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Support your local venues with NIVA’s venue series trading cards!

Can you collect all 54?

Each pack includes:

• 9 assorted venue cards with a foil stamp for authenticity.
• Each card features a photo of the venue on the front and venue information on the back.

Formed at the onset of the COVID-19 shutdown, the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), now represents more than 3,000 members in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. NIVA created and led the #SaveOurStages campaign.

The collector card series features 54 venues from across the country, each with their own card. They include hometown favorites such as The 8×10, The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley, Tipitina’s, the Boulder Theater, and McMenamins Crystal Ballroom. Proceeds from sales of the Venue Series support NIVA and its mission to preserve and nurture the ecosystem of independent venues and promoters throughout the United States.

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Phantasy Tour Trading Cards releases Series Two, feat. 12 bands

Remember all those cards you collected as a kid? Remember the rush of excitement that enveloped the three seconds it took to rip open a new pack and find out what’s inside? Whether it was baseball, wrestling or Pokémon, you just had to collect them all. Well, get ready to welcome back nostalgia with high-quality, officially licensed Phantasy Tour Trading Cards !

It’s time to collect all your favorite players — music players, that is.

A Baltimore-based company felt it was dire time to unleash upon the world a good ol’ fashioned pastime, wrapped in a whole new package. Thus came to be the Phantasy Tour Trading cards, with Series One released back in March of 2020 — right at the peak of COVID — to the benefit of bands, photographers and collectors alike. Featuring nine nationally touring bands, the Phantasy Cards Series One pack bolstered one card per band member, as well as one full-band card each!

Now, you might be thinking, this sounds like a way to profit off struggling bands, especially during this terrible COVID-19 touring downtime. Think again. Portions of the packs’ proceeds go toward all featured band members, as well as the photographers credited for the band photos — both amateur and professional. An endeavor like this couldn’t come at a better time. After Series One was a great success (featuring The Disco Biscuits, Leftover Salmon, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong and more), Phantasy Cards brings 12 new bands and 68 new one-of-a-kind trading cards with their Series Two hot off the presses! The second edition showcases a myriad of musical genres by proffering ALO, Ballyhoo! , Billy Strings, Dumpstaphunk, Fortunate Youth , Ghost Light, lespecial, Lotus , Magic Beans, Papadosio, Spafford and Yonder Mountain String Band. What’s more, Series Two includes one randomly selected card per pack and one (of two) checklist cards, containing a collectible puzzle to solve on the back by Phantasy Cards’ official sponsors, Section 119.

Want to see your fave bands in the next series? Phantasy Cards asks music lovers to cast their vote for the next installment here . Choose from the names featured or write your own! The more people you tell about Phantasy Cards, the more musicians benefit. For more information or to get your pack today, visit the links below.

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 “I was a self-taught programmer,” explains Phantasy Tour founder Paul Glace. “I’d always had an interest in technology and, when I was in college, I learned about the World Wide Web and sought out every opportunity I could to experiment with this new thing, even though I wasn’t an IT major or programming major. So I began building websites for various societies on campus, as well as my fraternity. I was looking for any outlet to do something on the web because it was amazing—you’d immediately put something out there and people were using it.”

Glace was also an avid Phish fan who saw the band for the first time when they appeared at Penn State’s Recreation Hall on April 18, 1994, during his freshman year at the school. (Glace took his then-girlfriend, now-wife to the show.)

While attending Phish’s 1998 Las Vegas Halloween run, he began to think seriously about blending his passion for the band and his fascination with the internet. “It was then that the idea for Phantasy Phish really came to the forefront,” he recalls. “I thought, ‘Wow, this is something I can do. I can put this up on the web, people can predict setlists and we can score it in real-time. People can compete and get instant results no matter where they are located.’ It took me over nine months to gain the skills to make it happen, but I published it in time for that early fall tour.”

When Glace launched his project in September 1999, the initial URL was Phantasyphish. com. However, just over a year later, Glace moved the site to its current home, Phantasytour. com. “I realized that the name was very confining and that it wouldn’t necessarily sit well with the Phish organization,” he reveals. “So in the interest of not having the band’s name in the title, as well as giving me the latitude to expand the idea to other groups, I transitioned to Phantasy Tour, but I left the ‘ph’ in Phantasy as a nod to my favorite band.”

