Now for the money question - as in, how does Songkick intend to make any? Hogarth told us Songkick receives fees from ticketing agencies when someone buys a ticket through the site (at no extra cost to the consumer), and said it also plans to make money by selling live concert merchandise and including local and general advertisements.Musicians, labels and others must be a part of the YouTube partner's program to add a Merch Store. And the fact that Songkick tracks opening bands as well means you can easily identify every band that has opened for Radiohead, as well as see when your favorite bands toured most actively, using a timeline interface that represents live gigs with shaded areas (pictured to the right). Songkick's system is fairly encyclopedic, containing the first rock show I ever attended (Fleetwood Mac at the Hartford Civic Center) as well as more obscure stuff, like the Belle and Sebastian performance at the Bowlie Weekender (the progenitor of today's All Tomorrow's Parties festivals). At this point, you need to go to someone's Songkick page in order to see what they've attended, but coming soon is the ability to display your live music attendance record on social networks like Facebook and MySpace. Some fans have uploaded ticket stub images for every show they've ever attended, back to the '80s, while band listings display the users who have seen the band the most times. Like Twitter, Songkick is not just about following other people - it's also about showing off.
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