Comments on: Songkick Aims To Make A Database Of Every Concert Ever — And It’s Well On Its Way http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/ Startup and Technology News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:27:15 -0800 hourly 1 By: RMH http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2897677 RMH Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:37:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2897677 I wonder why no credit is given by Songkick for information ripped off from other sites such as www.chickeonaunicycle.com? Prosopographers and the like have worked long and hard in gathering and authenticating concert dates and details - if folk such as Songkick are simply going to use the work of others, at least they should have the courtesy to say where the information comes from – even if they cannot bring themselves to ask permission to use it. I wonder why no credit is given by Songkick for information ripped off from other sites such as http://www.chic...naunicycle.com? Prosopographers and the like have worked long and hard in gathering and authenticating concert dates and details – if folk such as Songkick are simply going to use the work of others, at least they should have the courtesy to say where the information comes from – even if they cannot bring themselves to ask permission to use it.

]]> By: OB1 http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2873939 OB1 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:13:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2873939 Yes man, not sure what you have been smoking pal. Total Live Music Sucks S**t Yes man, not sure what you have been smoking pal.

Total Live Music Sucks S**t

]]> By: tom http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2804979 tom Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:40:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2804979 www.totallivemusic.com has a larger database and seems like a better experience. http://www.totallivemusic.com has a larger database and seems like a better experience.

]]> By: Songkick – Social networking for live music lovers « The Electric Panda http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2800712 Songkick – Social networking for live music lovers « The Electric Panda Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:03:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2800712 [...] friend forwarded me an article from Tech Crunch and I immediately started salivating over the idea. Songkick is essentially the IMDB of live shows, [...] [...] friend forwarded me an article from Tech Crunch and I immediately started salivating over the idea. Songkick is essentially the IMDB of live shows, [...]

]]> By: Arthur Daventry http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2797809 Arthur Daventry Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:55:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2797809 Leverage other peoples tastes is what recommendations engines are all about not sure I understand why the live music dimension is more relevant than recorded. Recorded music also lets you pick the time you consume it..live music doesn't do that. Why I'd chose to befriend a fellow concert goer virtually rather than in the flesh (at the gig) is also beyond me. That said..ive been wrong before..watch this space for Ballkick - I was there when Barnsley were relegated in 1991 TrolleyKick - I shopped at that cornershop before it became a tesco metro Opencoffeekick - I was in that cafe Nero when some chinless VC offered me $100K on the basis of a 5 slide powerpoint Leverage other peoples tastes is what recommendations engines are all about not sure I understand why the live music dimension is more relevant than recorded. Recorded music also lets you pick the time you consume it..live music doesn’t do that.

Why I’d chose to befriend a fellow concert goer virtually rather than in the flesh (at the gig) is also beyond me.

That said..ive been wrong before..watch this space for

Ballkick – I was there when Barnsley were relegated in 1991

TrolleyKick – I shopped at that cornershop before it became a tesco metro

Opencoffeekick – I was in that cafe Nero when some chinless VC offered me $100K on the basis of a 5 slide powerpoint

]]> By: richard http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2794537 richard Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:26:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2794537 Congrats you guys! I was so excited to see this piece in TC. Apparently it's not the first so I have some catching up to do. Your site looks great btw. Cheers, Richard Congrats you guys! I was so excited to see this piece in TC. Apparently it’s not the first so I have some catching up to do. Your site looks great btw.

Cheers,
Richard

]]> By: Ian Hogarth http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2793750 Ian Hogarth Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:23:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2793750 Hi Ashot - that's correct. Worth noting that the fan doesn't pay any more than if they'd bought the ticket directly from the ticket site. Thanks for checking out our site. Ian Hi Ashot – that’s correct. Worth noting that the fan doesn’t pay any more than if they’d bought the ticket directly from the ticket site. Thanks for checking out our site.

