GigRoster Reimagines Local How Local Bands Find Gigs

Shifting a brick and mortar style business model to the online world can be a balancing act with the
upside of convenience versus the loss of the human element. Professional Entertainments
GigRoster.com hopes to strike that perfect balance. Armed with 30 plus years of experience,
thousands of loyal performers, and a streamlined online system, they seek to revolutionize the world
of entertainment planning with the aplomb of an highwire acrobat.

Seattle, WA, August 03, 2017 --(PR.com)-- Can a business with a 30 year tradition of connecting clients
and service providers in a niche market successfully reinvent itself, becoming an industry leader in the
21st century? Seattle-based company GigRoster.com thinks it can by embracing an old school way of
person to person interaction while addressing the future needs of its unique marketplace. Their aim is to
bring the way entertainment has traditionally been booked for events into the 21st century. With an
already expansive and always growing stable of more than 4,500 local performing acts and entertainers
throughout all 50 states, this could very well be a movement that changes the face of the thriving event
industry in the US.

Darrell Wagner, company chair and lead strategist, hasn't always held such grandiose plans for the
business. A former working musician himself, he started the organization as a small side project finding
classical players for local churches. Before long local musicians and event planners had begun calling
him to arrange gigs and Wagner realized that his roster of performers held real world value beyond an
occasional performance and a little side income. Fast forward a few decades, grow the network
throughout the US and swap the Rolodex for a digitized online network. The original company,
Professional Entertainment Consultants, had evolved into the GigRoster online booking interface. It was
an explosion that was waiting to happen but there was still one important catalyst missing to achieve
critical mass. The human factor.

Though an online approach to entertainment booking is not new, Wagner knew that a foray into the
digital world often came at a cost to the element of human interaction. I've seen plenty of sites offering
to book a band, but they all eliminate the person to person connection that makes the booking right for
that individual. Live music and entertainment have always been about bringing people together, and with
musical taste, it is a very personal choice. That just gets lost when the process of finding the perfect act
boils down to a series of webpages, clicks and bidding on price. Add to that the relatively high cost of of
live entertainment services, hundreds or thousands of dollars, and the fact that for many people this may
be the first time they have ever hired performers and the experience can leave the clients and performers
feeling abandoned. With these considerations in mind, Wagner set out to create a company ready to
move into the future while still holding true to its very human roots.

I've seen plenty of websites offering to book a band, but they all eliminate the person to person
connection that makes the booking right for that individual. - Darrell Wagner, Company Chair

The development team considered business models of such things as peer to peer networks like modern
rideshare services with apps that help connect people for a specific task. In essence, an online resource

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that connects private agents to supply customers with a needed service, made possible by the user
interface created and maintained by the company. Though the services offered by GigRoster are vastly
different than a rideshare service in output, it still stems from the concept of connecting the right client
with the right provider. The answer became a network of company trained local consultants who have
access to the huge performer database and an advanced proprietary customer relations management
system but who still know the intricacies of the local area and the music scene. GigRoster provides the
complete, unified promotional sales packets for each available performer, insurance certification as
required by many venues, full booking and contracting services and a secure payment gateway. This, as
well as confirmation and follow-up resources for each and every potential booking, and the system
becomes a very attractive way for clients to reserve entertainment while avoiding many common pitfalls.

Indeed, it is often the case that the consultants, not the underlying technologies, are the spark that helps
bring life to the client experience. That is what Wagner strives for. Most of the consultants are working
musicians themselves and therefore bring a unique base of knowledge, experience and connections that
only they can offer. With an understanding that the local entertainment business is pretty specialized,
Wagner explains that vetting the right individuals as consultants is a top tier priority. They need to come
to the table with a pretty wide variety of tools already at their disposal. It is our role to formalize it and
provide the resources that no individual could hope to amass alone. With the musician/consultant at the
helm of the whole process, individuals hiring an act feel the power themselves in making events magic,
with appearances by bands at parties, string quartets at weddings, or Santa for a special holiday visit.
Wagner says, We want our clients to successfully procure entertainment as if they have years of
experience. But then, that's our job. It only took us 30 years to make this happen overnight for our
clients!

Though excited for the upcoming company growth, the staff at GigRoster is still patient as pieces
continue to move into place. They are steadily adding consultants to their growing team throughout the
US, and with each new associate comes new performers, skills and a market that is better served.

Meanwhile musicians, bands, performers and entertainers continue to list themselves with Gigroster in
ever growing numbers, currently at no cost, with a full array of professional resources provided for free.
As Wagner explains, We think in terms of the professional entertainers as our partners in creating
successful bookings. If they don't get paid, we don't get paid, and this synergy makes it an easily
accessible opportunity for both the clients and performers to come together.

For additional information resources or interviews please contact:

Professional Entertainment Consultants

GigRoster by Professional Entertainment
7633 S 126th St #78583
Seattle, WA 98178
800-801-2484
media@gigroster.com

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Darrell Wagner
800-801-2484
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gigroster.com

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