ZBands.com - Where are the bands?

Frequently Asked Questions
These questions and answers are primarily for member bands and member venues, to help better understand their usage of the ZBands website.

How does ZBands help the bands and the venues?
We live in a fast paced world and the general public appreciates easy access and fast answers to a simple question. For example, Where are the bands playing? This sounds like an easy question, although, without ZBands there is no simple answer. Many bands have their own websites, although each site is different from the next and in many cases it's a painful process to visit these websites. Some sites are extremely slow because of their large graphics and audio files. Some bury their schedules on sub-pages that are difficult to find and in many cases the schedules are not listed or they are not maintained.

ZBands provides a single, easy to use customer interface for everyone. While ZBands does provide a direct link to the bands and the venue websites, in many cases the general public simply wants to know what band is playing tonight at a particular venue.

In summary, ZBands provides answers in a fast and consistent manner unlike any other web site. The general public will remember ZBands for its ease of use in locating their band or their venue of choice with the least amount of effort and time on their part.

What geographic area does ZBands cover?
ZBands started in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, then opened in Columbus, Ohio followed by Chicago, Illinois. ZBands is now open in almost every large city, in the U.S.

What city should new bands or venues register in, if their home city is not listed?
We recommend that you register in the nearest city listed in ZBands.

What is the membership fee for ZBands?
Registration is free. Optionally, members can upgrade their free membership to a "Premium Membership" for a small annual fee. A premium membership provides four additional features including the ability to upload three mp3 songs, not to exceed 15 minutes in total combined play time. For details click here.

What are specific requirements for musicians and bands to become registered members of ZBands?

A.	You must perform live public performances on a regular basis.
B.	Bands must upload a photo of their actual band members. Logos, icons or symbols are no permitted.
C.	Your band must have one or more adult musician, 18 years of age or older.
D.	You must maintain your performance schedule on this ZBands web site.

What are specific requirements for venues to become registered members of ZBands?
Any venue that provides live band performances on a regular basis or any venue that has karaoke nights scheduled on a weekly basis.

Who should schedule performances?
Bands and venues have the ability to schedule performances. They also have the ability to cancel or delete a previously posted performance.

How and when should a performance be canceled?
As soon as you become aware that a performance has been canceled, please logon just as you do to schedule a performance and select the cancel option listed to the right of the performance entry. Late cancellations should also be canceled, even if it's late in the same day of the scheduled performance.

Why would any band that already has a great website want to use ZBands?
The quick answer is "more exposure". Our goal is to make ZBands the easy-to-remember website where the general public goes when they need to answer the what, where and when questions related to any band, venue or karaoke question.

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What restrictions apply, regarding the content of a members profile, e.g. in the field used to describe a band?
No reference can be made to illegal or unlawful substances or services. Additionally, undesirable content, such as vulgarity is not permitted.

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What are the requirements regarding scheduled performances?
All performances must represent actual performances. No fictitious performances are permitted to be entered into the ZBands database. Any band or venue that schedules fictitious or illegal performances is subject to being banned from ZBands. Additionally, ZBands is not responsible for the accuracy of scheduled performances.