Short Summary
'Club Belge'
is a project that arose as a graduation assignment of the professional
bachelor 'Music Management' at PXL-Music.
Two students decided to leave the beaten path and try something completely new.
Enter the idea of mapping the entire
Belgian live circuit. And while we're at it, why not provide general and
technical information?
The wheels
were put in motion and we started on creating a website that has the ability to bring you everything you might want
to know. Different parameters will give you the opportunity to search for
venues you want to find. The
integration of a map gives you an immediate idea where a venue is
located.
There are a
lot of difficulties in starting this website from scratch, but the biggest
burden of them all is the financial aspect. Since this is a project we are
starting whilst we're full time students, there is no financial
buffer. Other hurdles we can jump but this one seems a little bit too high.
What We Need & What You Get
To build and
release this website, we need your help.
Since we are only students, we lack the funds to invest in a project this
size.
We founded a NPO (Flemish: VZW, Walloon: ASBL) to
realize this project. You can be sure that every euro will be spend on
building, promoting and supporting the website.
What you can
do to help us, and what you will get in return:
• Voluntary gift:
You decide to
give some of your own hard earned money to students, who will use it to realize
an innovative project. It will help us greatly to found a site that everyone
can use. For this you will get our eternal gratitude.
Gifts exceeding €25 will get a
handwritten thank you letter!
(Leave your address or mail it to: info@clubbelge.be)
• Advertiser:
This perk
gives you the ability to put an advertising banner on our website. There will
be a dedicated place at the bottom of every page and sub-page where your banner
draws all the attention. Perfect to promote your own website, events or
whatever else you are selling. There will be only 8 available of these*, one
for every remaining month of this year. Look at it as an early bird special.
For a low price you will guarantee your spot. If the site gets millions of
views, you're set!
• Featured venue:
The landing
page will feature a picture of your venue, complete with some basic information
and your upcoming show list (with a buy tickets link!). Your venue will be the
first venue every visitor will see and gives you a lot of promotion. Same thing
as the 'advertiser' package, only 8 available of these*.
• Sponsor:
You will be
one of five lucky guys who were smart enough to invest in this early on. Your
money will buy you a spot on our website where your logo will be. It will also
be featured on our partners sub-page and you will get mentioned in every
newsletter and other form of information we send out. This early bird ticket
will give you the chance to be first in line for next year, and get another
great deal.
If you want to support this project, but you don't have the possibility to pay with PayPal or creditcard, please contact us on: info@clubbelge.be
* First buyer gets May, second June, third July and so on.
The Impact
Our impact on
the Belgian music industry will be the following:
• Information
hub for music fans.
• Information
hub for music professionals.
• Young bands
get a tool to search for playing opportunities.
• Easy to
find technical information.
• Complete
map of the Belgian live industry.
• Breaking
through the Belgian language border.
Everyone can profit from a site like this! Want to attend a concert but never been near
the venue? Don't have an idea if there will be the opportunity to
park your car? Will you even get there using public transport? All this
information can be found on our website. No need to panic or to not attend a
concert of your favourite artist.
Other Ways You Can Help
Want to help
our cause, but the lack the funds to support us financially? There are
still some things you can do:
• Spread the
word about Club Belge! Tell everyone about the website and become a fan on
Facebook.
• Spread this
campaign! Use the share buttons!
• Ask local
venues to contact us so that our website gets more full rounded.