Record labels dig their own grave, and the shovel is called TikTok

Re:Record labels dig their own grave, and the shovel is call... by latchkey on Thursday June 02, 2022 @09:18PM (#31603029)

Thanks Eric.

I'm pretty intimately familiar with the whole industry. I once owned a small (~2k person) club / live music / multiuse venue in San Francisco as well as built a ticketing SaSS for USCF (us cycling federation) sanctioned events.

From the club days, I got subtly screwed by Clear Channel on an event once and it really left a bad taste in my mouth. From the cycling ticket stuff, I got to deal with another type of promoter and that was horrible in a lot of ways too. Both businesses eventually failed from external factors.

I don't envy your sales team at all.

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Re:Record labels dig their own grave, and the shovel is call... by ericwaller on Thursday June 02, 2022 @09:44PM (#31603222)

Very cool (well, not the getting screwed part). Most of my experience so far is on the sports side, with music exposure being more indirect.

It's amazing how many ticketing systems of various forms have been built over the years. It seems like one of those things that should be simple, but there are just so many ways to slice it.

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Re:Record labels dig their own grave, and the shovel is call... by latchkey on Friday June 03, 2022 @01:21AM (#31604581)

The UX for setting up events and selling tickets was some of the most complicated stuff I've ever built. The logic is extremely domain specific and difficult to implement. Good work.

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