User Guide

Introduction

gigglemusic is designed to serve musicians and music lovers by providing practical features that enable them to live a musical life.

Our aim is to build a global community of individuals who share a specific and common interest.

We think of the musical world as made up of:

• Performers
• Teachers
• Orchestral/choir/ensemble managers
• Venue managers (concert halls, opera houses, etc.)
• Music lovers
• Music businesses

Many in the musical world may be more than one of these, but our aim is to meet the needs of each of these segments in these ways:

Players

For players, whether amateur or professional, the option to:

• Promote their skills as players (conductors, singers, etc.) (See Completing Your Profile)
• Document their qualifications (See Completing Your Profile)
• Find teachers (see Searching for People)
• Document their musical experience (solo engagements, etc.) (See Completing Your Profile)
• Find gigs and jobs (See Searching for Gigs & Jobs)
• Upload examples of their playing (See Creating Media Posts)
• Indicate their availability by keeping a diary of engagements and periods of unavailability (See Creating Events)
• Search for other musicians with specific skills (See Searching for People)
• Advertise their musical performances (See Creating Events)
• Find musical businesses and services (See Searching for Businesses)
• Find musical organisations and groups all over the world (agencies, orchestras, etc.) (See Searching for Groups)
• Offer items for sale (See Creating an Item for Sale)
• Advertise gigs and jobs (See Creating a Gig / Job)

Teachers

For teachers, the option to:

• Promote their teaching skills (See Completing Your Profile)
• Offer items for sale (See Creating an Item for Sale)

Orchestral/choir/ensemble managers

For managers and administrators the option to:

• Communicate with group members
• Schedule rehearsals and performances (See Creating Events)
• Promote musical events to the wider public (See Creating Events)
• Advertise gigs and jobs (See Creating a Gig / Job)
• Search for musicians with specific skills (see Searching for People)

Venue managers (concert halls, opera houses, etc.)

For venues the option to:

• Promote musical events to the wider public (See Creating Events)

Music lovers

For those interested in attending musical events the option to:

• Find musical events all over the world (See Searching for Events)
• Keep a diary of events
• Find musical businesses and services (See Searching for Businesses)
• Offer items for sale (See Creating an Item for Sale)
• Watch and listen to Media Posts (See Searching for Media Posts)

Music businesses:

For those who run businesses and offer services to the musical community the option to:

• Advertise their businesses and services (See Completing Your Profile)

And for all of these the options to:

• Make friends
• Chat
• Invite others to musical events
• Post pictures, audio and video files
• Comment on and like others’ media posts

In this guide we aim to explain how to make the most of gigglemusic.