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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Tags: 2012, Culture, Summer 2012
the fact that Phish is tweeting about practicing says a lot
Kidz,
What uuuuup. Long time no talk. Hope everyone is well. Happy tour (both real and couch) eve.
Business Duke and w00k Duke are having a heated argument about whether to bomb up to Woostah on Friday evening. I think w00k Duke is winning.
Either way, let’s get this show on the road.
TCOYS,
DoL
not only did they tweet it, they appear to have tweeted it on every single account they have
businessduke – go to the show after work, if necessary, drive home after.
see: plord and jtran, circa fall tour 2010
Kaya- As a trader, twitter is almost a necessity.. you need it, mang
the tweets say a lot…about ticket sales?
hmmm
I’m not following the right people on Twitter if you need it as a trader.
There have to be better people with better inside information.
Kaya needs some kneepads first, yo
hilarious
timber; thanks for the lung clearing belly laUGH. partied up
is there life on mars?
Well, inside information is illegal Mia, so i don’t think you’ll find much of that.
It sure beats following a reuters or bloomberg terminal news feed though.
zion train is coming our way
All our traders use twitter feeds
But not for trade ideas but for news that moves markets
I’ve had a biotech down25% mid day and nothin on Bloomberg or google. Hit twitter and I find out the FDA head was talkin trash at a conference
Also follow a few good biotech catalyst feeds
Agree sumo
They are blowin up Pre tour excitement
They know peeps think they are one percenter lazy fat cats
It’s fuckin on! Indoor phish.
Sell in may and go away duke. Time for tour.
W00k gonorrhoea is spreading people. Be careful out there.
Practice!! Troy’s new show tunes are going to sound tighter than a new timing belt on a beater Nissan pickup!
rehearsal huh??
Can’t wait for Miner’s fresh head review Friday morning. You can feel the residual glow
so, figure we’ll get a show tune in the rotation this tour? is so, anybody got any guesses?
wonder how quickly it will take miss pa to issue a formal, public apology to mr chump
@phoam – I got 5 on “Mungojerry & Rumpleteazer.”
Dammit. Just realized that I accidentally overpaid for a 7″ of Robert Palmer’s “Bad Case Of Loving You” on discogs.com. Misread the shipping info. Thought I was getting it for $5 total but actually price w/ shipping was $11. Ouch.
I know what y’all are thinking… (Bad Case Of Loving You?? umm… wtf.) It’ll make more sense after viewing this video of the B-side.
Black Ark Nuggets. Best thing to ever happen to the tronz.
ah ha! no shit, selecta. i don’t know fact one about the show tunes.