JamBase

{{Short description|Jam band-focused database and news website}} {{italic title}} '''''JamBase''''' is an online database and news portal of live music and festivals with a focus on live music.<ref name=wired>{{cite journal|last1=Greenwald|first1=Ted|title=Geeks to Music Industry: APIs Can Set You Free|url=https://www.wired.com/2009/12/geeks-to-music-industry-apis-can-set-you-free/|journal=Wired|access-date=July 20, 2015}}</ref> It was founded by Andy Gadiel and Ted Kartzman in 1998.<ref>[https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2001/07/03/pump-up-the-jam-jambase-web-site-offers-the-ultimate-music-resource/? "Pump up the jam JamBase Web site offers the ultimate music resource"]. ''Hudson Reporter'', by :JoAnne Steglitz Jul 03, 2001 </ref> The website primarily acts as a service, providing a public API that concert promoters and venues use to publish concert data to the site. The data is also used by third-party developers for other products. In addition to raw data, the website includes a news section publishing information about concerts in a blog format.<ref name=wired /><ref name=sfgate>{{cite news|last1=Sullivan|first1=James|title=Spreading the jam / Web site founded by and for fans of live music is a grassroots hit|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Spreading-the-jam-Web-site-founded-by-and-for-2858634.php|access-date=July 20, 2015|work=San Francisco Gate|date=March 30, 2002}}</ref>

{{as of|June 2015}}, ''JamBase'' ranks as the 4,945th most visited sites in the United States according to Alexa, and 27,837th globally.<ref>{{cite web|title=jambase.com Site Overview|url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/jambase.com|website=Alexa|access-date=July 20, 2015|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081529/http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/jambase.com|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{as of|August 2023}}, JamBase's public API at http://api.jambase.com has been re-enabled, allowing developers to incorporate concert listings into their apps and services.

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==External links== * {{official|jambase.com}}

Category:Online databases Category:1998 establishments in the United States Category:American music websites