ABOUT THE SITE
ShowMeTheSetlist.com is a new web site that enables users to catalog the music concert experience like never before. The web site allows users to create individual pages for each live show. Concert-goers post song setlists, discuss and review performances, as well as create online galleries full of photos, videos, scanned ticket stubs, gig posters, actual setlists and more. It’s like creating a virtual scrapbook page for each show, except much cooler.
This is the site’s blog.
What is a setlist and why should I care?
A setlist is the list of songs that a band or musical artist played during a particular performance. If you’re paying for a concert ticket, it’d be nice to know what a band has been playing. It’s really the product you are paying for. Show Me The Setlist is creating the platform to organize setlists and create an online concert history for any artist.
A setlist also refers to the physical document that lists the songs that a band or musical artist intends to play during a specific concert performance. Hand-written or printed, on paper, cardboard, or whatever else, it is usually taped to the stage, or somewhere the musicians can see it. The setlist has become an iconic part of music history. The physical setlist written by an artist is a treasured souvenir.
Why is this web site awesome?
First of all, the web site is a wiki. That means all the content is user created. Therefore, if you don’t like the site, blame yourself, your family and your friends and tell them to get cracking. Just don’t blame us, we like the site. If your favorite artist or venue doesn’t have any entries, that’s because no one has created them yet. You can be the first! You don’t even need to know the full setlist or have more than one picture/video or item to upload. That’s the beauty of a wiki. The community will help you out to create a complete setlist or make the online gallery fuller. Behold the powers of mass collaboration.
Beyond setlists, the web site also allows concert-goers to create a virtual scrapbook page of each show. I know, a scrapbook sounds lame, but this site is clearly awesome, so excuse my poor word choices. Do you prefer “gigography”? I don’t. Regardless, your memories will be preserved through more than just song titles. Photos, gig posters, ticket stubs, physical setlists and more are scanned and uploaded to the site by you. You can link videos from youtube.com too. Also, feel free to review or comment on any show you’ve been to and some you haven’t.
Why is your name so long? ShowMeTheSetlist.com was the best you could come up with?
I am going to blow your mind when I tell you why the name “Show Me The Setlist” was really chosen. The word “Show” is a double entendre. It refers to both the verb meaning “make visible” and the noun referring to a concert. Trippy, huh? Next time you type our five-word, sixteen-letter domain into your browser, remember that and you’ll smile with appreciation.
Actually, just bookmark the site.
OK, I’m pumped. This site sounds like it rules. What do I do now?
1. Go there: http://www.showmethesetlist.com
2. Add content and tell everyone you know.
3. Repeat.
