So I don't know if any of you are familiar with the band Mogwai--they make experimental, instrumental rock music that is depressing and uplifting at the same time, and are one of my favorites. Early last year, they did a really cool thing to promote their new album and the subsequent tour. They set up a website that had a Google Maps API thing that plotted the cities on their tour, along with the routes in between (you could track their tour bus via GPS!). Each city's entry had a link to the venue website if they hadn't played the gig yet. If they HAD played the gig, it included a setlist and a little blog blurb full of dark Scottish humor supplied by the band...and even cooler, people could tag Flickr photos and Youtube videos from the show with a given code, and those would show up on the city's entry as well.
Sadly, it wasn't archived, so this description will have to do.
This link, though, will take you to the Matador Records post where they announced it. Which might give a little better explanation.
Bands like Wilco and Radiohead have comprehensive, fan-run gigographies, that approach this, but none had an interface as cool as the Mogwai one. Besides, more obscure bands (like Mogwai themselves) don't have these cool fan-run websites. But...if there was a single source where people could upload setlists/reviews/tagged photos and videos themselves for ANY band, that could change. Make it entirely fan-run and give it a pre-made infrastructure, and it could take off. I envision it like RateYourMusic.com but for live shows instead of recordings. And you'll notice that RYM has all sorts of obscure stuff, because anyone can modify it. It's a great resource.
Best part about this idea is that it's just bringing together existing resources, so I don't even think the coding would be all that difficult.
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