Ian

]]> By: links for 2009-06-09 « POPMODERNE http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2793157 links for 2009-06-09 « POPMODERNE Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:34:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2793157 [...] Songkick Aims To Make A Database Of Every Concert Ever — And It’s Well On Its Way Enter in the name of a band and a city in which you’ve seen a show you’ve seen in the past, and Songkick will scan its databases for that show. (tags: music networking community archives) [...] [...] Songkick Aims To Make A Database Of Every Concert Ever — And It’s Well On Its Way Enter in the name of a band and a city in which you’ve seen a show you’ve seen in the past, and Songkick will scan its databases for that show. (tags: music networking community archives) [...]

]]> By: Pat Hawks http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2792778 Pat Hawks Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:14:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2792778 Their site is just crawling. Won't load CSS and pages can take minutes to load. Their site is just crawling. Won’t load CSS and pages can take minutes to load.

]]> By: Ian Hogarth http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2792767 Ian Hogarth Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:08:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2792767 That Dave Matthews fansite is one of the coolest out there. Fansites like that have been a huge part of the inspiration behind our new site. Setlists is just one part of it though - there are fansites that do a fantastic job of photos, or ones that collect incredible trivia - for example there is a Nirvana fansite that collects all the off the cuff comments Kurt Cobain made between songs. We're hoping to build some of this advanced functionality after we've nailed the core feature set. Thanks for trying out our site. Ian That Dave Matthews fansite is one of the coolest out there. Fansites like that have been a huge part of the inspiration behind our new site. Setlists is just one part of it though – there are fansites that do a fantastic job of photos, or ones that collect incredible trivia – for example there is a Nirvana fansite that collects all the off the cuff comments Kurt Cobain made between songs.

We’re hoping to build some of this advanced functionality after we’ve nailed the core feature set.

Thanks for trying out our site.
Ian

]]> By: Ian Hogarth http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2792759 Ian Hogarth Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:03:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2792759 Sorry Jose, our real time feeds are struggling a bit right now with more traffic than we anticipated. Hopefully will be back to real 'real time' soon! Ian Sorry Jose, our real time feeds are struggling a bit right now with more traffic than we anticipated. Hopefully will be back to real ‘real time’ soon!

Ian

]]> By: Majdan http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2792382 Majdan Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:49:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2792382 I'm still waiting for a website that can apply extreme analysis to setlists, like http://dmbalmanac.com/ does for Dave Matthews setlists. I’m still waiting for a website that can apply extreme analysis to setlists, like http://dmbalmanac.com/ does for Dave Matthews setlists.

]]> By: Jose http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2792377 Jose Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:47:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2792377 Nice idea -- but all I get is "connection error" when it tries to upload my track/artist list. Nice idea — but all I get is “connection error” when it tries to upload my track/artist list.

]]> By: Alexander Will http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2792308 Alexander Will Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:19:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2792308 Congrats to Ian and the whole Songkick team on a great product. Going to have some fun reminiscing of concerts from back in the day. :) Congrats to Ian and the whole Songkick team on a great product.

Going to have some fun reminiscing of concerts from back in the day. :)

]]> By: Dante http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2792222 Dante Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:25:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2792222 In sorta of related music news... MG, you got CNN coverage today buddy: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/09/myspace.comeback/index.html HA! In sorta of related music news… MG, you got CNN coverage today buddy:

http://www.cnn....back/index.html

HA!

]]> By: pedalpete http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2792072 pedalpete Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:57:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2792072 congrats to the songkick team, i know they've been working on this for a while. much better release than the non-news of livekick yesterday. congrats to the songkick team, i know they’ve been working on this for a while.

much better release than the non-news of livekick yesterday.

]]> By: J.C. MacClore http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2791912 J.C. MacClore Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:21:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2791912 Once again, a site that is potentially useful, but virtually no way of making money. It's amazing ideas like this get funded. Maybe I'm lacking imagination, but if I was running a VC firm, there's no way I would be interested in funding this idea. Of course, I wouldn't have put any money in Facebook either. Once again, a site that is potentially useful, but virtually no way of making money. It’s amazing ideas like this get funded. Maybe I’m lacking imagination, but if I was running a VC firm, there’s no way I would be interested in funding this idea. Of course, I wouldn’t have put any money in Facebook either.

