How your fans relate to you

Your fans are members. They belong to the night, the crew or the collective, and many of them met each other because of you. They come for the room as much as for any one act, and some would show up without knowing who's on the bill. That's a following no algorithm change can take away. The catch: some of them may not know your own songs yet.

What you're great at

Turning a bill of strangers into a night people talk about.
Getting other artists to share your posts, because you shared theirs first.
Building a real-world community you own instead of rent.

Your blind spot

You play fourth on a bill you booked yourself.

Everyone else's project comes first. You book the night, make the flyer, work the door and play fourth on your own bill. Organizing can quietly become a place to hide from the scarier job of putting out your own songs. And because you carry it all, you start believing every detail has to go through you, which is how good crews lose good people.

Not quite you?

This might not fit if what lights you up is your own set, night after night, more than the room you built. If so, read The Road Warrior.

Read about The Road Warrior

Is this you?

Twelve questions, about two minutes. Find your type, the streak that colors it, and a 30-day plan built for how you work.

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All 12 types

Makers

Voices

Connectors

Forces

The plan that fits a Scene Builder

Start on Creator

Your plan collects emails at the door from night one and posts a weekly spotlight. Free has no fan list. Creator holds up to 5,000 and covers 50 scheduled posts a month.

Move to Pro when you're running more than 3 artist profiles for your crew or your night (Pro covers 8), or more than 3 venue campaigns a month (Pro covers 10).

This is a lens, not a diagnosis. It's based on 12 answers, so take what fits and leave what doesn't. You can retake it anytime, and you'll probably shift a little as your music does.

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