I have not. It reminds me a lot of services like Gig Salad and Thumbtack, just targeted at care facility directors. I think it would be fine to sign up. I don't think it will lead to much repeat business. But I could be wrong. I would definitely find out whether they are charging you for the lead or a percentage of the total gig fee. If the later, a lot of times you have to book through them which I'm not a fan of tax wise. If you do work with them, I would love to hear about your experience.

It's possible. Problem is it's a lot of work for "one-off" gigs. The bang for your buck here is with being able to set up a dense, monthly recurring schedule so you only have to do the major booking chores once per year (and following years are usually just a "touch base" email... "We good with the same schedule next year?" Of course, things change over the course of a year, AD's change, you have to resked here or there. But the idea is to keep the booking and bookkeeping chores to a minimum. With a full schedule you'll be playing 30 -40 or more venues per month. Keeping track of all those booking people and their accounts needs to be as simple as possible.

That being said, if I have a venue in a different city where I want to perform my "mostly original" show, (and the low pay that entails) on quite a few occasions I've booked 2 or 3 golden gigs the day before, open mic'd that night to spread a little word, stayed at a cheap motel and played the original gig the next day. This was with the goal of starting to build a fan base in that city, sell a little merch and have a little fun. Haven't done that in a while but I just might take a whack at it again as I develop relationships with other players in others cities who have taken the QYDJ course. We'll see. If you're ever up in Virginia and have a solid 50 minute plus senior set, I'd be glad to point you in the right direction or even split a gig or two.

I'll go first. Comfort in front of a camera.