ThatGig is an exciting and innovating musician-and-fan-based online booking system and MP3 sales platform. Musicians and performing artists from any genre simply upload their general information and booking details, to be booked by event managers, club owners or basically anyone that needs a live performance event for any occasion. ThatGig has just launched a pioneering Beta MP3 sales module where all artists can distribute their music as MP3's through ThatGig non-exclusively.
ThatGig was founded in 2007. The business was born out of an absolute passion for music and performing art with a vision to empower artists and revolutionize the music industry. The engine room of ThatGig is situated in the heart of Stellenbosch. Here our amazingly intelligent, creative and dedicated team performs, designs, composes, conducts and produces coffee, ideas, poems and code at a phenomenal pace. This unfolds while dreams about changing realities dance under the oak trees.
ThatGig is built on the GivenGain and PayProp heritage of providing leading Web applications for global organisations. GivenGain and PayProp’s proven technology ensures the security, reliability, and confidentiality of ThatGig - its clients include hundreds of organisations worldwide, and thousands of payers across the world benefit from its multiple payment methods, automated email and SMS reminders, payment notifications and detailed transaction reports.
Deon, the founder and developer of ThatGig, is a passionate poet and musician that often gets lost between thoughts, words and music. Deon studied BCOM Informatics at the University of Pretoria, started his career at EPI-USE Systems and was then transferred to the Los Angeles branch of EPI-USE where he consulted as business and technical analyst while implementing a product Evolve. His clients included companies like American Electric Power (Columbus OH), Mattel (Phoenix AZ), and Fleet Capital Leasing (Providence RI). Deon was then appointed as a SAP Netweaver Consultant for EPI-USE systems in South Africa where he gained extensive experience in ABAP/4 development for several large South African industries including BP, Pick n Pay, British American Tobacco, Engen Petroleum Ltd, Unicity of Cape Town, Olthaver&List (Windhoek), Standard Bank, SAB Millers Plc, Eskom and Sanlam. Deon lives in Stellenbosch and loves writing poems, singing, playing guitar, food, wine, mountain biking, jogging, playing squash and anything outdoors.
Luke Menzel is passionate about web design, photography and graphic design. He has worked in Europe as a photographer in 2004 and worked as a web designer at GivenGain in 2006. Luke is currently a second year student at The Open Window in Pretoria and is also actively involved with ThatGig as the chief creative designer. He has been collaborating with ThatGig since the start in 2007. His skills include XHTML / CSS web development and film making. Luke enjoys free running and tennis in his spare time.
Johannes, the founder of GivenGain and co-founder of ThatGig, is a composer, poet and entrepreneur. He studied music, languages and philosophy at the University of Stellenbosch where he won various first prizes in composition. Johannes previously worked as a journalist and at the University of South Africa, and was the co-founder of a leading contemporary music organization. Johannes built a marketing and distribution business with a presence in more than 16 countries, and co-founded a non-profit support organization for small business owners. Johannes is married to Anne-Marie. They have 3 children and live in Stellenbosch.
Jaco co-founded GivenGain and ThatGig and was instrumental in the development of the GivenGain and ThatGig software platform. He studied theology, biblical languages and computer science at the University of Pretoria. Jaco received extensive programming training at Logos Research Systems (Oak Harbor, Washington, USA) and entered into the consultancy market as a SAP HR consultant for EPI-USE Systems. Clients Jaco worked for include Rössing Uranium, Gensec Properties, Vodacom Group of Companies and Polifin. He then moved to the company's Atlanta (USA) office and worked extensively in the CRM field, consulting at companies such as Sun Microsystems (Boston, Massachusetts), Applied Materials (Sunnyvale, California), Hilton Hotels (Memphis, Tennessee), Campus Pipeline (Salt Lake City, Utah), Webvan.com (San Francisco, California), Buy.com (Orange County, California), Express Scripts (Minneapolis & St. Louis) and Buildscape (Jacksonville, Florida). He is married to Marelie, and lives in Stellenbosch.
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