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Finding concerts
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Apr 16, 2025
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I'm always kind of surprised how difficult it is to find concerts I might be interested in, and how bad the search engines are at performing this seemingly simple task. When I go to a website of a concert venue or ticket seller, I can scroll through their list of upcoming events, but it's a total mishmash of every style of music from every generation. And when I make the unfortunate decision to buy a ticket for a concert I want to attend, I get automatically signed up to receive emails from the ticket seller that say, "Hey, since you're going to a concert, would you be interested in going to a completely unrelated concert simply for the pleasure of experiencing the sensation of live music?" Like, no. If I go to death metal concert, I'm not interested in going to a techno concert simply because both things fit neatly into the box of "live music." That's not how that works, that's not how anything works, and I feel like this issue should've been resolved in like 2002. How can I not simply select "live music" from a drop-down box, then further select "music that contains a guitar" vs. "music that involves a DJ"? These are not overlapping Venn diagrams, and I shouldn't have to tell the likes of TicketMaster how to serve me the content I actually want to pay money for. Use those ticket fees for something good, you dorks. #music
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