Your people.
Your scenes.
Seeens is a directory of independent music that every band on it builds together: the bands you’ve played with, the venues that book you, the promoters, labels, zines, and radio shows, and the towns and scenes they belong to.
On top of it, your band keeps its own notes. That’s the stuff that usually lives in group texts and one bandmate’s head. Who booked that show in Spokane? Which bands want to play with us again? Who said they’d follow up, and did they?
How it works
- One directory, shared by every band. Anyone in a band can add a venue, band, or person. Add something and every band on Seeens can see it, so nobody types in the same venue twice.
- Your band’s notes are your band’s. What you think of someone, what you’ve played, your notes, contacts, and plans are only ever seen by your bandmates.
- Keep Private hides a listing from other bands. People start private; venues, bands, and labels start shared. Flip any of them in Band Settings.
How you feel about them
Every listing can get one status from your band. It’s how you feel, not what’s happened, and nobody outside your band sees it.
| Bands | Venues | People | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homies | Favorite | Homie | Your people. You look out for each other. |
| Let's play | Let's book | Let's collab | You both want to play together; it just isn't booked. |
| Want to play | Want to book | Want to collab | You'd like to. They don't know yet, or it isn't mutual. |
| Heard of | Heard of | Heard of | You know of them. No plans. |
| Avoid | Avoid | Avoid | Not for you. Hidden from your directory unless you ask to see them. |
| No status | No status | No status | Not sorted yet. Everything starts here, and most of the shared directory will stay here, which is fine. |
What you can do with it
- Find the venues, bands, and people other bands already know, and add the ones you know.
- Mark how you feel about each: Homies, Let’s Play, Want to Play, Heard Of, or Avoid.
- Group them by scene and town, so planning a run starts with who you already know there.
- Log what happened and plan what’s next, with a date and whose turn it is.
- Import the spreadsheet you’ve been keeping, and export it all as a CSV whenever you want.
What’s shared, what’s yours
| Every band sees | Only your band sees |
|---|---|
| Name, type, town, links, photo | Your status (Homies, Avoid, and the rest) |
| Venue details: capacity, ages, how to book | Notes, email, and phone numbers you added |
| Who added it | Played together, plans, outreach, archive |
| Anything you set to Keep Private |
Only people in a band can see Seeens at all. The band that added a listing is the one that can change it. Nothing is sold or used for ads. You can export your band’s listings, and you can delete your account from Account Settings.
Who keeps it tidy
Any band can add to Seeens, and the band that added a listing looks after it. Moderators, trusted people from the scene, can fix mistakes in any shared listing. Every fix is logged.
FAQ
How do I join Seeens?
Someone already on Seeens invites you. For now, ask a band that uses it. There's no sign-up form, and the plan is to keep it that way after the beta: everyone comes in through someone in the scene who knows them. That makes it a lot harder for fake bands, scammers, and abusers to get in.
Does Seeens use AI?
Not in the app. Nothing in Seeens writes, makes, or guesses anything: every listing was added by a band that knows it firsthand. Larry builds Seeens with an AI coding helper, since it's one person working nights and weekends. If an AI feature is ever added, it'll be off unless your band turns it on, and it will never make art or speak for you. Read the full commitments.
Does it cost anything?
No. Seeens is Larry's gift to the scene, not a business. Running it does cost a little (hosting and the like), so the plan is to let bands chip in with donations someday, if they want to. No ads, no paid tiers, no venture capital, and Seeens will never be sold to a bigger company. You can always export your band's listings.
Who can see what I add?
Bands, venues, labels, and the rest are seen by every band on Seeens (their name, type, town, links, and photo), unless you set them to Keep Private. People start private: only your band sees a person you add, until you share them. Your status, notes, contacts, and plans are only ever seen by your band.
Can I get my data out?
Yes. Export your band's listings and notes as a CSV from the bottom of the directory, any time.
Who’s behind it
Seeens was created by Larry Reynolds, a designer and developer who plays in Merwulf, a post-punk trio in Portland, Oregon. It started as Merwulf’s own list and grew from there.
It’s a beta
Seeens is in a closed beta. Everyone using it is a tester, so things will change, and what you tell us decides what changes. Once you’re in, Send Feedback is in the header.