JamBase Takes Main Stage: One Millionth Show Posts to JamBase.com, the Largest Database of Live Music Show Listings

With the Largest Database of Live Music Show Listings, a Passionate Fan Community, and Partnerships With Leading Music Promoters and Content Sites, JamBase Empowers Music Fans Worldwide to "Go See Live Music"

SAN FRANCISCO -- JamBase (www.jambase.com), the premier website for fans of live music, announced today a milestone achievement, posting the millionth live music show listing to its database. Since the company's founding in 1998, the JamBase community has grown from a grassroots group of avid live-music evangelists to a passionate community of 500,000 music fans whose tastes cross musical divides. Music fans around the world rely on its database and community website for up-to-the-minute information about live music performances from artists ranging from their favorite local jazz musician to The Police.

"The music industry is currently going through a tremendous paradigm shift in which live performances are taking the lead in delivering revenue to artists," said David Rosenheim, JamBase CEO. "JamBase supports musicians and promoters during this industry transition by providing a valuable alternative to traditional music promotion. We successfully align the interests of the fans with those of the artists and promoters by enabling fans to discover information about live music performances in a format that is accessible and affordable to performers and promoters."

The Largest Database for Live Show Listings

To meet the needs of its growing base of fans, JamBase is constantly fueling its database of music listings with up-to-the-minute announcements and touring news. The JamBase database posted impressive statistics in 2007:

* 40,000 artists ranging from independent musicians to mainstream performers

* 50 genres including rock, funk, blues, jazz, electronic and reggae

* 50,000 venues worldwide

* 89 percent increase in show listings in 2007 compared to 2006

Passionate Community Shares in Live Music Experience

JamBase visitors, contributors and community members share a passion for live music. With 5 million page views per month, people rely on JamBase for authoritative content on musicians, live performances and tours. The JamBase online community supports and drives the quality of music content: Members share show information and experiences; help others to discover new music by making recommendations; and contribute 30 percent of JamBase's database content, including their own favorite show listings.

JamBase equips its community of passionate and committed members with the most advanced resources available to support their efforts to discover, interact with and connect with musicians and fellow fans. Employing social Web features since its early days in 1998, JamBase continues to offer its community advanced Web tools and applications including: flexible search and filter tools, user-generated content, easy sharing services, up-to-date show information and recommendations, news feeds, and the ability to match artists from individuals' personal music libraries with upcoming tour dates.

JamBase also draws on a network of more than 200 contributing writers and photographers to deliver to its community thousands of music articles and images.

Established Partnerships Connect Fans with Live Music

Working with thousands of partners--from independent promoters to Live Nation, and syndication partners such as Microsoft, Rhapsody and Zvents--to receive and provide music information, JamBase provides the ideal platform for aggregating and broadcasting every element of information about live music shows and tickets. Through collaboration with syndication partners, JamBase expands the collective reach of its content to more than 30 million monthly unique visitors. In addition, with JamBase's open API, developers and users can share JamBase data in various formats and locations across the Web, making JamBase's valuable music data widely available. Together with JamBase, these diverse partners and strategies drive a shared mission to support live music by making it easy for fans to connect with quality show information.

About JamBase

Established in 1998, JamBase is the premier website for fans of live music. By providing the largest database of show listings and ticket information, authoritative content, community, and personalization tools for fans, JamBase connects music fans with the music they love and empowers them to go see live music. Originally founded by fans for fans, JamBase quickly evolved to serve not only devoted music enthusiasts, but all lovers of live music, while providing a platform for musicians to be discovered. Today, more than a half million people participate in the JamBase community every month and rely on the website to find the most accurate show listings available for 40,000 artists across 50 genres, performing in 50,000 venues worldwide. JamBase is headquartered in San Francisco and on the Web at http://www.jambase.com/

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