Another change was a bit more gradual. For many years, Phantasy Tour remained an intense hobby for Glace. During that time span, he “pursued a career in what started as a classical industrial engineering job, but then transitioned into management consulting. That’s where I learned a lot of business skills. This data-driven mentality was always there and was definitely a catalyst to why I was interested in setlist analytics, predictions and things of that nature.” However, after 15 years, he finally committed himself full-time to Phantasy Tour, sprucing it up and expanding its reach beyond the existing slate of bands and message boards.

His latest endeavor is Phantasy Tour Trading Cards. These collectibles, which are a throwback to the baseball cards of the 1970s and ‘80s, feature nine different bands. (Leftover Salmon, the Disco Biscuits, STS9, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Tropidelic, TAUK, Goose, Bumpin Uglies and The Jauntee). Each pack contains a checklist as well as nine randomly sorted cards representing the participating groups, through either an individual member or the entire band.

While the cards will eventually be sold at each artist’s live gigs, in the interim, they can be found at the Phantasy Tour merch site: merch.phantasytour.com .

When did the idea for Phantasy Tour Trading Cards first occur to you?

It’s hard to say when I really started thinking about it because I probably had been thinking about it since I started getting into this music as a teenager. But it really got traction at the beginning of 2019 when we approached Pigeons Playing Ping Pong about doing a run of cards featuring the four members of the band. It was largely conceived as a cross-promotional opportunity where we would make the cards, brand them Phantasy Tour and give them out to fans at their January 2019 shows in Asbury Park. It was really based on the response to that, and we said, “Hey, this is something people want. They’re really digging it.”

So I started contacting bands and talking about how to make it work for them. I also started contacting photographers to figure out how to piece it all together and make it happen. Admittedly, we run a technology company, not a merchandise company, so it took a backseat a couple of times throughout the year. We celebrated our 20th anniversary last year and planning a show around that consumed me for a couple of months. So it took a year to bring this to fruition, but I’m really glad that we saw it through.

Can you talk about the design element? The aesthetic definitely reminds me of the baseball cards that I grew up collecting in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

I definitely had it in my mind that these were going to look like 1970s or ‘80s baseball cards. That is what I articulated to the designer, Nate Gonzalez. His company name is The Moon Life and he specializes in a retro throwback look and feel. He also works with a lot of bands on their merchandise and poster art, so it was right up his alley. It was one of these things where we didn’t have a lot of back and forth because he pretty much nailed it from the get-go.

I like the checklists, which also have that period vibe. In addition, you’ve given space on the flip side to Backline [a mental health and wellness resource hub for the music community]. How did that come about?

Backline is doing a great job with what they’re trying to build, and it caught our attention. When we decided we were going to include a checklist card, we kicked around a lot of different ideas, as to what we should put on the back. Some collectors cards have pieces of a puzzle on the back of their checklist card. Then, you have to collect all eight checklist cards to piece the puzzle together. We also could have done a sticker card.

But one of the things that I’m really looking to do is build relationships in the community. So we ultimately decided to partner with an organization that we thought could benefit from some exposure in every pack. We wanted to work with an organization that we felt was worthy. So we reached out to Backline and offered that promotional space for them to do whatever they wanted. They informed us that they’re looking for a very clean, simple look in their branding. We’re hoping it helps raise awareness.

Did you ever consider adding gum to the packs, like in those classic packs of sports cards, even if that gum ended up tasting a bit like cardboard?

I would have loved to do that. But I didn’t even go so far as to ask the company that we hired to produce the cards about the added costs. So it didn’t make it very far in the brainstorming sessions. But boy, do I get asked that question a lot.

Do you have a favorite card from a visual standpoint?

 I definitely have a few. We pretty much left it up to the bands to pick the photos, so we got some interesting, different takes on it. For example, with the complete band pictures, sometimes we received shots of a band in a live environment, like when they do those pictures at the end of a show, facing a photographer with their backs to the crowd. Other bands used press shots.

As for individuals, Jeffree Lerner of STS9 sent a unique photo that’s taken from above his rig. He’s looking up at the camera, which is kind of backward over his head. That’s a neat one. Also, the card featuring Alana Rocklin of STS9 playing her upright bass is excellent. So give credit to STS9 for being creative. Then there’s Derek McBryde from Tropidelic. In the photograph, his sousaphone is wrapped around his upper body and he’s kind of leaning back. It’s just a great shot. It even includes a little portion of their logo, from the stage, in the background. So it’s a particularly cool looking image for a card.

