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Since summer 2007, staffers have been loading our Local Music Database every single day, seven days a week, with band histories, images, articles, playable MP3s and videos, reviews, discographies, interviews, photos, album art, lyrics, influences, RIYL lists, and more.
ALL this massive data is electronically cross referenced, providing an interactive encyclopedia covering the San Diego music scene from the turn of the 20th Century through about an hour ago.
The 3,000th local performer/band was just added to our database, 2000 Tons of TNT.
The complete list can be browsed A to Z, or searched by Name, Genre, or Instrument - http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/search
Oddly enough, we ALSO just hit 3,000 local albums (3004 at the moment), with most entries including cover art, track lists, credits, and links to reviews on the Reader site.
You'd be amazed at what you can dig up in your Local Music Database!
Say you need a drummer - click "drummer" and see an alphabetical list of nearly 500 local beatmen!! http://www.sandiegoreader.com/instruments/drums/
A few random stats from the current Database (which includes bands and performers who may not still be together or active):
Number of local jazz performers: 316
Local musicians named Chris: 135 (plus 19 Christophers and 14 Christians)
Local mandolin players: 70
Playable local MP3 songs on the Reader website: 1,961
Full feature-length Musician Interviews: 384
Locale most seen in the Overheard in San Diego comic strip: the Casbah (109 times since 1996), followed by Balboa Park (51 appearances).
The stats that puzzle me a bit are Musicians in Bands (9,062) versus just plain Local Musicians (7,664): I guess that means 1,398 local musicians identify as a solo act? But many of them should also turn up as a Musician in Band, unless I'm misreading the data readout from this side of the Local Music Database. Gonna have to poke around a bit and try to figure that one out...
In addition, the Reader's This Just In breaking music news page is updated multiple times every single day, one of the most viewed pages on the website: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/updates/
You can send me your own This Just In breaking news at [email protected], and I'll post to that page of the website ASAP! That's also a great way to start up a Reader article about your musical endeavors, especially if you're offering us a scoop so-far unreported elsewhere (hint hint). Different Reader music staffers cover different beats, as you can tell from browsing their individual staff pages with indexes of their most recent articles and posts (staff links below).
All the Reader music staffers contribute to the Local Music Blog Jam Session, which features several contributing writers who post multiple new stories every day, including concert previews and reviews, musician interviews, new releases and tour news, lineup changes, and pretty much anything newsy happening in the local music scene - http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/jam-session/
If you’d like to receive and participate in the Reader’s weekly Local Music Newsletter Soundbite, or receive via email our thrice-daily Local Music Blog Jam Session, just click the link to do so on the Reader's Music Homepage at http://www.sandiegoreader.com/music/ .
SO: Wanna play along on your 'puter? Would YOU like to be included in the **Local Music Database**, or do you know someone or something we're missing and should include?
If you're in a band or a solo performer based in San Diego County (or with a majority of members based in SD), or if you want to contribute to new or existing pages, here's how to join the ongoing interactive adventure.
To set up a new page or Wiki-edit an existing page, start at http://www.sandiegoreader.com/band/edit/
Setting up a band page is free, and it puts that performer in the running for the daily mainpage spotlights, "Concert of the Week" profiles, and - perhaps most importantly - it provides direct access to the events department, so when upcoming gig info is submitted, the listing goes right into our database and onto the website and in the paper.
Once you set up your Reader page, to add or change text, photos, album info, embedded video, and graphics, etc, please send via http://www.sandiegoreader.com/band/edit
It takes up to a few days for new pages and/or edits to appear online, and all content submitted is subject to approval and verification (all Reader website TOS/Terms of Service rules apply).
If you want to add MP3s to your page, please send to http://www.sandiegoreader.com/mp3/upload
Event listings would go to http://www.sandiegoreader.com/submit_clubdj/ . It may take a day or two for event submissions or revisions to show up on the website.
The most updated show listings can be found at http://www.sandiegoreader.com/music/shows/ . Yes, all this info is cross-referenced and linked throughout the entire Local Music Database, so anybody looking at your band page will also be able to see upcoming gig info, along with all the other data and material.
If you’d like to receive and participate in the Reader’s weekly Local Music Newsletter Soundbite, or the thrice-daily Local Music Blog Jam Session, just click the link to do so on the Reader's Music Homepage at http://www.sandiegoreader.com/music/ , or click link at the bottom of your band page!
The most direct route TO your band page is through http://www.sandiegoreader.com/accounts/profile/
Review CDs should be sent to the Reader office, marked “Attn. Hometown CDs” -- 1703 India Street, 92101.
If you have ideas for Reader stories that you want to talk to a staff writer about, the columnists can be contacted directly via their staff page: just enter contrib name in the Search bar or, to contact or find out about Reader music staffers, see below list of contact/profile links.
