Better Than The Van hooks up bands with houses
Bands sleeping with fans? Perish the thought! Oh, you mean on their sofas. That’s the idea of Better Than The Van – a website that hooks up touring artists with free places to crash for the night. “Any abuse or weirdness will result in the user’’s account being terminated,” say the Terms of Service, which helpfully also suggests carpet is a more suitable sleeping surface than hard wooden floors. Anyway, the site could be genuinely useful for smaller bands looking to tour the US on a budget-the likes of Jeffery Lewis have been known to crash on fans’ floors while on tour and appeal to them via My Space Blogs. This looks like the next step for lo-fi touring musicians. (although it would be quite fun if J-Lo’s record label uses the site for her next tour too). Probably beats sleeping between a spare tyre and bass drum at least …possibly!
Link: http://betterthanthevan.com/
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