I am a web designer very familiar w/ drupal (see boegerweb.com) but weak on the php/databases/technical side. I've been getting a lot of requests for musician sites lately (I have some successful non-drupals and one drupal musician site at jakeschepps.com) and I'm thinking it's time for a multi-install. The umbrella site would be supercleanmusic.com (my biz site is supercleanweb.com) so, for example, the subfolder /djgfire would be the site for www.djgfire.com.
So my needs come down to 2 areas:
1) I need a multi-site install done properly by an expert on a hosting plan that will be RELIABLE. I want to do this right the first time. Currently I have drupal accounts at siteground.com but I'm not thrilled w/ the performance. I'd rather insure that thing don't break than be cheap.
2) I have a concept for a "GigEngine" for all of the subsites to share. It would connect event to location in a way where the subsites can share venue location information. When they are listing a gig on their own site, they can (ajax-like) choose a state and then city and then venue in the shared venue database. Then, if somebody clicks on the venue, they see a gmap within that subsite.
I also think it would be pretty cool if the umbrella site could capture all of the clients' upcoming gigs and show on a map or be a filtered list... I think you get the idea.
I'm in a position where my time is better spent selling these to clients than enhancing my own technical skills. Alas, I really hope to build some longterm relationship with Drupal exert(s). Thank you for your consideration, - Jack (jack@boegerweb.com)