[krisoft]

> I'm not sure where RoadPony fits into this touring cycle or helps tour managers in their decision making.

It provides strong confirmed information on where the fans are. With it the tour manager can know for certain how big a crowd they can expect in each city before they even start planning. Its up to them after this to decide where to go and where not to go to make the tour viable.

> It seems to me that it will promote one off gigs...

Why do you think so? I don’t see the fan pledges as binding on the band. If a band runs an album release campaign and when the numbers are in they can see that they have 10 fans in Miami and 10 fans in Anchorage and nothing else that just means that they are not ready for touring yet so they won’t.

The kind of information RoadPony can provide is especially usefull on the margins. You don’t need to be a genius to know that huge band in a huge metropolis will find enough interest. But it might show if the time is right for a smaller band to start touring, or might show which smaller cities are viable tour stops for the huge band.

[leehuffman]

Again, tour managers don’t route tours. This entire thread is classic HN... interesting perspectives, but mostly a bunch of ‘smart’ people trading notes/ideas on topics/industries they know nothing about and/or read about once and now feel confident speaking on incorrectly.

> It provides strong confirmed information on where the fans are

You mean like promoters who put up guarantees? Pretty sure it’s not difficult to figure out which markets acts should travel to... follow the money...

[damagednoob]

It sounds like you've got a bee in your bonnet about terminology. Surely there's one entity that decides how to route the tour. If so, who does it? If not, how does it work?

[damagednoob]

You're right. The about page offers more information specifically aimed at performers which addresses my concerns about 'routes': https://www.roadpony.com/about/

[corkinn]

You hit the nail on the head!