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Songkick was founded in 2007 by Ian Hogarth, Michelle You and Pete Smith [1] as part of the 2007 Y Combinator program, a seed accelerator that focuses on technology start-ups. Songkick's initial business model, based on its concert discovery service, was based on referral fees from ticketing companies. [ 2 ]
Los Angeles has been home to many new and established music bands. Some of the bands originating from greater Los Angeles, including Orange County and the Inland Empire , include: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Tripadvisor, Inc. is an American company that operates online travel agencies, comparison shopping websites, and mobile apps with user-generated content. [1]Its namesake brand, Tripadvisor.com, operates in 40 countries and 20 languages, and features approximately 1 billion reviews and opinions on roughly 8 million establishments. [1]
Atomic Music Group (AMG) is an international boutique talent agency based in Los Angeles. It is one of the largest independent talent agencies in the United States with 26 full time agents in five cities and two countries, representing over 300 clients. [1]
ICM Partners was a talent and literary agency with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, D.C., and London. [1] The company represented clients in the fields of motion pictures, television, music, publishing, live performance, branded entertainment and new media.
The band Silversun Pickups famously took their name from the liquor store across the street from Silverlake Lounge. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club played there regularly (often with bands such as Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Warlocks ), including a three night weekend stint, just before they were signed to their record contract.
Hogarth and his fellow Songkick co-founders were named to Inc. magazine's 30-under-30 list in 2010. [7] The same year, Hogarth won the British Council’s UK Young Music Entrepreneur of the Year award. [8] He was also named one of Forbes magazine's 2012 music 30-under-30. [9] In 2013, Songkick launched Detour, a crowdfunding platform for ...
The first show ever held at Spaceland featured Beck, The Foo Fighters, Possum Dixon and Lutefisk. [1] The list of acts who have played Spaceland is quite long, ranging from veteran performers from the 1960s and 1970s like Arthur Lee and The Dictators to current major acts such as Supergrass, Jet, The Shore and The White Stripes.