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I'd say all data has its value. If I were to compare their data to, say, Last.fm, I believe Last.fm's data is far more important/valuable for music trends. Fro

by iaskwhy 17y ago

I'd say all data has its value. If I were to compare their data to, say, Last.fm, I believe Last.fm's data is far more important/valuable for music trends. From Songkick, I think it would be interesting to understand if people buy tickets online or not. I believe it's too expensive but as soon as tickets start to be digital only that will be a non issue.

jedc 17y ago
I'm a big fan of Songkick, myself. I used to subscribe to a number of newsletters to try and find the gigs I wanted to go to. Now I get an e-mail from Songkick whenever an artist that I listen to is in town, and I certainly do use their links to go and buy tickets. It's been really useful for me. I don't think the value is just in the listing of the gigs, but how they've combined it with tools to learn who you listen to (aka track), and the social media connections (capturing tweets while you're at gigs, etc.). So while Last.fm has a more valuable dataset, Songkick as a whole has just as compelling a value to me as a concert-goer.
ian 17y ago
Last.fm's data is amazing, and definitely more valuable than ours for predicting trends in recorded music. We focus 100% on live music though, so have some interesting information of our own on the concert industry - for example which tickets are selling fastest. One interesting stat I just discovered relating to your point is that 90% of tickets are now bought online, which is up from something like 40% a few years back.
- iaskwhy 17y ago
  You mean 90% of all the tickets sold for a concert? That's pretty different from my reality (which is okay because I'm from a small european country where I pay, at least, 50% more just because I buy the ticket online which is the only data I've known about this until now). Just to get this clearer, I commented on this because I'm a fan of Songkick and have been working around the music industry since I was a teen as a journalist first, a founder of a record label and also a promoter so while I know my data is pretty accurate I also know how limited it is geographically. I know this business in the UK is much more similar to the US than to europe in general too. That's it, keep up the good work!

by iaskwhy 17y ago

jedc 17y ago

I'm a big fan of Songkick, myself. I used to subscribe to a number of newsletters to try and find the gigs I wanted to go to. Now I get an e-mail from Songkick whenever an artist that I listen to is in town, and I certainly do use their links to go and buy tickets. It's been really useful for me. I don't think the value is just in the listing of the gigs, but how they've combined it with tools to learn who you listen to (aka track), and the social media connections (capturing tweets while you're at gigs, etc.). So while Last.fm has a more valuable dataset, Songkick as a whole has just as compelling a value to me as a concert-goer.

ian 17y ago

Last.fm's data is amazing, and definitely more valuable than ours for predicting trends in recorded music. We focus 100% on live music though, so have some interesting information of our own on the concert industry - for example which tickets are selling fastest. One interesting stat I just discovered relating to your point is that 90% of tickets are now bought online, which is up from something like 40% a few years back.

iaskwhy 17y ago
You mean 90% of all the tickets sold for a concert? That's pretty different from my reality (which is okay because I'm from a small european country where I pay, at least, 50% more just because I buy the ticket online which is the only data I've known about this until now). Just to get this clearer, I commented on this because I'm a fan of Songkick and have been working around the music industry since I was a teen as a journalist first, a founder of a record label and also a promoter so while I know my data is pretty accurate I also know how limited it is geographically. I know this business in the UK is much more similar to the US than to europe in general too. That's it, keep up the good work!