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JamBase Adds Imeem and Fuzz.Com to Growing Roster of Syndication Partners: Powering Live Music Show Listings Across the Web

Posted on: Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 09:00 CDT

The music industry is changing its tune. Traditionally driven by album sales, it is now seeing live music surpass recorded music as its fastest-growing source of revenue. Recent industry figures show that concert-ticket sales in North America rose from $1.7 billion in 2000 to $3.9 billion in 2007(1). Fans, musicians and promoters alike require a new set of tools to accommodate this shifting business and entertainment model. In response to the increased demand for live shows and the need of music fans to find information about shows and musicians, JamBase (www.jambase.com), the largest database for live music show listings and ticket information, announced today that imeem and Fuzz.com are joining the roster of content syndication partners who will carry live show information provided by JamBase.

Through its syndication partners--which also include iConcertCal, Rhapsody and Zvents--JamBase expands the reach of its content to more than 35 million monthly unique visitors. With JamBase's open API, developers and users can share JamBase data in various formats and locations online, making JamBase's comprehensive live music data pervasive across the Web. Together with JamBase, these syndication partners drive a shared mission to support live music by making it easy for fans to connect with quality show information.

"The availability of music services on the Web has truly changed the way we as fans interact with music," said David Rosenheim, CEO of JamBase. "The connection to a band is no longer limited just to a CD or the radio. Now, people can explore and find information online about thousands of artists, connect with them on their blogs, create personalized playlists to share with friends and discover new music much faster than ever before. We encourage this by delivering the most comprehensive and accurate database of live music listings to the greatest number of fans via jambase.com and through our syndication partnerships with leading online properties."

To meet the needs of its growing base of fans and the syndication partners providing music information to them, JamBase is constantly fueling its database of music listings with up-to-the-minute announcements and touring news. The JamBase database combines member-contributed information along with data received from thousands of music industry partners such as booking agencies, venues and record labels, and includes the following features:

-- 40,000 artists ranging from independent musicians to mainstream performers

-- 50,000 listings for music venues worldwide

-- 50 genres including rock, funk, country, jazz, hip-hop and more

-- 30 percent of content is fan-contributed

-- Live person data controls - no content crawlers or bots for discovering information

Each syndication partner leverages the live music show listing content delivered by JamBase to its respective community and related partners. Below are highlights from the new and established relationships:

imeem and JamBase, Music to the Masses

JamBase and imeem (www.imeem.com), the third-largest social network in the U.S., have joined forces to provide the best in concert information to imeem's more than 24 million users. The imeem community can now discover when their favorite artists are coming to town, save shows to their calendar and listen to songs to preview artists they are interested in. From imeem's Community section, users can search by artist, venue or show, with the results powered by JamBase's live music database of more than 50,000 concert listings.

Fuzz.com Takes on 26 More Cities, Leveraging Live Shows Listing From JamBase

Currently focusing on Seattle and San Francisco, Fuzz.com (www.fuzz.com) is an online destination for local and independent music, integrating music discovery and social networking, artist sales, promotion and communication tools, and editorial. With plans to expand to 26 more cities in the coming months, including Los Angeles, New York and Portland, Fuzz.com needed to develop deep and relevant content for each of its markets. By powering the local sites with information from JamBase, Fuzz.com is able to provide the type of information about live music shows sought by the artists and fans on its site.

Rhapsody and JamBase, Together One Year

April 2008 marks the one-year anniversary of the JamBase and Rhapsody (www.rhapsody.com) partnership, which brings the JamBase live music database directly to Rhapsody users. Visitors to tens of thousands of Rhapsody.com artist pages can view artist "concert calendars," which integrate IP-targeted (location-based) concert listings from JamBase with other related artist content.

iConcertCal: Personalized Live Show Calendar Powered by JamBase

iConcertCal (http://www.iconcertcal.com) is a free iTunes plug-in that monitors a user's music library and generates a personalized calendar of upcoming concerts in their local city. It is available for both Windows and Mac OS X and supports worldwide searches. The JamBase API provides the primary source of data for iConcertCal, giving users a quick and easy mechanism for live music discovery.

Zvents with JamBase, Delivering Live Music Listings to its 250 Media Partners

Zvents (www.zvents.com) takes live music show information from JamBase and delivers it to its Media Network comprised of hundreds of partners including newspaper publishers, television and radio stations and online media sites. Currently more than 250 media partners are signed on with Zvents; including, Boston.com, LA.com, Detroit News, The Denver Post and San Jose Mercury News.

For information about syndicating content from JamBase, email partners@jambase.com.

(1)Data reported by Pollstar, January 2008.

About JamBase

Established in 1998, JamBase is the premier website for fans of live music. By providing the largest database of show listings and ticket information, authoritative content, community, and personalization tools for fans, JamBase connects music fans with the music they love and empowers them to go see live music. Originally founded by fans for fans, JamBase quickly evolved to serve not only devoted music enthusiasts, but all lovers of live music, while providing a platform for musicians to be discovered. Today, more than a half million people participate in the JamBase community every month and rely on the website to find the most accurate show listings available for 40,000 artists across 50 genres, performing in 50,000 venues worldwide. JamBase is headquartered in San Francisco and on the Web at http://www.jambase.com.

Source: Business Wire

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