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Title: How do people count shows?
Post by: kylieshotpants on September 29, 2011, 04:12:17 PM
I've been giving this some thought at the moment and wonder what fellow tapers do

I count a main band plus openers/support that I've taped as one show

but as the bands are different you could count each band as a seperate #

what do others do?
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: darby on September 29, 2011, 04:24:30 PM
1 event/day = 1 show... even if it's a festival (1 show per day)

if I do 2 locations in 1 day (it has happened before) that = 2 shows
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: hoppedup on September 29, 2011, 04:29:53 PM
1 event/day = 1 show... even if it's a festival (1 show per day)

if I do 2 locations in 1 day (it has happened before) that = 2 shows

That's how if figure it. Each unique venue is a show. I've taped the same band at three different venues in one day = 3 shows.
I count each festival day as one show, even if I tape different stages.

Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: stevetoney on September 29, 2011, 04:39:42 PM
It depends on my mood and the context...

If someone asked me how many shows I've been to this year, it would probably be pretty much the same as has been mentioned already.

If someone asked me how many shows I've recorded this year, I might answer based on the number of discreet recordings I've mastered.

Bottom line though is I think it's whatever you want to call it.
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: page on September 29, 2011, 05:17:35 PM
That's how if figure it. Each unique venue is a show. I've taped the same band at three different venues in one day = stalker.

fyp  :-*

but yeah, I count it the same way. a 3 day festival is 3 shows, 2 events at different venues is 2 shows. I think it's easier to conceptually define in terms of "events." You can have early and late shows which tickets are sold for (tickets being sold for events) and that's 2 shows even though it's the same venue and same band, you had to buy 2 different tickets.
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: adrianf74 on September 29, 2011, 05:19:55 PM
It depends on my mood and the context...

If someone asked me how many shows I've been to this year, it would probably be pretty much the same as has been mentioned already.

If someone asked me how many shows I've recorded this year, I might answer based on the number of discreet recordings I've mastered.

Bottom line though is I think it's whatever you want to call it.

I'm with ToneDeaf on this one... # of shows = 1 show per date per enue.  # of shows recorded = # of actual shows rolled on.
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: tay666 on September 29, 2011, 06:18:44 PM
I'm with ToneDeaf on this one... # of shows = 1 show per date per enue.  # of shows recorded = # of actual shows rolled on.

Same here.
I went to Uproar - that is one show.
I recorded 7 different bands that day.
When I get the masters done, each band will have it's own master number.
TAY028-TAY034
As each band will be kept separate from the others in my archive. And anyone who wants a copy, will more than likely only be interested in one or two of the bands. Not all 7 recordings.
 
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: F.O.Bean on September 30, 2011, 12:10:39 AM
It depends on my mood and the context...

If someone asked me how many shows I've been to this year, it would probably be pretty much the same as has been mentioned already.

If someone asked me how many shows I've recorded this year, I might answer based on the number of discreet recordings I've mastered.

Bottom line though is I think it's whatever you want to call it.

Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: acidjack on September 30, 2011, 12:07:39 PM
I've lost count, but if I did count, tonedeaf's system is how I'd count it.

"How many shows do you go to a year" = how many venues did you show up at on a given day

"How many shows do you RECORD a year" to me = how many recordings of bands did you master.
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: willndmb on October 02, 2011, 10:17:32 PM
i count a shows, as many of you stated, by venue
and if i was asked how many shows i recorded i would give the same answer
but if i was asked how many bands i have recorded then i would count openers/fest acts

for example lets say i recorded every show i went to (show meaning 1 opener and 1 main act)
i can't say i went to/saw 50 shows this yr
then be asked how many shows did i tape this yr and say 100 - i would say all 50
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: H₂O on October 03, 2011, 01:47:49 PM
Number of Songs / 15 = 1 Show  ;D

Seriously - When I counted number of shows I count festival days as 2-4 shows (full day w/ latenight = 4, full day 11am - 11pm = 3, etc) but to be honest I don't track number of shows anymore.



Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: cashandkerouac on October 13, 2011, 04:11:40 PM
i'm agree with the majority of responses... however many bands play at particular venue on the same day, that's 1 show (assuming it's a 1-day event).  as for multi-day festivals, i don't really consider them to be a "show" per se because it spans more than one day.  i just call it a festival.  and regardless of 2 days or 5 days it's still 1 festival. 
 
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: rich on October 17, 2011, 06:21:30 AM
How do people count shows?


dont   ;D
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: daspyknows on October 18, 2011, 05:54:41 PM
per ticket/venue.  Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is 3 days so 3 shows for example as Darby described it 
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: Brian Emerick on October 26, 2011, 04:16:19 PM
i wish setlist.fm would count each date as 1 show, if you want.
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: hoppedup on October 26, 2011, 04:42:33 PM
I really got into taping in 2009. Prior to that I saw maybe 10 shows a year.

Since then:

2009: 55 shows
2010: 82 shows
2011: 104 shows

I keep up with shows, dates, bands, venues, mileage driven, ticket price, taped y/n.
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: cybergaloot on October 26, 2011, 05:18:13 PM
I don't worry about it. If you ask me for a number I'll just give you a guess. This year I'd guess 120.
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: hoppedup on October 26, 2011, 05:27:25 PM
I don't worry about it. If you ask me for a number I'll just give you a guess. This year I'd guess 120.

I don't worry about it, either. But I do keep track of it.  ;D
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: Brian Emerick on October 26, 2011, 05:32:08 PM
I just keep my stubs and log it into setlist.fm
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: morst on November 17, 2011, 02:48:28 PM
with a database. I use Filemaker but anything would work.

I keep a list of Shows Attended as well as a list of shows recorded. If I was half-a computer scientist, I'd merge my databases into "third normal form" but I keep 'em separate, and export blocks of data from one to the other when I type in a festival.

Approximately annually, I update my website:
http://iamtypingwithonefinger.com/#personallists
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: newplanet7 on November 17, 2011, 08:07:09 PM
I use this thing that I keep on my desktop.
Called Notepad and stuff. I can update it and close it. It's pretty neat.
It's also labeled shows2011 for this year. Pretty slick.
Title: Re: How do people count shows?
Post by: sunset on November 18, 2011, 10:54:44 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzhB0gF5GTI&feature=related

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