The back of the cards feature a series of “Fun Facts.” For instance, I learned that Drew Emmitt of Leftover Salmon has the ability to speak with small birds and that Derek McBryde once ate three-and-a-half cans of beans in one sitting.

Those might have been the hardest things to wrangle. I have bigger plans for the back of the cards going forward. I would like it to be a little bit more biographical, assuming the musicians will play along. I’m thinking first date, hometown, favorite artists, favorite food. I’ve got a whole long list of questions that we’ll pick from and see how everyone reacts to them.

I would also love to get more statistical. We are a technology company and this divergent path in producing a physical product might seem odd, except for the fact that it fits perfectly with the notion that we really look at ourselves as the ESPN of live music. Everyone can come to us to find out “the score” and run stats. I hope we do a bit more of that.

The card wrappers identify this as Series One. Does that mean you are planning to move ahead with a Series Two, and possibly beyond?

I saw the members of the Disco Biscuits at their recent show in Philadelphia before they ultimately had to cancel it. [On March 12, the group was getting ready to perform at The Fillmore in Philadelphia when their show was canceled due to coronavirus concerns.] That was unfortunate but, since I was at the venue, I was able to get their reaction to seeing the cards in person for the first time. They’d seen the pictures but it’s neat to see the musicians react to the physical cards. They all loved their photos, but immediately Brownie [Marc Brownstein] told me that he’s already got another photo picked out for next time. Now that we’ve got the physical product to show people, I think it’s going to get more musicians excited.

We have plenty of ideas of our own, such as elusive signed cards that people have to try to find. In a future series, we also may have artist-at-large cards, in addition to complete bands. We might also have special appearances by certain celebrities in the industry. We’ve also talked about having festival cards. There’s so many directions we can go. My mind spins with the number of possibilities. I’m really excited to move forward with it.

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Collect ‘Em All: Phantasy Tour Unveils Live Music Trading Cards

Phantasy Tour has unveiled their first set of live music trading cards. The Baltimore-based social media company has put a series of 50 unique cards up for sale; each pack contains 9 randomly sorted cards, plus a checklist card.

The first series contains both full band cards and individual members from STS9, Leftover Salmon, The Disco Biscuits, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Tropidelic, TAUK, Goose, Bumpin Uglies and The Jauntee.

Phantasy Tour has also partnered with Backline for these trading cards. According to a press release, “Phantasy Tour donated the space on the back of each checklist card to Backline to promote the great work they are doing in support of the musicians we love and the people that support them. Backline is a hub for music industry professionals and their families to quickly and easily access mental health and wellness resources.”

“Trading cards are a great compliment to Phantasy Tour’s mission to promote live music and connect and engage fans during and between concerts,” said Phantasy Tour founder Paul Glace via press release.

Cards can be purchased both from Phantasy Tour and directly from bands. In addition, the cards will be sold at a series of upcoming shows (see below for a list). Head here to purchase from Phantasy Tour and for more information.

Dates to Purchase Cards: Feb. 26 Tropidelic at The Orpheum Theatre, Flagstaff, AZ Feb. 26 Bumpin Uglies at The Pour House Music Hall, Raleigh, NC Feb. 28 The Jauntee at Old Town Pub, Steamboat Springs, CO Feb. 29 Pigeons Playing Ping Pong at 10 Mile Music Hall, Frisco, CO Mar. 5 Goose at The Agora in Cleveland, OH Mar. 6 Leftover Salmon at Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, NV Mar. 12 The Disco Biscuits at The Fillmore in Philadelphia, PA Mar. 13 TAUK at 9:30 Club, Washington, DC Coming Soon to the STS9 Merch Store

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Spell check might have been a good idea prior to printing. That Alana Rocklin card is sure to skyrocket in value once they correct it. Better buy ’em now.

And the infantilization of the scene continues

Wish I was eight once again, oh right, then I would be into baseball cards. Wouldn’t count on Backline getting too much profit from these, sounds like a Phucking waste of money,

Phucking Stoopid

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Phantasy Tour Collaborates with the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) on Venue Trading Cards Series

Article contributed by phantasy tour | published on tuesday, march 16, 2021.

