Songkick’s concert recommendation engine: It goes to 11

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Interesting, we are building a similar service and will probably launch in about a month. May the best one win ;)

Isn't this the same thing as Tourb.us --- a tiny, 2-person Rails outfit --- and a sideline feature of Facebook? How can there be multiple VC-funded entrants for this offering?

Like most problems, when you scratch the surface, it becomes clear how deep you could dig.. We took funding to give us the time to solve these technical challenges.

With 1 million active bands currently on MySpace, the challenge simply to get the database of all concerts is huge. And that's before we even start on the discovery piece to connect fans to these gigs..

Pete, Songkick

Just as a data point: I use and love Tourb.us, it's gotten me to several indie shows I would have missed, it syncs with my iTunes playlist and provides an RSS feed, and has a truly excellent domain name. With your VC money, I recommend that you buy them.

[SongKick] allows you to input up to three bands you enjoy

Is that correct? I logged in to my SongKick account, and I seem to have more than 3 bands I'm tracking.

Rob,

You definitely can track more than three - the article is referring to the initial homepage where anyone can just get started finding a show by typing in three bands.

Use the plugins, or even begin adding bands manually to the Tour Tracker, and you can track as many artists as you like.

One user is tracking over 4000 artists right now. I'm tracking a more modest 477..

Pete, Songkick

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