Music Innovator and Entrepreneur
"Fran Snyder...is more than a musician and entrepreneur who has built
a better mousetrap; he has done so based on a wide range of firsthand
industry experience." -- Present Magazine
a better mousetrap; he has done so based on a wide range of firsthand
industry experience." -- Present Magazine
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Seven years later, Concertsinyourhome.com is a network of approximately 300 artists, each of whom has to pass an audition, and 500-600 active hosts. Hosts pay no fee to join and can tap into the site's rich reservoir of tips. "We want hosts to understand that this is not background music," Snyder says. "It's not a band playing in the corner while people are munching in the kitchen. We're teaching people how to listen to music again. You go to a club and there's always a social aspect. There's a chatty table at the front. It dilutes the connection between the artist and the people that are there." -- Billboard Magazine
“Festivals and public venues are [rarely] able to pay artists a living wage, so house concerts have become the main event,” said Fran Snyder, the founder of ConcertsInYourHome.comand DinnerAndSong.com, two Web sites dedicated to promoting homeconcerts by connecting artists with hosts. -- New York Times
“Festivals and public venues are [rarely] able to pay artists a living wage, so house concerts have become the main event,” said Fran Snyder, the founder of ConcertsInYourHome.comand DinnerAndSong.com, two Web sites dedicated to promoting homeconcerts by connecting artists with hosts. -- New York Times
In an age of instant everything and a million distractions,
Fran Snyder is doing his best to change the way
we think about performers and performances.
-- CDBaby Podcast
Featured in Music Connection as one of the top 50 Innovators in Music.
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