ComposersCouch

January 2014 to July 2015

A website dedicated to improving how concerts are booked and promoted. Composer's Couch provided the information and tools necessary to make educated decisions when requesting and booking shows.

Authentication

'Sign up' and 'Login' terminology were chosen for their distinctness. They differ in the number of words and the starting letter allowing for quick scanning of the website.

'Sign up' and 'Login' forms are embedded into the home screen for quick access.

homescreen — 'Sign up' and 'Login' forms are embedded into the home screen for quick access.

Users are authenticated through Facebook, Twitter or an email address and password.

auth_login — Users are authenticated through Facebook, Twitter or an email address and password.

The zipcode field auto fills based on the users IP address. Future plans were to only ask for this field when a zipcode had not been found.

After signing up with social authentication users are prompted for needed information.

Inbox

The users messages, private requests, public requests and show notifications are managed here. Messages could be sent internally through the site or to an email address. The idea was to reduce the time that it took to evaluate requests and schedule a date for them to play by providing: an integrated calendar, universally formatted press kits, and fan turn out metrics. Future plans included combining the rich content of filtered inbox's into one view and having one message form where public and private request are a single form instead of three forms.

All messages can be viewed and accessed here.

inbox — All messages can be viewed and accessed here.

Any message sent or replied to can be found here.

inbox_sent — Any message sent or replied to can be found here.

When deleted, threads are moved to the trash.

inbox_trash — When deleted, threads are moved to the trash.

Filtering the inbox by message type allows for more detailed message views.

inbox_public_requests_sent — Filtering the inbox by message type allows for more detailed message views.

Each public request has an attached thread for responding and working out details. Future plans were to add a 'Add to Calendar' form.

inbox_public_request_application — Each public request has an attached thread for responding and working out details. Future plans were to add a 'Add to Calendar' form.

Private request allowed for planning shows and quick porting to your calendar.

inbox_private_request — Private request allowed for planning shows and quick porting to your calendar.

Messages are sent to all site users when they are entered as a participant in a show.

inbox_event_notification — Messages are sent to all site users when they are entered as a participant in a show.

Regular thread contain links to all users in the message.

inbox_message — Regular thread contain links to all users in the message.

Calendar

Used to manage confirmed shows and private requests. Shows are exportable.

Expanded days allow for more detail on smaller screen, quick access to artist/venue search, and a create show button with the corresponding date already filled in.

calendar_month_expanded — Expanded days allow for more detail on smaller screen, quick access to artist/venue search, and a create show button with the corresponding date already filled in.

Can view the entire year and quickly jump to a month, week, day or single event.

calendar_year — Can view the entire year and quickly jump to a month, week, day or single event.

calendar_add_show — Form used to add or edit shows.

Feeds

By default the sites feeds are sorted by location. This allows for better promotion and discovery for artist and venues for they are not competing against global pop stars but rather other local acts.

Public Request can be browsed by location, who they are looking for, just posted and about to expire.

feeds_requests — Public Request can be browsed by location, who they are looking for, just posted and about to expire.

All feeds can be filtered by a single genre group or by genres saved to your profile.

feeds_requests_filter — All feeds can be filtered by a single genre group or by genres saved to your profile.

A list of shows that have been approved and made visible by all site users participating in the event.

feeds_shows — A list of shows that have been approved and made visible by all site users participating in the event.

Artists can be discovered by location and availability. Availability filtering allows traveling artist to fill in wholes in their tour.

feeds_artists — Artists can be discovered by location and availability. Availability filtering allows traveling artist to fill in wholes in their tour.

Quickly search for a venue near you or find one that has an opening.

feeds_venues — Quickly search for a venue near you or find one that has an opening.

A way to keep up with news from local or your favorite users. Can be used to promote shows or show off content.

feeds_updates — A way to keep up with news from local or your favorite users. Can be used to promote shows or show off content.

Artist Profile

The Artist Profile main functionality was to serve as a universally formatted press kit. Since most of the information in a press kit is also viable as a metric for discovering artists and it doubles as a promotional page.