With that spirit, we set off trying to find a way to let people show it off a little bit, in particular trying to target groups that don't get a lot of exposure, lesser known names. Noting that a number of rock sites are already out there, the Steves intend to include everything from barbershop quartets, choirs, classical, opera, folk, rock, you name it. Financing is pretty easy, too. We're trying to create a site that isn't really commercially motivated, so there's a lot of things we offer for free. So far, Tuned In has got an events page that lists upcoming performances and links to a national music calendar service, so that anything posted locally also gets picked up for nationwide notice.
Artists can submit their performances by phone, email or letter, and the listings are free.
Can Flash's Nothing's As Real . Last month Woodstock's own Older Than Dirt was the prize, and Stiert notes that the response to the giveaway program has been so great, they'll probably bump it up to four albums a month in the near future. To participate, all a band needs do is provide two CDs, one to give away and one for audio processing for the site, plus whatever pertinent information they'd like listed. If the band is already on the web, they'll be linked to the page, but if they're cyber virgins, the Steves will build them a page for an embarrassingly low cost. The only charges involved at all to most participants are to defray the charges for storage of the sound files on the server, and relatively speaking, that ain't much.