans, a few of the press turned up - including Channel 4 News, Radio 4 and the World Service. In fact Owngig.com has been making the news today. Here’s our piece on Channel 4…

…and you can hear us on the Today programme here.

Our new Owngig.com YouTube and Flickr channels will hold images and videos from all of our gigs and this first gig was no exception - here’s The Blow Monkeys performing It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way.

Hope to see some of you at our next gig. Till then, keep bidding!

We’re excited to announce the launch of the Owngig.com comedy channel, allowing you to bid for your favourite comedians and create your own bespoke experiences just as you can currently with the world of music. Perhaps you’d like to see Josie Long, Russell Howard or Frankie Boyle?

Anyway, start thinking about who you’d like to see and start placing bids. It’s no laughing matter

The second in Owngig’s series of posts on those who are close to getting gig go-ahead looks at German band Cinema Bizarre who met in 2005 at an anime convention. This goes some way to explaining their look which is based on the Japanese trend known as visual kei.

Anyway, clearly at Owngig we’re fans of the innovative and think that the Owngig model would be a perfect way for the fans of Cinema Bizarre to fund a special concert and we wish them well.

It’s Friday afternoon and we hope that all of you at work are starting to wind down and think of the weekend. Owngig is clearly not the only musical innovation on the internet so we thought we’d pause to bring you a few things we’ve seen recently that also bring you new ways to enjoy music

My Secret Playlist

Surprised no one’s thought of this idea before. Simply get a load of musicians from the mainstream (Katy Perry, Supergrass, Donna Summer) to the more underground (Rubies, Pivot, Midlake) to publish their favourite songs of the moment. Plus, with so much music on the web these days, we actually get to hear at least some of their choices. Nice work, Secret Playlist - who hail from Australia, also the home of the mighty Resident Advisor.

Your iPhone = Your new studio?

Software like Garage Band has bought the recording studio to the masses but new software called Four Track from Sonoma Wire Works and profiled in Wired allows your iPhone (or iPod Touch) to become a 4 track recording studio.

Given the announcement as well about the iPhone being able to be used as a 3G modem, your phone has the potential to be used as a portable live streaming mixing desk… which is nice.

…and finally

Owngig would never recommend mixing speakers and fire.

But you have to admit this is kind of cool. Have a good weekend!

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This is the first in an irregular series of posts looking at who’s popular on Owngig - those that are getting closer to having their gig greenlighted.

Tom Waits‘ fans have been busy recently - perhaps looking to get some additional dates added after his tour earlier this year.

Given how he explained his choice of venues for the US tour (see video below) we think that Tom is obviously open to interesting new ways of deciding where to play - making him perfect for Owngig.

Fancy seeing him? Bid here.