CrowdsEye: A New Way to Share Memories
(Photo: Shelly Siegel)
Phish tour is filled with adventure and madness of all shapes and sizes. Think of all the crazy things that you’ve seen and experienced during your show-going adventures, and now imagine if you could actually see and read about some of these twisted moments that others have experienced as well? This is the crux of CrowdsEye, a new website that hosts digital scavenger hunts of live music events. Having already conducted unoffical competitions for SXSW’s Screenburn, Coachella, and Lightning in a Bottle, Crowdseye will be an official sponsor of Sonic Bloom, Denver Comic Con, and Electric Forest. And on Wednesday, the Los Angeles based company will launch The Phish Tour Challenge.
Here is an explanation of how the site works from the company’s co-founder and resident Phish head, Andy Magnes:
12.31.11 (Shelly Siegel)
“CrowdsEye was created as a digital scavenger hunt for live events, where you can submit photos, stories, and reviews based on categories determined before each event. Once fans vote on the best content, the most popular submissions receive points. Whoever has the most points in the end wins. (A full description of the point system can be found on the CrowdsEye FAQ).
We, essentially, built CrowdsEye for ourselves and our friends. We needed a place to channel the excitement and energy felt after a concert or other live event. A place where people shared based on similar interests rather than friend-based social networking. A site where you could visit after the show to see all the photos, hear all the stories, and read all the fan reviews. A place where the best content rose to the top and you could sort by popularity, category, etc. A place where up-and-coming writers could get discovered by other fans (this summer, top Phish reviews will have a chance to be published on Headstash Magazine). Last, we wanted to create a place for the regular fan to be able to tell their story. Unfortunately, some of these amazing stories—miracle tickets, avoiding arrest, tales from the road—never make it past a circle of friends. We hope that the best stories will rise to the top on CrowdsEye and reach a much wider audience.
(Shelly Siegel)
Our Phish Summer Tour Challenge begins on Wednesday, June 6th and voting lasts until Sunday, September 16th. Although many will be playing to win, everyone is invited to browse around and check out what’s happening on tour from the eyes of the fans. CrowdsEye is a free service, and we hope to reward our users with prizes that fans really appreciate. We’ve already seen, read, and heard such amazing things from fans whose creativity would never have reached us otherwise. The community atmosphere and boundless creativity that has come to define the Phish family is exactly what CrowdsEye was created for. We can’t wait to see what will be posted on the upcoming summer tour!”
For now, sign up and browse the contests that currently have content and preview the categories for The Phish Tour Challenge! The contest will officially start Wednesday when YOU begin uploading YOUR photos, stories, and reviews!
1st prize = 4 tickets to any 2 future shows (not NYE), a Summer 2012 AJ Masthay triptych, and a signed copy of Mr. Miner’s Phish Thoughts.
SuperBall IX (Shelly Siegel)
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Jam of the Day:
“Stash -> Free” 11.30.97 II, Worcester, MA
A dirty piece of Centrum history from the Bunny Archives. Two more days…
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Tags: 2012, Culture, Summer 2012
yeah, plord
just hoping for the best.
maybe with college kids at home all over the state they can balance out some of the walker strongholds.
we’ll see. I feel like I should have done more. That’s the weird feeling.
I can’t say I feel helpless because I didn’t actually…help.
we’ll see.
Congrats AW
AW, glad to see Cities made it. Does your uncle need a gardener? I might be available.
AW is the guy playing guitar at the very bottom.
AW is now GQ.
thanks ya’ll
those photos are actually of 4 different houses right next to each other all on lake Michigan in Highland Park. my uncle got bored and started buying his neighbors houses when they would die. as someone that doesn’t really dig other peeps and usually hates his neighbors great shit if you can afford it.
Excited for Thursday? I have a septic pumping and cleaning scheduled for a client that day.
It’s gonna be the shizzle!
::waiting for 99 cent Phish App::
“It’s gonna be the shizzle!”
got it.
Looks like fun………and I just want some SHAFTY!
best way to find out if you have a drug test pre-employment without actually asking?
@Silly either assume yes, try google, or…I got nothing.
best way to find out if you have a drug test pre-employment without actually asking?
assume you do until you don’t.
Silly, if it’s for a job at a law office, they just test you for variety and potency.
Yeah.
Trying to see 11 shows before I start work on July 2.
#SoberSillyTour
Silly if they can’t accept you for who you are you don’t want to work there anyway.
I hear ya, DF.
but I got loans to pay.
thanks for the advice, kids.
Stay on target, Silly.
“Silly if they can’t accept you for who you are you don’t want to work there anyway.”
Bah ha ha ha. When are you starting to occupy Df.
Yeah I was kidding Silly
haha
good luck silly. Look up the firm name, check the website. If its a gov’t job than i would say most certainly you’ll get tested. A small firm, not likely.
two days. need to clean the car, get oil changed, and i’ll be ready to ride….woosta bound
Silly I would roll with the concept that if you do one thing, you better just go crazy and do everything. That way when the tests come back positive for everything you can argue that it was flawed.
good luck maing, we’ll always have loans to pay it seems. Was chatting with Alf about what you’re doing a while back, pretty great stuff man.
pretty sure bathsalts don’t come up on those tests SW
time to stock up!
thanks, GhostPhunk!
Will I get to see you this summer?
only east coast shows I’m seeing are AC.
“Seriously, how could I show up and be positive for mary jane, coke, heroin, mini thins and bath salts. Your test is flawed.”
just eat mushrooms and acid… they don’t test for that stuff.