To perform at a major music festival, first you will have to make a name for yourself, and then the festival booking team would approach you.
For a smaller festival, such as one on the local level, a lot of it is about who you know.
I’ve booked my own festival 5 times, and each year I mostly worked with artists that I had gotten to know via running Extra Chill over the years.
Only a few of the acts I have ever booked are artists that I don’t have some kind of personal...
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To perform at a major music festival, first you will have to make a name for yourself, and then the festival booking team would approach you.
For a smaller festival, such as one on the local level, a lot of it is about who you know.
I’ve booked my own festival 5 times, and each year I mostly worked with artists that I had gotten to know via running Extra Chill over the years.
Only a few of the acts I have ever booked are artists that I don’t have some kind of personal relationship with.
I think the saying “it’s all about who you know” rings super true in the music industry, from the local level to the top.
Getting involved in the local scene near you, attending lots of events, and meeting lots of local artists is a great way to stay on people’s radar.
I guess there are also some festivals that take applications, but most of them are going to have a few key people deciding the lineup and negotiating with all the talent.
Major events like Bonnaroo and Coachella probably have a whole booking team behind them, maybe even dividing the lineup up into segments for different teams to handle based on genre.
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@jollymonster Just shipped a fix for that. It turned out to be more complicated than I expected. But everything should be working now. And slightly better than before, because I reworked the whole backend system to be more reliable.
Still working on:
YouTube Thumbnails
More Icons (Substack, Venmo, ETC)
Adding a better subscription feature similar to the way Linktree does it
Option to move social icons to the bottom of the links instead of the top
Advanced setting for a single featured link with its own special style
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@jollymonster Just shipped a fix for that. It turned out to be more complicated than I expected. But everything should be working now. And slightly better than before, because I reworked the whole backend system to be more reliable.
Still working on:
YouTube Thumbnails
More Icons (Substack, Venmo, ETC)
Adding a better subscription feature similar to the way Linktree does it
Option to move social icons to the bottom of the links instead of the top
Advanced setting for a single featured link with its own special style
Thank you again for checking this out and giving feedback. There are a few more tiny bugs I noticed that I will be gradually working out.
But the items listed above will be the first things I implement.
This will keep getting better over time! Super proud of it
Welcome to the Extra Chill Community!
This post explains the features of this forum and how to get the most out of your time here.
We will treat this as a living documentation, which will be updated over time, as things are changed or added.
Basic Information
The Extra Chill Community is a music platform powered by WordPress & bbPress, and developed by Chris Huber, the founder of Extra Chill.
Welcome to the Extra Chill Community!
This post explains the features of this forum and how to get the most out of your time here.
We will treat this as a living documentation, which will be updated over time, as things are changed or added.
Basic Information
The Extra Chill Community is a music platform powered by WordPress & bbPress, and developed by Chris Huber, the founder of Extra Chill.
This forum integrates seamlessly with extrachill.com to unlock functionalities on the blog, including comments, adding events to the calendar, and purchasing ad-free licenses.
The forum also includes the custom Extra Chill Band Platform and the extrachill.link link in bio tool. This is provided for free to all users who register as an artist or music industry professional during signup.
Embedding Links
To embed a link (Spotify, YouTube, etc), simply paste the plaintext URL directly in the box. You do NOT need any special HTML code. The website will embed the content in the page automatically.
If you DO NOT want to see the content embedded in the page, then use the hyperlink button in the toolbar. That will make the URL clickable, and take users to the platform.
Again, to embed the content, simply paste the bare URL into the chat box.
Posting Images
There are three ways to post images on this forum.
Use the image upload icon in the toolbar.
Drag and drop the image into the chatbox on desktop.
Copy and paste the image into the chatbox on mobile.
If you click your avatar in the top right corner, you will see a dropdown menu with several options, including “Edit Profile”.
After you upload an image, it will show a small preview in the chatbox. This is just for ease of use on mobile. The image will appear full size after publishing.
Updating Your Profile
On the profile edit page you can add a user avatar, a custom user title, your local music scene, and more.
If you use our band platform, this page will also display the bands that have you on the roster.
Note: the links section here is separate from your extrachill.link page.
Rank System
The rank system in the Extra Chill Community is based on point calculations.
Each post on the forum is equivalent to 2 points. Each time a post of yours is upvoted, that is .5 points. Comments on extrachill.com, and published articles on extrachill.com, are worth even more points.
As your points add up, your rank will change, getting colder and colder to showcase how Extra Chill you are.
Extrachill.link and band platform documentation is here.
