Mobile Media & Cine Apps

Showfile.fm Launches Game Changing 2013 Music Festival App

By StudentFilmmakers.com
posted Jul 2, 2013, 12:01

Chicago-based Music Festival startup Showfile.fm (http://showfile.fm) rolls out the new version of their award winning app. What started as a mobile app for Lollapalooza in 2011 has grown to become a full fledged multi-festival web application with a focus on live performances and user ratings.

"When deciding who to see at a festival, you need to see and hear what they sound like live." says Showfile founder and Lead Developer Paul Solans. “Your ticket was expensive, so you should see the best performances.”

Showfile provides all the information needed to make the right choices. On Showfile, users can tour an upcoming festival, for example Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival, and experience exactly what a band is like live before adding them to your schedule.

Showfile does this by accessing a number of APIs. For example, the YouTube API is accessed to provide videos of live performances, the Soundcloud API to stream new music (many artists like Phoenix and Diplo post new tracks and remixes to Soundcloud first), and the Last.fm API to provide additional artist information. SeatGeek's API is also accessed so that people can find tickets to shows even when they are sold out through conventional channels.

Showfile includes other features like their 'Showfile Showdown' which makes building a schedule more fun. In the 'Showdown' two bands competing for the same time slot are pitted against one another with their corresponding live videos and users need to decide which they'd see.

Showfile is more than just a way to preview a festival and create a schedule, it also allows users to save and rate the shows they've seen. "Your 'Showfile Vault' saves the details of your festival experience" says Marketing Director and Showfile co-founder John Fitzsimmons. "It's like the old cigar box where you kept your ticket stubs, but now technology lets us take it to the next level."

Showfile not only keeps a record of the shows seen but also provides interesting stats, facts, earned badges and set lists (provided by the Setlist.fm API).

Future plans for Showfile include even more social connectivity, creative ways to interact with friend schedules, new games and new badges.

“We’re always exploring the boundaries between what is functional and what is fun.” says Product Design Lead and co-founder Michael Hahn. “We’re building this for people who are passionate about seeing live music. We also happen to be those people.”

If you are interested in exploring the new Showfile.fm platform go to http://showfile.fm and create your free account.

About Showfile.fm

Aqueduct Development LLC (http://AQDCT.com), the team behind Showfile.fm, entered and won the Hacklolla app development contest two years in a row with their innovative approach and personal understanding of music festivals and technology.

When not developing the next successful web and mobile applications you can find the Showfile team out at one of the many beautiful Chicago Summer Festivals.

Resources:

showfile.fm