soundian Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 exactly.and in all honesty' date=' i personally couldn't give a toss what's on at the blue lamp on a wednesday evening, because i know a> i won't go and b>they wouldn't have anything of interest for me.the GCG is a commendable undertaking by milner and ian, and whoever else is involved but ultimately IMO it's a lot of wasted energy for a lot of people who really couldn't care less... even all the people into the new school indie - probably the biggest market at the minute - aren't going to look beyond drummonds, the lemon tree and occasionally moshulu/tunnels. having EVERY venue seems a little daft.there's no way to judge how effective the GCG is anyway, as every venue still has nights that no-one turns up, and everyone once in a while a show will be unexpectedly busy i suppose.[/quote'] It works becuase it covers every venue and genre that it possibly can, most people have fairly broad tastes. As to how effective it is, you'd need to ask the advertisers, but I'm practically fighting them off with a stick at the moment so that sort of answers that question. According to my server provider we had 483 visitors on Tuesday, so wasted energy it is not.p.s. Milner isn't involved in this, he just shows his support by having our logo on his signature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest five years Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 It works becuase it covers every venue and genre that it possibly can' date=' most people have fairly broad tastes. As to how effective it is, you'd need to ask the advertisers, but I'm practically fighting them off with a stick at the moment so that sort of answers that question. According to my server provider we had 483 visitors on Tuesday, so wasted energy it is not.p.s. Milner isn't involved in this, he just shows his support by having our logo on his signature.[/quote']in that case i take it all back. well done! i'd forgotten all about the advertisers.(i just guessed that milner was involved due to the signature thing, my bad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 The site now mentions that all gigs listed are RFR and also links to the GCG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djricochet Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Granite city guide seems to be down now and gigs in aberdeen hasnt been updated since november! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angusr Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Granite city guide seems to be down now and gigs in aberdeen hasnt been updated since november! RFR (who did all the 'Gigs in Aberdeen') no longer exists. The same applies to the Granite City Guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 why what happened to the gcg?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Certain venues, between them , owed the GCG circa 1000. I'm not a charity so I stopped when any profit I'd made had been eaten up by costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Certain venues, between them , owed the GCG circa 1000. I'm not a charity so I stopped when any profit I'd made had been eaten up by costs.Can't we name and shame them now?Are people still interested in the concept of a website only granite city guide? The thing that seemed to let it down in the past was that most promoters and/or bands couldn't be bothered to put their gigs in the calendar.i could be bothered putting up some new backend technology behind the site again if an html/javascript person could be bothered coming up with some ideas for design templates.edit: although the calendar on a-m.com actually looks quite good and useful these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 The problem was 99% of the gigs were put up by me trawling websites and harassing promoters. That's what was taking up all my time. I left it running for 6 months after I closed down the print version and stopped posting gigs myself to see if it would be self-sustaining as originally envisaged. A pathetic amount were posted, despite all the venues/promoters involved knowing there was 300-500 unique hits per day. I can't be bothered helping people who can't be bothered helping themselves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 bah another wasted service gone for people up here. I cant be bothered with the whole rant its all been said before, this just leaves me feeling so dejected about the whole "scene" up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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