For performers
Play more shows. Book more rooms.
A public profile, a calendar venues can actually trust, and email + in-world notifications on every booking. Here's how to get set up in ten minutes.
1. Build your profile
Sign in at /login and create your artist profile from the dashboard. You'll need:
- Avatar name — your SL display name. Links your profile to any tips, attendance, or tickets you earn.
- Stage name — the name venues see first. Can differ from your avatar.
- Bio — two or three sentences. What do you play, how long have you been at it, what should a venue expect?
- Genre — pick up to 10. Helps venues filter.
- Honorarium range — minimum and maximum L$ you'll take per set. Venues use this to filter, so don't lowball yourself.
- Samples — up to 5 URLs (SoundCloud, YouTube, Bandcamp). One is fine to start; venues appreciate having more.
- Stream type — Shoutcast, Icecast, or your own. Check "I have my own stream server" if you BYO — venues with their own stream will see that as a plus.
Profile pages live at /artists/[id] and are indexed by search engines. Treat the bio like a press kit.
2. Set availability
From your profile, set recurring day-of-week slots (e.g. Fridays 19:00–21:00 SLT) and/or one-off specific-date slots. Venues see this when they browse the directory and when they open a booking request with you.
Keeping this current is the single biggest thing you can do to get booked. Stale availability reads as "this artist isn't really active".
3. Booking requests
Venues send you a booking request with a proposed date, start time, set length, and honorarium offer. You get an email and an in-world IM via the venue's relay bot.
Respond from Dashboard → Bookings. Accept to lock in the show (this creates the event draft on the venue's side), decline if the offer doesn't work, or leave a note if you want to negotiate. You can also set a Booking Response Note on your profile — a short message that gets included on every confirmation (e.g. "I'll bring my own mic, three-song request list appreciated").
4. Show night
Thirty minutes before the show, GridMarquee pings ticket holders with a reminder. You'll get the same notification. Show up with ten minutes to spare, do your sound check, and play.
After the show, the venue rates you 1–5 stars and you can rate them back. Your public rating is the average of venues you've played.
5. Grow your audience
A few things that reliably move the needle:
- Update your samples. Swap in a recent recording every couple months. Venues checking you out will click through.
- Play consistent rooms. Establish yourself at two or three venues before chasing new ones. Repeat bookings matter more than scattered ones.
- Ask fans to follow. Signed-in fans who visit your profile can bookmark you — their next browse shows your upcoming shows first.
- Keep your bio honest. Overpromising on range or stream quality burns your rating faster than anything else.