What Are the Most Popular Facebook Concert Apps?

Facebook Concert Applications

  When Mashable reported that Farmville and Mafia Wars makers Zynga raised $180 million in a recent deal, like everyone else, I was amazed. Then once I was done being amazed I started to wonder… What was the most popular Facebook concert application or social game? I also asked myself… Do live music fans use Facebook to enhance, [...]

My Thanksgiving Lady Gaga Ca..Ca..Confession

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I have a two part confession to make. First,  I originally intended to publish this post on Monday after the AMA’s, but it didn’t feel right. Something was missing. So I waited. The second part of my confession started on Thanksgiving when a family member pointed out some comments I had made about Lady Gaga in a recent conversation. [...]

Live Music Is…

  A few days ago, I posted a random update on Facebook off the top of my head and asked my friends to finish the sentence “Live music is…” with their own idea or expression.  I already knew live music had changed my friends lives, but I wanted my friends to actually share and express [...]

Can You Remember All Your Favorite Concerts?

    I’ve got something fun for ya…   I played a very cool concert game that put my love for live music and my brain to the test.     One my friends Jen Cray sent me a live music game to play via a Facebook Note called “50 Concerts.” It was surprising how hard it was [...]

Experiencing Grief, Joy and Community in Live Music

Two things have been brewing in my mind lately. 1) The Community of Cathartic Mourning and 2) Building Relationships in Live Music The Community of Cathartic Mourning A good friend of my wife and I shared this Bonnie Raitt Star Tribune review with me a few weeks ago (the video above is one she excitedly posted on Facebook before [...]

Is Michael Jackson’s Death His Final Gift To All Live Music Fans?

When I posted my heartfelt thoughts about Michael Jackson and his London shows on Tuesday, I had no idea what would happen on Thursday afternoon. (See my Facebook trail from Thursday afternoon, bottom to top). And over the last three days I’ve felt a wave of different emotions ranging from happy and nostalgic to guilt and sadness. It’s not [...]

Do You Have The Sixth Sense Of Live Music?

  Like Haley Joel Osment saw dead people in The Sixth Sense, I’ve been seeing patterns lately.  I don’t normally search so hard for coded messages, but I guess I am what I read since I’ve been soaking up the latest Wired issue about  cracking codes and hidden messages.  What also sparked this deeper dive into [...]