I cover music, movies, events, and pop culture, and related story pitches can be sent my way via [email protected] , http://www.facebook.com/people/Jay-Allen-Sanford/1132560467 , or https://twitter.com/@jayallensanford (tho, for music stories, any of my Blurt associates like **Dave Good, Chad Deal, Dorian Hargrove, Barnaby Monk, Bart Mendoza, Bobby Bray,** or **Mary Leary** can likely assist and advise you - links below).
Best in all endeavors,
Jay Allen Sanford
San Diego Reader: Local Music Database
Reader Music Staffers (bios and links to recent stories and posts):
Dave Good: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/dave-good/
Chad Deal: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/chad-deal/
Dorian Hargrove: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/dorian-hargrove/
Barnaby Monk: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/barnaby-monk/
Bart Mendoza: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/bart-mendoza/
Bobby Bray: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/bobby-bray/
Mary Leary: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/mary-leary/
Jay Allen Sanford: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/jay-allen-sanford/
Reader Music Columns:
Music Homepage: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/music/
Blurt, local music news: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/blurt/
This Just In, breaking local music news: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/updates/
Local Bands Now Playing complete calendar: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/band-calendar/
CD Reviews: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/cd-reviews/
Club Crawler show previews: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/club-crawler/
Concert Reviews: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/concert-reviews/
Everyone's a Critic, citizen journalist project (pays $10 to $100!): http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/critic/
Musician Interviews: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/musician-interviews/
Of Note show previews: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/of-note/
Jam Session thrice-daily blogs: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/jam-session/
Out & About blog, local events (theater, art, music, etc): http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/out-about/
Rock Around the Town local pop culture blog: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/
Overheard in San Diego comic strip gallery (1996-2012): http://www.sandiegoreader.com/photos/galleries/overheard-san-diego/
Famous Former Neighbors comic strip gallery: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/photos/galleries/famous-former-neighbors/
Events, Classical Listings and search page: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/events/search/?category=63&ongoing=on
Events, search by date: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/events/search/?category=16
Events, search by venue (alphabetical): http://www.sandiegoreader.com/music/shows/
Events, submission page: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/submit_clubdj/
Local MP3 Playlists: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/mp3/ and http://www.sandiegoreader.com/playlists/
Top 25 Local MP3 Downloads This Week: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/mp3/top/
(All artwork by JAS)
Since summer 2007, staffers have been loading our Local Music Database every single day, seven days a week, with band histories, images, articles, playable MP3s and videos, reviews, discographies, interviews, photos, album art, lyrics, influences, RIYL lists, and more.
ALL this massive data is electronically cross referenced, providing an interactive encyclopedia covering the San Diego music scene from the turn of the 20th Century through about an hour ago.
The 3,000th local performer/band was just added to our database, 2000 Tons of TNT.
The complete list can be browsed A to Z, or searched by Name, Genre, or Instrument - http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/search
Oddly enough, we ALSO just hit 3,000 local albums (3004 at the moment), with most entries including cover art, track lists, credits, and links to reviews on the Reader site.
You'd be amazed at what you can dig up in your Local Music Database!
Say you need a drummer - click "drummer" and see an alphabetical list of nearly 500 local beatmen!! http://www.sandiegoreader.com/instruments/drums/
A few random stats from the current Database (which includes bands and performers who may not still be together or active):
Number of local jazz performers: 316
Local musicians named Chris: 135 (plus 19 Christophers and 14 Christians)
Local mandolin players: 70
Playable local MP3 songs on the Reader website: 1,961
Full feature-length Musician Interviews: 384
Locale most seen in the Overheard in San Diego comic strip: the Casbah (109 times since 1996), followed by Balboa Park (51 appearances).
The stats that puzzle me a bit are Musicians in Bands (9,062) versus just plain Local Musicians (7,664): I guess that means 1,398 local musicians identify as a solo act? But many of them should also turn up as a Musician in Band, unless I'm misreading the data readout from this side of the Local Music Database. Gonna have to poke around a bit and try to figure that one out...
In addition, the Reader's This Just In breaking music news page is updated multiple times every single day, one of the most viewed pages on the website: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/updates/
You can send me your own This Just In breaking news at [email protected], and I'll post to that page of the website ASAP! That's also a great way to start up a Reader article about your musical endeavors, especially if you're offering us a scoop so-far unreported elsewhere (hint hint). Different Reader music staffers cover different beats, as you can tell from browsing their individual staff pages with indexes of their most recent articles and posts (staff links below).
