“Some of our bands don’t even have management,” Windish says. But even with the small army of interns Windish has checking various sites’ data, not every artist has the resources to stay on top of their concert data. Each of Windish’s roughly 500 clients has numerous concerts and sites with concert data. The smaller bands on the Windish roster could benefit the most from Tourbox. “It could be $10 at the door or something.” “Not everyone goes through Ticketmaster or Ticketfly,” he says. Windish says Songkick, which pulls information from Windish’s database every hour, gets the best possible information for his artists because the agency has the most comprehensive information about their concerts. “For many years, I’ve been thinking and trying to come up with a solution where we could have something a band could place on all of their different places where tour dates appear and when I switch a show in our database to ‘confirmed’ and the announce date comes to fruition, then the show would automatically appear on their sites.” The Windish Agency was an early beta tester and adopter, president Tom Windish says. Now, Tourbox allows artists to take more control over their concert data and reach fans through its network of syndication partners.Īgents and managers have also sought more ownership of their artist’s data on Songkick. Before Tourbox, an artist could only push out those tour dates that Songkick ingested from its data partners such as ticketing companies. Songkick CEO Ian Hogarth tells that while the company was focusing on improving the service’s fan experience, it had received pleas from thousands of small artists asking how to get their concerts into the database. The London-based startup has received funding from Index Ventures, Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital and angel investors Alex Zubillaga (former Warner Music Group executive) and Dan Porter (Ticketweb co-founder). Songkick is used by six million music fans each month and offers concert information through, its iOS app and such digital services as Spotify, YouTube, Vevo, Onesheet, Mobile Roadie, the Hype Machine and Songbird. Gayle Is 'Scared But Trying' to Tour: See North American Dates
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