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Re:Show HN: A site that makes Spotify playlists of bands com... by ebellity on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @09:11AM (#16697382)
I like the idea. Maybe you could leverage Songkick API to support more cities ? (I moved to Tel Aviv recently and it's really hard to spend the time to find out which concerts are worth going to)
Re:Show HN: A site that makes Spotify playlists of bands com... by bkindrewind7 on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @11:56AM (#16698752)
Ben from Songkick here and we'd love to work with you on this. If you reach out to me I'd be happy to sort you out with API access. ben[at]songkick[dot]com
Re:Show HN: A site that makes Spotify playlists of bands com... by metakermit on Thursday March 29, 2018 @06:25AM (#16705891)
It's a shame you decline any apps with monetisation ideas. I think it would be better to offer a paid API service a la Google APIs than to have so many engineers reinvent the wheel. Oh well, I guess the music industry and logical business models never did go hand in hand :/
Re:Show HN: A site that makes Spotify playlists of bands com... by slashblake on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @09:56AM (#16697631)
Looked into this. SongKicks licensing is really restrictive once I start using their API. Do you have a site you use for upcoming shows in Tel Aviv?
Re:Show HN: A site that makes Spotify playlists of bands com... by metakermit on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @12:44PM (#16699310)
Yeah, just wanted to ask if you use an API to get events?

I've been working on something in a similar direction for Vienna. Tried to get SongKick API access, but they declined me. I also used BandsInTown on a project, but it's a bit limited. These days I'm just using Facebook Events, which is ok, but not perfect – can't get all the events in a particular city automatically. Managed to manually overcome this though.

But great work! Tried the app out and I really like it. Followed you on Twitter if you want to keep in touch. Would be nice to have some MusicEventsHackers group to discuss these topics :)

Re:Show HN: A site that makes Spotify playlists of bands com... by metakermit on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @02:51PM (#16700605)
Re:Show HN: A site that makes Spotify playlists of bands com... by ebellity on Thursday March 29, 2018 @06:40AM (#16705940)
I don't really know where to look except songkick, which is why I don't go to many shows here yet
Re:Show HN: A site that makes Spotify playlists of bands com... by dublinben on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @10:41AM (#16698014)
You may have better luck with Bandsintown. They've got an API, and seem to have all the same concert data.