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These guys truly get the whole "Social" thing.

Bandsintown is giving away 5 pairs of tickets, so leave a comment here and they are yours.

http://www.bandsintown.com/event/604111

Information from Xconomy about the event: We set out to put this event together because we had the suspicion that a surprising number of folks in the local tech and life science scene had secret musical alter egos. What's more surprising, at least if the bands who entered the competition are any indication, is that so many of the bands these folks play in are so damn good. That's why we're grateful to the judges who helped us make the tough calls necessary to narrow down the competition: Art Technology Group co-founder Jeet Singh, who goes by the name Miki when he fronts the band Dragonfly, and Patrick Faucher, a Berklee College of Music grad, lifelong musician and technologist, and co-founder of Nimbit. Thanks guys!

All we need now is you. The final winner of the Xconomy Battle of the Tech Bands will be chosen by the audience, using a nifty cell-phone voting system, so be sure to bring your cell phone along. Tickets for the event, (which will go down at the Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub at 472-480 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge) are $20 in advance at www.xconomybands.eventbrite.com--actually only $15 if you buy in blocks of 10--and $25 at the door. That gets you not only admission, but also a little something to eat and drink.

But wait, there's more! Everyone who attends will be eligible to win one of our fantastic door prizes, including two Rock Band bundles from Harmonix Music Systems and three Microsoft Zune music players.

So come and cheer for your favorite band--or maybe find yourself a new one--and help us celebrate the Boston technology community's propensity for rocking out.

more on the event here: http://www.xconomy.com/2008/01/11/let-the-band-battle-begin/

Links to the project and pics: http://www.trummerkind.com/mall/Living_in_the_Mall.html

Stick with it. Nice start. I like the improved logo from last time i looked as well.

Cool. Let me know if you ever want any feedback or anything like that. Im always down for brainshares.

Nice essay. A nice moral booster.

Cool. Yeah I was hoping you guys got to go out a bit. Thats cool that some of the music companies are choosing NYC. Makes sense. Which company are you with? Reble is that still the name?

This is really good advice, that is the real target market and those are the users who would eventually become our community.

Cant blame the user though. We may need to clarify this somehow.

Ya Def. We are working to change that for sure.

What shows did you add? there is no approval process. When you add them they should just appear on the according artist or venue pages.

One problem I had before, was i added shows for january and feb of next year but i accidently had the year set for 2007 so they did not show up.

Yes i agree, there nothing better than a Eureka moment, when all of a sudden you see clearly and the solution just seems to show itself to you.

Do the HackerNews Readers have any constructive critism for us? anything is good. We still have a long ways to go but the more input we have the better. Thanks for the help in advance.

You are right, I would comply and in my opinion the wording doesn't really matter that much. I think the readers are smart enough to understand that "Rejected YCombinator company" is the same thing as "Not Accepted Ycombinator Company" "or "YCombinator Applicant" and I do not mean any negativity with the title. It is mearly meant to highlight the fact that we are a company who submitted an application and the decision was made not to fund our company, and hopefully gain some attention from hackernews readers who might relate to that more than they would another random startup. YCombinators decision might turn out to be a good one for all I know, of course I would hope to prove otherwise by building a successful business.

At the same time I can respect PG decision to edit the title. After all one of the goals in titling my post with "YCombinator Rejected Company" is to gather more attention for our site. Can you fault me?

Ha i like that.

yeah I like that. Just makes it an easy way to check out the companies that have some kind of relationship with hackernews and YC.

That does make sense, and I think it is natural for a Ycombinator applicant to try and highlight their startups here. I do not mind if you change the URL as well. I think the suggestion to use "YCombinator Applicant" would solve it in the future for anyone else. Cool?

Maybe in the future companies could just use "YC funded company" or "YC applicant" if they felt the need to highlight it.

Yeah I agree. With so many startups launching it just seemed logical to highlight YC applicants here.

I am one of the founders. I do not consider it dwelling on the fact that we were rejected. It doesnt actually bother me at all as you can see from most of my previous posts I have been labeling ourselves that way to help motivate others to keep pushing forward. The second reason i label it this way is because i think on HackerNews people are naturally curious about all the Ycombinator applicants a little bit more than just any startup. I may be wrong though but this is my reasoning for highlighting the fact that we were indeed rejected but continue to move forward.

Is this considered unethical or against the hackernews rules?

We label Bandsintown as a rejected company to show perseverance and because i think there is an interest in the companies that are applying to YC wether they made it or not. I am curious to how everyone feels on this issue.

This post was originally titled "rejected YC company Bandsintown at it again" are there rules here forbidding us from saying that? The title was edited a few minutes after i posted it. I know i have an interest in all the companies that are both YC funded as well as ones who were not. And i know i have read posts from others curious about rejected YC companies and how they were doing now. I think I saw one as early as last week.

Today Bandsintown launches the first major update to the site since our launch in june. This major update officially launches Bandsintown as a "Social Network" The updates include the ability to add friends, message, and comment. All users now have profile pages, and an upcoming show widget to be used anywhere they like. We also added a page called Fansintown which displays live music fans in your area. We are still in development and will continually be updating and realeasing new version of the site until the beta version is complete. We are listening to all our users comments and feedback to help guide our development so please let us know what you think and what you want in a live music community website! thanks again for all the Ycombinator help! check out Bandsintown.com