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Re: Concert recommender Songkick takes $4.6M

Camille Ricketts — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:43:30 -0000

"You had me," you're right -- there are a lot of clicks left. I meant that as one-click to the purchasing site, but it could have been clearer. Thanks for pointing that out.

Re: Concert recommender Songkick takes $4.6M

You had me 'til "one click" — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:09:18 -0000

"Allowing for one click purchase " is not correct. Songkick has some pretty cool information, but then they link to the artist or event portion of each ticket site, and there are obviously still many clicks left. There is already a place that gives you a list of sites that have tickets for each tour with a link to the right page. It is called Google, and it is not limited to 16 sites.

Re: Concert recommender Songkick takes $4.6M

SonicLifer — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:09:51 -0000

SonicLiving is more popular than the competitors you've mentioned , and the only site in this group with shows beyond the major ticketing outlets (indie venues and small clubs), an awesome social network, and a Pandora partnership

Check it out!

http://siteanalytics.compet...

Re: Concert recommender Songkick takes $4.6M

jake — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:44:40 -0000

iloveprince, the ticket industry is changing along with the music industry. You can't say that there hasn't been drastic innovations and give and take from the monopolizing majors in that realm. Things have to evolve especially in dealing with these overpriced tickets and endless fees. Any website like these that offers alternatives helps all of us out. And why would livenation/ticketmaster take these companies down if it's another source of revenue for them? Who would even be willing to join a network on livenation.com? I'd easily pick an alternative that offers cheaper ticket options. I'm a bandsintown fan myself, but songkick looks pretty good too.

Re: Concert recommender Songkick takes $4.6M

iloveprince — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:15:12 -0000

this wont work in US..livenation owns the business..its called a monopoly and monopolies can do a lot of things to control the flow...just like no firm successfully sat on ebay, or amazon...this is VC money down tubes unless livenation buys em!