In music, it really is all about who you know. The hard part is that you often can't find the person you need unless someone you already know happens to know them too. When that link isn't there, the whole thing stalls.
Finding bandmates used to be simpler. Craigslist was where you looked, and that's gone now. A lot of the sites that replaced it charge you just to make the connection. So you end up asking the same questions with no real answer: where do I even look for a producer? How do I search for one? And if I find them, what if they don't want to work with me?
I've felt it from the other side too. I produce and mix, and finding people to work with is just as hard. The musicians who could use me are out there, but they're scattered everywhere, with no good way to reach me.
The usual fallback is Facebook groups, and if you've ever tried to post in one, you know the problem. It's a frustrating way to do it, and the groups stay buried in spam.
So I built the thing I always wished I had. Bandry is one place to post what you need or what you offer, where the right people can actually find you. Local when it has to be, like bandmates. From anywhere when it doesn't, like a producer or an engineer. And it never charges you to make the connection.
And then there are the promoters.
Almost every band I've been in, and plenty of the bands I've shared a bill with, has been burned by the same small group of promoters. In a scene like DFW, it can feel like a handful of people decide who gets to play. If you want the show, you take the deal, even when the deal isn't right for the artist.
Bandry changes who holds that leverage. When promoters are just another part of the board, you're not stuck with the same few names. You can see who's out there, pick the ones you actually want to work with, and find the artist-friendly promoters who never would have reached you otherwise.
And it works both ways. A promoter on Bandry has a clear line to the artists who are genuinely ready to play, and can reach them directly, without wading through the noise and spam they'd hit anywhere else. Good promoters and good artists finding each other on purpose, instead of through whoever happens to hold the keys.
I'm building this myself, and it's still early. If something's missing or not working right, email me at support@bandry.app and it comes straight to me.