Social media website Phantasy Tour has partnered with the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) to produce a series of collectible trading cards featuring independent venues on sale now at https://merch.phantasytour.com . The first ever Phantasy Cards Venue Series features 54 venues from across the country, each with their own card. They include hometown favorites such as The 8x10, The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley, Tipitina’s, the Boulder Theater, and McMenamins Crystal Ballroom. Proceeds from sales of the Venue Series support NIVA and its mission to preserve and nurture the ecosystem of independent venues and promoters throughout the United States ( https://www.nivassoc.org ).

Phantasy Tour, a popular online destination for live music fans, began producing live music themed trading cards in 2019. Its first two series of officially licensed trading cards feature 97 musicians from 21 bands. Series One is sold out; Series Two is still available. The cards offer an opportunity to bring fans and bands together during a time when concerts with live audiences are paused. They provide live music fans a fun way to connect with each other, support artists, and now support venues. Collectors have enjoyed trading the cards to complete their sets, performing box breaks, getting artist signatures on their cards and framing them for display.

“Collaborating with NIVA on a venue series was a natural extension of what we’ve been doing with Phantasy Cards,” said Phantasy Tour founder Paul Glace. “We are thrilled to bring a little bit of venues back into fans homes until we can return to the venues in person. Fans can feel good knowing that their venue series purchases support NIVA and their efforts on behalf of our struggling independent venues.”

Each card in the series features a photo of the venue on the front, venue information on the back and a foil stamp for authenticity. The cards are randomly sorted into packs containing 9 venues each. In addition to packs, collectible display boxes containing 16 packs are also available for sale. The cards and packaging were designed by Nate Gonzalez of The Moon Life ( https://themoonlife.com ).

All venues in the series are members of NIVA. Phantasy Tour selected the venues in the series from a pool of applicants that responded to an invitation from NIVA last fall. A complete list of the venues in the new series can be found at https://phantasy.cards . Artists and venues interested in being featured on a trading card in the future can inquire at https://phantasy.cards/contact-us .

About Phantasy Tour

Founded in 1999, Phantasy Tour is a social media platform for live music fans. Phantasy Tour members compile the show, song and setlist histories of their favorite bands and run stats and collect their experiences based on that information. Fans can interact with other fans and play setlist prediction games similar to fantasy football. Phantasy Tour also offers data services to bands, allowing them to display their show and setlist history on their own websites and analyze show and setlist analytics.

Formed at the onset of the COVID-19 shutdown, the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), now represents more than 3,000 members in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. NIVA created and led the #SaveOurStages campaign, resulting in landmark legislation establishing the “Shuttered Venue Operators" Grant program to be administered by the Small Business Administration. NIVA's mission is to preserve and nurture the ecosystem of independent live venues, promoters and festivals throughout the United States. The National Independent Venue Foundation (NIVF) was founded to further this mission by also seeking to support a transparent, competitive marketplace serving a diverse and inclusive community of artists, fans, and industry workers. The NIVA Emergency Relief Fund (ERF) is a tax-deductible way for individuals, companies, and foundations to contribute. The NIVA ERF directly supports the preservation of the independent live entertainment ecosystem that presents music, comedy, and the performing arts, helping these critical spaces survive through the Coronavirus pandemic. Individuals, foundations, businesses, and organizations that are interested in contributing to the NIVA Emergency Relief Fund should visit nivassoc.org/erf .

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Phantasy tour collaborates with the national independent venue association (niva) on venue trading cards series .

Social media website Phantasy Tour has partnered with the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) to produce a series of collectible trading cards featuring independent venues on sale now at https://merch.phantasytour.com . The first-ever Phantasy Cards Venue Series features 54 venues from across the country, each with its own card. They include hometown favorites such as The 8×10, The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley, Tipitina’s, the Boulder Theater, and McMenamins Crystal Ballroom. Proceeds from sales of the Venue Series support NIVA and its mission to preserve and nurture the ecosystem of independent venues and promoters throughout the United States ( https://www.nivassoc.org ).

Phantasy Tour, a popular online destination for live music fans, began producing live music-themed trading cards in 2019. Its first two series of officially licensed trading cards feature 97 musicians from 21 bands. Series One is sold out; Series Two is still available. The cards offer an opportunity to bring fans and bands together during a time when concerts with live audiences are paused. They provide live music fans a fun way to connect with each other, support artists, and now support venues. Collectors have enjoyed trading the cards to complete their sets, performing box breaks, getting artist signatures on their cards and framing them for display.

