Amid the rising dominance of live concert giants like Live Nation and the struggle of small music venues, the importance of support for local culture is evident. While funding and support for small for-profit businesses is challenging, a case study illustrates the impact of microfinance for local artists and venues. Direct micro-grants to artists for performances at small venues rejuvenated the grassroots music scene, suggesting the need for more inclusive funding strategies, leveraging technological advancements for ease of administration and transparency.
Technology Posts
Beyond bricks and mortar: Technology for good
CEO and Co-founder of Stagehand, Derek Manns argues that technology provides an opportunity to build a diverse arts and culture ecosystem. According to Manns, technology can facilitate communication, data collection, scalability, and inclusivity. It’s critical for stakeholders in arts and culture to integrate technology in their strategic planning to leverage its positive potential, mitigate its potential drawbacks, and accommodate the on-going digital revolution.
Beyond bricks & mortar: Technology as a catalyst for local arts & culture
Derek Manns, CEO of Stagehand, emphasizes the crucial role of technology in preserving local culture amidst its erosion. By being thoughtful in leveraging technology, local culture stewards can promote and enhance local arts and music scenes. Manns suggests that disruptive tech-driven models can offer new opportunities to innovate and optimize existing cultural resources.
Microfinance for the local music industry?
Amid the rising dominance of live concert giants like Live Nation and the struggle of small music venues, the importance of support for local culture is evident. While funding and support for small for-profit businesses is challenging, a case study illustrates the impact of microfinance for local artists and venues. Direct micro-grants to artists for performances at small venues rejuvenated the grassroots music scene, suggesting the need for more inclusive funding strategies, leveraging technological advancements for ease of administration and transparency.
Beyond bricks and mortar: Technology for good
CEO and Co-founder of Stagehand, Derek Manns argues that technology provides an opportunity to build a diverse arts and culture ecosystem. According to Manns, technology can facilitate communication, data collection, scalability, and inclusivity. It’s critical for stakeholders in arts and culture to integrate technology in their strategic planning to leverage its positive potential, mitigate its potential drawbacks, and accommodate the on-going digital revolution.
Beyond bricks & mortar: Technology as a catalyst for local arts & culture
Derek Manns, CEO of Stagehand, emphasizes the crucial role of technology in preserving local culture amidst its erosion. By being thoughtful in leveraging technology, local culture stewards can promote and enhance local arts and music scenes. Manns suggests that disruptive tech-driven models can offer new opportunities to innovate and optimize existing cultural resources.
Clicks and Bricks
Written by Derek Manns and Dan Duguay “Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them”. Alfred Whitehead. It can be called infrastructure... Most people recognize the value of the arts, they make the...
Empowering the Arts
Written by Derek Manns, Co-founder & CEO, Stagehand The time is right to make real and lasting change for the Arts. The Arts industry was facing some serious challenges long before COVID added to the malais. Traditional arts institutions’ leadership position...
Lessons learned using livestreaming to amplify local live music
Do people tune in to live music when it’s presented online? Do they tune in when the show starts and will they watch the whole performance? If a virtual tip jar is available, will the public use it to support the artist(s)? Should livestreams be freely accessible or...
Using Stagehand as an online Electronic Press Kit
Recently, we had feedback from artists who would like to use Stagehand as an online "Electronic Press Kit" to promote themselves to buyers and venue bookers. We make it easy to send one link that contains a description, headline, video, audio, downloadable photos,...
Announcing Stagehand!
Hello friends, if you are reading this you will likely have noticed that we have changed our name to Stagehand and our new web address is www.stagehand.app. The new name and branding is intended to be more representative of the people that we serve and the value...