It's great to play music alone, but virtually every professional musician needs a band in order to book gigs and get in front of an audience, and 'Bandr' is a new social platform designed explicitly for fellow musicians to meet up with one another form a band. Bandr uses a swipe-based mechanic similar to apps like Tinder, though rather connecting people romantically, it lets them make beautiful music together.
It's tough to meet all the players in a band based on one's social circle alone. A singer and a guitarist might know one another, but a capable keyboardist or drummer could be far more elusive. Instead of posting on classified sites and hoping for the best, Bandr centralizes the search, and its social component gives users confidence in the people that they meet through the app.
Musician Meet-Up Apps
'Bandr' Connnects Local Musicians to One Another
Trend Themes
1. Local Musician Networking - Apps connecting local musicians have a disruptive innovation opportunity in simplifying and streamline the process of finding and connecting with fellow musicians to form bands.
2. Swipe-based Social Mechanic - Incorporating a swipe-based mechanic in social platforms designed to connect people with similar interests creates a disruptive innovation opportunity to make the process of finding connections more engaging and efficient.
3. Specialized Networking Platforms - Creating specialized social networking platforms for unique interests and professions, such as musician meet-up apps, can disrupt larger social networking services by offering a more targeted experience that caters to specific needs.
Industry Implications
1. Music - The music industry has a disruptive innovation opportunity to leverage musician meet-up apps to facilitate connections and improve job opportunities for up and coming musicians.
2. Mobile App Development - There is a disruptive innovation opportunity in developing swipe-based social networking apps for a variety of interests and industries.
3. Social Networking - The social networking industry has a disruptive innovation opportunity to create more specialized platforms to meet specific needs and foster communities around niche interests.