The New Saving Country Music Calendar!
You’ve asked for it, and now it’s here @ www.savingcountrymusic.com/calendar.
The idea behind this calendar is to try and further connect the underground country community. What you can find on the calendar is:
- Podcast/radio show times and locations
- Concert dates from core bands
- Album release dates and other special dates
- Important dates in country music history
PLEASE NOTE: I’m still entering dates. Don’t panic if you don’t see your favorite band/etc yet. Suggestions are always appreciated, so if something’s still missing after a few days, hit me up though MySpace/Facebook under the new ‘Links’ button (www.savingcountrymusic.com/links).
The calendar is still in the test phase, and YOU are the guinea pig. If the idea works, then I might regionalize it so that you can see only the concert dates and events near you if you choose. Since it’s done through Google, if you have a Google account you can subscribe to it, search through events, add alerts, etc. It also gives one touch access to maps of venues, and makes all these events searchable through Google, giving the concerts and podcasts more exposure.
Please understand there has to be a line somewhere on what bands/podcasts/events to calendar covers, and that line is determined by me, The Triggerman, Benevolent Dictator of savingcountrymusic.com. Though I will listen to suggestions. But if there is something you feel is not being covered adequately that is what THE FORUM is for, and just like The Forum, this calendar will need energy and attention if it is going to survive.
Get to know the calendar. Fumble with the buttons. BE the calender. Make love to it if you must. I personally prefer the ‘agenda’ to the calendar view. Once you get the hang, it’s pretty intuitive.
Managing this calendar involves a HUGE time commitment. I want to manage it until it gets going in the right direction, but if some brave soul has a desire to spend HOURS of time inputting dates each month and wants to volunteer as the official calendar person, hit me up.
And since this looks like a good opportunity to whore myself, let me point out that this website does not run itself. The articles don’t write themselves, and the dates on the calendar don’t automatically generate. So any help you can give is ALWAYS appreciated.
The BEST way to help is to simply spread the word about what we’re trying to do, leave comments on the articles, spread the word through Myspace/Facebook/etc. But if you got a few spare bucks, throw them at the Donate Button located in the far right column of the page. Another way is use the Amazon.com link for online shopping. It costs you nothing more, but a little kickback goes back to the site. It’s always best to buy from artists direct or through local stores, but when this is not possible, THIS is a way to still help support REAL music.
Thanks again for everyone for reading and all the support over the years. Onward and upwards!
–Triggerman out.
Stubblejumper
June 27, 2010 @ 10:04 am
Great news. Thanks for all the hard work.
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nlindsay
June 27, 2010 @ 12:06 pm
Goddamn Triggerman, you should win a medal just for getting that calendar up, not to mention all the effort on your behalf of maintaining this site.
Thank you sir.
Denise
June 27, 2010 @ 12:46 pm
Very nice, Triggerman ! It is a lot of work and you are making it easier for the fans to connect and so . . . kudos to you !
DOG BITE HARRIS
June 27, 2010 @ 1:25 pm
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The Triggerman
June 27, 2010 @ 2:30 pm
Dog Bite,
It is hard to promote a show that has already happened on a calendar. If you show happens at a set time or date weekly, I can work with that. Or if you plan your shows release ahead of time, like IBWIP does. Instead, it would probably be best to put it under the podcast heading on the message board.
Aran
June 27, 2010 @ 5:05 pm
The calendar looks great Triggerman, nice work. Thanks for all you do, don’t think for a second it goes unappreciated!
MR.BANDANA
June 27, 2010 @ 9:25 pm
THANKS FOR THE CALENDAR AND ALL YOU DO TO HELP THE UNDERGROUND AND REAL COUNTRY MUSIC..I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET..I’M SO FAR BEHIND IN THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT ITS NOT FUNNY!!!
Shot Jackson
June 27, 2010 @ 10:40 pm
Yeah, this is a great start. Maybe you should start approving bands that you think we’ll like(I trust your judgment), and let them add their shows, they want it and need it, also we’re playing at the Doublewide in Dallas on 07-10-10. I’ll buy you some drinks.
The Triggerman
June 27, 2010 @ 11:09 pm
Wait Shot, what’s the name of your band?
Jammin
June 28, 2010 @ 5:44 am
GREAT IDEA. It takes a lot of time scanning thru bands sites to check tour info. Although I do it regularly- I still miss some that come by from time to time. THANKS.
Shot Jackson
June 28, 2010 @ 8:27 am
We’re called, the ‘East Dallas Shuffler’s’ we’re playing with ‘The O’s’, which is one of the guys from ‘Boys Named Sue’.
Aran
June 28, 2010 @ 3:34 pm
I wish more underground country bands would come to Montana! We’re kinda out in the middle of nowhere (which is pretty damn country), but that just means we’re SO appreciative of good music. I think Hank III’s picked up on this, and Dale fuckin Watson is playing in Butte next month! Going to see Reverend Horton Heat, Split Lip Rayfield, and Hillstomp at the end of July, and that should be bad ass!! I just wish good shows weren’t months apart.
Still, at least I live in Montana!
Tyler
June 30, 2010 @ 11:21 am
This is pretty sweet on my android. Thanks
David Lee is hallucinating
June 30, 2010 @ 11:43 am
That calender is a great idea and looks to be potentially burdoning .. I got a couple Merle Haggard and Whitey Morgan Mississippi dates on mine. Never seen the 78’s and there will be ‘two shows in Jackson,MS?’ in July! Missed J.D. and the boys in Mobile, AL, but I’m glad more bands are making their way down here.
RestlessInAmsterdam
July 1, 2010 @ 3:25 pm
That is a so great, you did a super job to create a calendar like that, there must be a lot of work in that. I noticed you can print it out, I just took a look, it looks great, hats off to you Triggerman!
Would you add a date for example Lucky Tubb plays September 3rd 2010 at The Rambler in Eindhoven, The Netherlands?
The Triggerman
July 2, 2010 @ 9:44 pm
Restless,
At first I was going to put all the international dates on a separate calendar, but now I decided to put them all on one. Just added the dates for Lucky, and some for The Legendary Shack Shakers (Heads Up!)