Songkick launches Kayak for gigs
For revenues Songkick has ‘Bandsense’ a kind of AdSense for mp3 blogs. Mp3 blogs are now a common way for fans to discover new music, covering every genre imaginable and allowing you to easily sample the music. Bandsense allows mp3 bloggers to automatically tell their readers about relevant tours in their area. Any time an artist is mentioned that is on tour, Bandsense automatically creates a link to the artist page on songkick so the reader can find out more. Songkick also has a built recommendation engine to recommend bands based on reviews and your own tastes.
The site is deceptively easy to use and almost too sparse in its simplicity. Links to ticket sites worked fine, but I haven’t had a chance to try out the media player plugin yet. I found adding bands to my profile was very intuitive and the system was smart enough to suggest similar bands. I’m not sure how much revenue Bandsense is going to earn – so perhaps the affiliate links to ticket vendors is going to be the better money spinner.