Music Map proves that being a rock star is madness

Written on June 13, 2008 – 5:24 pm
Ernst-Jan Pfauth, editor in chief

Would you like to know where to see your favorite artist this summer? Head over to The Last(.fm) Music Map, a - good guess - Last.fm/ Google Maps mash-up by Italian webdeveloper Michele Marcucci. The Music Map imports concert data from Last.fm and shows it on a Google map of the world. The site also showcases similar artists to the one you were searching for. And guess what, I’ve already bought a ticket via this übercool mash-up

My hero used to be Lenny Kravitz. Till my sixteenth I used to buy every album the man released. One minor detail though, I’d never seen him on stage. Well, this is gonna change as I’ve found out via Music Map that the 44-year old rocker will perform in Holland on June 28th.

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Though I’m happy with my concert ticket for mr. Kravitz, I’m pretty sure this will be my last visit to Music Map. There’s nothing that stimulates me to come back. So an useful contribution the site would be a ‘keep me up to date’ option. Like a RSS feed or weekly newsletter. Otherwise I’ll just browse to the events section of Last.fm.

By the way, checking out where your music hero is playing is not the only interesting aspect of the Music Map, as you can also tell how hectic it must be to be a rock star. A map like this makes you realize that these guys are flying some miles. I guess I’ll stick to blogging…

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About the author: Ernst-Jan is a blogger and journalist, who previously worked in New York to cover news at the United Nations. Next to writing, he's also a singer in the band Christina Five.

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By Frank Herrman on Jun 13, 2008

I would like an option to see which concerts are in the next couple of months in my country/state/town. I would like to see a lot of artists performing, I’m not interested in the data of just one artist. But I can imagine a lot of data (too much..) would be generated on the map.

It looks nice, but as you said, not very interesting for a return visit.

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By Peter on Jun 14, 2008

Have fun at the concert, I saw him a few years ago in Nijmegen (RockinPark)

But, as Frank Herrman said, this would work so much better if it would list stuff in my neigbourhood.

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By Pete on Jun 17, 2008

I agree with Ernst-Jan’s regarding needing a reason to return, and though the idea of ‘artists like this’ is a good one, I think it is more interesting to just show me who is playing near me.

I recently launched a site which takes the concert listings from MySpace and shows you who is playing where. Still a work in progress, but you can search by city/town, listen to sample clips, etc.

Check it out at http://www.hearwhere.com

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