 
On-line concert listingsSite Seeing featured online concert listings on 12 January 1999, so it seems like a good time to revisit this area. Almost all of the sites featured last year are still in operation. Live.nl is still under construction, and there are a few additions, such as Music & Vision's own concert listings, described below, in case you're not already aware of the new format. As I wrote last year, the publication of information which becomes out of date very quickly is, or should be, a danger area for the web designer/publisher. Too many abandoned web pages list information from 1997 and earlier. Concert listings provide such a danger area, it being so easy to publish and then abandon or forget. Those who do manage to keep up-to-date information on their websites still have a problem - how does the general concert-goer find that information? The search engines are not a practical solution - most of them are too slow to pick up the constantly changing information, and many people don't know how to submit the complex queries necessary to find, for example, an orchestral concert in Cape Town on a Friday in March! (In fact the exact query would depend on the website, the presentation of the information, and the search engine). Online concert listings are getting better - many services use a database for concert searches, some allow ticket purchase online, and some allow concert promoters to add concert details online. An entry in most of the schemes is free. It's still a jungle out there, though, and few of the listings services collaborate with one another. The best collaborative effort I found was the Termine system (see below). The internet being what it is, there are likely to be other systems out there, so watch this space - we may be using some of these services in the years to come! Copyright © 22 February 2000 Keith Bramich, Suckley, Worcestershire, UK APION 1Lucas Field has started to build a concert listings area as part of his site devoted to pianists and the piano. As yet, the listings are restricted to London, but Lucas plans soon to include international concerts too. CadenzaCadenza specialise in automatically generated listings pages for organizations and individuals sharing a common searchable worldwide database. Additions to the database can be made online via a form. Concert Agency AVEKAVEK lists its own concerts of classical music in Prague, aimed at visitors from other countries.
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