]]> By: hendri http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2791830 hendri Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:17:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2791830 Clean, simple and looking great Clean, simple and looking great

]]> By: Songkick Aims To Make A Database Of Every Concert Ever | Grind EFX http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2791822 Songkick Aims To Make A Database Of Every Concert Ever | Grind EFX Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:12:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2791822 [...] TechCrunch Share with [...] [...] TechCrunch Share with [...]

]]> By: Freshbreakfast http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2791584 Freshbreakfast Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:55:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2791584 Although it's not working for me yet, I REALLY like how it scrobbles your iTunes artists. It seems like such an obvious idea, but even Jambase makes you load several pages just to add 1 artist to track, and Jambase is one of the more comprehensive concert trackers out there, IMHO. Maybe not a new idea, but it's these small UX steps that make a big difference for music lovers who listen to countless new artists each week. I;m one of those people, and I still haven't found 1 site to pull me away from good 'ol alternative newsletter listings. Although, I'm certainly open to better suggestions, particularly in the LA area ;-). I really like Jambase's database of shows. I think Going.com's event recommender is underrated. I'm excited to see these things combined, and really hope this works. Looks promising so far! Although it’s not working for me yet, I REALLY like how it scrobbles your iTunes artists. It seems like such an obvious idea, but even Jambase makes you load several pages just to add 1 artist to track, and Jambase is one of the more comprehensive concert trackers out there, IMHO.

Maybe not a new idea, but it’s these small UX steps that make a big difference for music lovers who listen to countless new artists each week.

I;m one of those people, and I still haven’t found 1 site to pull me away from good ‘ol alternative newsletter listings. Although, I’m certainly open to better suggestions, particularly in the LA area ;-) .

I really like Jambase’s database of shows. I think Going.com’s event recommender is underrated. I’m excited to see these things combined, and really hope this works. Looks promising so far!

]]> By: Ian Hogarth http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2791579 Ian Hogarth Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:47:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2791579 Alan - you're right, that's an issue we'll have to watch out for. What a great example as well! I've actually got a book dedicated to the Lesser Free Trade Hall gig called "I swear I was there" which collects fans memories from the night and tries to distill who was actually there. It's pretty amazing that a single gig inspired an entire book! Our hope is that a mixture of social pressure (not wanting to lie in front of your friends) and the ability to verify you were really there by uploading things like scans of your ticket stubs will help. Some users have uploaded 100s of their stubs to the site already and it seems to be a pretty popular thing to do so far. Ian Alan – you’re right, that’s an issue we’ll have to watch out for. What a great example as well! I’ve actually got a book dedicated to the Lesser Free Trade Hall gig called “I swear I was there” which collects fans memories from the night and tries to distill who was actually there. It’s pretty amazing that a single gig inspired an entire book!

Our hope is that a mixture of social pressure (not wanting to lie in front of your friends) and the ability to verify you were really there by uploading things like scans of your ticket stubs will help. Some users have uploaded 100s of their stubs to the site already and it seems to be a pretty popular thing to do so far.

Ian

]]> By: Alan Wells http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2791536 Alan Wells Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:09:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2791536 I look forward to 10,000 people claiming to have seen the Sex Pistols at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall... I look forward to 10,000 people claiming to have seen the Sex Pistols at Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall…

]]> By: oopdate.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2791506 oopdate.com Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:50:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2791506 Clean and simple layout, not so new idea, but I like it. Clean and simple layout, not so new idea, but I like it.

]]> By: oopdate.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2791505 oopdate.com Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:49:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2791505 Clean and simple layout, I like it. Clean and simple layout, I like it.

]]> By: Mike Butcher http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/songkick-aims-to-make-a-database-of-every-concert-ever-%e2%80%94-and-its-well-on-its-way/comment-page-1/#comment-2791478 Mike Butcher Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:30:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71707#comment-2791478 See also the <a href="http://search.techcrunch.com/query.php?y=%2Ftc_eng_id%2Fsearch%2Fv1%2Fquery%2Fsongkick%3Fcategory_id%3DTechCrunchUK%26client%3Dtechcrunch" rel="nofollow">17 stories</a> we've written about Songkick on TechCrunch Europe since it launched. See also the 17 stories we’ve written about Songkick on TechCrunch Europe since it launched.

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