All the Reader music staffers contribute to the Local Music Blog Jam Session, which features several contributing writers who post multiple new stories every day, including concert previews and reviews, musician interviews, new releases and tour news, lineup changes, and pretty much anything newsy happening in the local music scene - http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/jam-session/
If you’d like to receive and participate in the Reader’s weekly Local Music Newsletter Soundbite, or receive via email our thrice-daily Local Music Blog Jam Session, just click the link to do so on the Reader's Music Homepage at http://www.sandiegoreader.com/music/ .
SO: Wanna play along on your 'puter? Would YOU like to be included in the **Local Music Database**, or do you know someone or something we're missing and should include?
If you're in a band or a solo performer based in San Diego County (or with a majority of members based in SD), or if you want to contribute to new or existing pages, here's how to join the ongoing interactive adventure.
To set up a new page or Wiki-edit an existing page, start at http://www.sandiegoreader.com/band/edit/
Setting up a band page is free, and it puts that performer in the running for the daily mainpage spotlights, "Concert of the Week" profiles, and - perhaps most importantly - it provides direct access to the events department, so when upcoming gig info is submitted, the listing goes right into our database and onto the website and in the paper.
Once you set up your Reader page, to add or change text, photos, album info, embedded video, and graphics, etc, please send via http://www.sandiegoreader.com/band/edit
It takes up to a few days for new pages and/or edits to appear online, and all content submitted is subject to approval and verification (all Reader website TOS/Terms of Service rules apply).
If you want to add MP3s to your page, please send to http://www.sandiegoreader.com/mp3/upload
Event listings would go to http://www.sandiegoreader.com/submit_clubdj/ . It may take a day or two for event submissions or revisions to show up on the website.
The most updated show listings can be found at http://www.sandiegoreader.com/music/shows/ . Yes, all this info is cross-referenced and linked throughout the entire Local Music Database, so anybody looking at your band page will also be able to see upcoming gig info, along with all the other data and material.
If you’d like to receive and participate in the Reader’s weekly Local Music Newsletter Soundbite, or the thrice-daily Local Music Blog Jam Session, just click the link to do so on the Reader's Music Homepage at http://www.sandiegoreader.com/music/ , or click link at the bottom of your band page!
The most direct route TO your band page is through http://www.sandiegoreader.com/accounts/profile/
Review CDs should be sent to the Reader office, marked “Attn. Hometown CDs” -- 1703 India Street, 92101.
If you have ideas for Reader stories that you want to talk to a staff writer about, the columnists can be contacted directly via their staff page: just enter contrib name in the Search bar or, to contact or find out about Reader music staffers, see below list of contact/profile links.
I cover music, movies, events, and pop culture, and related story pitches can be sent my way via [email protected] , http://www.facebook.com/people/Jay-Allen-Sanford/1132560467 , or https://twitter.com/@jayallensanford (tho, for music stories, any of my Blurt associates like **Dave Good, Chad Deal, Dorian Hargrove, Barnaby Monk, Bart Mendoza, Bobby Bray,** or **Mary Leary** can likely assist and advise you - links below).
Best in all endeavors,
Jay Allen Sanford
San Diego Reader: Local Music Database
Reader Music Staffers (bios and links to recent stories and posts):
Dave Good: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/dave-good/
Chad Deal: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/chad-deal/
Dorian Hargrove: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/dorian-hargrove/
Barnaby Monk: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/barnaby-monk/
Bart Mendoza: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/bart-mendoza/
Bobby Bray: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/bobby-bray/
Mary Leary: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/mary-leary/
Jay Allen Sanford: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/jay-allen-sanford/
Reader Music Columns:
Music Homepage: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/music/
Blurt, local music news: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/blurt/
This Just In, breaking local music news: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/updates/
Local Bands Now Playing complete calendar: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/band-calendar/
CD Reviews: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/cd-reviews/
Club Crawler show previews: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/club-crawler/
Concert Reviews: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/concert-reviews/
Everyone's a Critic, citizen journalist project (pays $10 to $100!): http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/critic/
Musician Interviews: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/musician-interviews/
Of Note show previews: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/of-note/
Jam Session thrice-daily blogs: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/jam-session/
Out & About blog, local events (theater, art, music, etc): http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/out-about/
Rock Around the Town local pop culture blog: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/
Overheard in San Diego comic strip gallery (1996-2012): http://www.sandiegoreader.com/photos/galleries/overheard-san-diego/
Famous Former Neighbors comic strip gallery: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/photos/galleries/famous-former-neighbors/
Events, Classical Listings and search page: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/events/search/?category=63&ongoing=on
Events, search by date: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/events/search/?category=16
Events, search by venue (alphabetical): http://www.sandiegoreader.com/music/shows/
Events, submission page: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/submit_clubdj/
Local MP3 Playlists: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/mp3/ and http://www.sandiegoreader.com/playlists/
Top 25 Local MP3 Downloads This Week: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/mp3/top/
(All artwork by JAS)