“Collaborating with NIVA on a venue series was a natural extension of what we’ve been doing with Phantasy Cards,” said Phantasy Tour founder Paul Glace. “We are thrilled to bring a little bit of venues back into fans homes until we can return to the venues in person. Fans can feel good knowing that their venue series purchases support NIVA and their efforts on behalf of our struggling independent venues.”

Each card in the series features a photo of the venue on the front, venue information on the back and a foil stamp for authenticity. The cards are randomly sorted into packs containing 9 venues each. In addition to packs, collectible display boxes containing 16 packs are also available for sale. The cards and packaging were designed by Nate Gonzalez of The Moon Life ( https://themoonlife.com ).

All venues in the series are members of NIVA. Phantasy Tour selected the venues in the series from a pool of applicants that responded to an invitation from NIVA last fall. A complete list of the venues in the new series can be found at https://phantasy.cards . Artists and venues interested in being featured on a trading card in the future can inquire at https://phantasy.cards/ contact-us .

About Phantasy Tour

Founded in 1999, Phantasy Tour is a social media platform for live music fans. Phantasy Tour members compile the show, song and setlist histories of their favorite bands and run stats and collect their experiences based on that information. Fans can interact with other fans and play setlist prediction games similar to fantasy football. Phantasy Tour also offers data services to bands, allowing them to display their show and setlist history on their own websites and analyze show and setlist analytics.

Formed at the onset of the COVID-19 shutdown, the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), now represents more than 3,000 members in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. NIVA created and led the #SaveOurStages campaign, resulting in landmark legislation establishing the “Shuttered Venue Operators” Grant program to be administered by the Small Business Administration. NIVA’s mission is to preserve and nurture the ecosystem of independent live venues, promoters and festivals throughout the United States. The National Independent Venue Foundation (NIVF) was founded to further this mission by also seeking to support a transparent, competitive marketplace serving a diverse and inclusive community of artists, fans, and industry workers. The NIVA Emergency Relief Fund (ERF) is a tax-deductible way for individuals, companies, and foundations to contribute. The NIVA ERF directly supports the preservation of the independent live entertainment ecosystem that presents music, comedy, and the performing arts, helping these critical spaces survive through the Coronavirus pandemic. Individuals, foundations, businesses, and organizations that are interested in contributing to the NIVA Emergency Relief Fund should visit nivassoc.org/erf .

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Phantasy Tour Introduces Live Music Trading Cards

Posted by Elise | Feb 27, 2020 | Community , Jam Band News , Lifestyle , Music | 0 |

Baltimore-based social media company Phantasy Tour today officially unveiled their first series of live music trading cards. These high quality, collectible trading cards feature photos of top touring bands from various musical genres. The front of each card displays a photo of the musician or band and the back includes biographical information, fun facts, trivia questions and a foil stamp of authenticity. An online catalog of all cards in the series is available at  https://phantasy.cards .

In the inaugural set, collectors will find cards featuring STS9 , Leftover Salmon , The Disco Biscuits , Pigeons Playing Ping Pong , Tropidelic , TAUK , Goose , Bumpin Uglies and The Jauntee .  Each pack of Series One Phantasy Tour Trading Cards contains 9 randomly sorted collectible cards featuring a musician or entire band. There are a total of 50 unique cards in the series. There is also a checklist card in every pack.

Phantasy Tour donated the space on the back of each checklist card to Backline to promote the great work they are doing in support of the musicians we love and the people that support them. Backline is a hub for music industry professionals and their families to quickly and easily access mental health and wellness resources. More information about Backline is available at  https://backline.care .

Phantasy Tour founder Paul Glace says “Trading cards are a great compliment to Phantasy Tour’s mission to promote live music and connect and engage fans during and between concerts.”

Packs of Phantasy Cards can be purchased directly from the bands in the series at their upcoming shows or in their online stores. Here is a list of confirmed dates and locations at which cards will be available:

2/26/20 Tropidelic at The Orpheum Theatre, Flagstaff, AZ 2/26/20 Bumpin Uglies at The Pour House Music Hall, Raleigh, NC 2/28/20 The Jauntee at Old Town Pub, Steamboat Springs, CO 2/29/20 Pigeons Playing Ping Pong at 10 Mile Music Hall, Frisco, CO 3/5/20 Goose at The Agora in Cleveland, OH 3/6/20 Leftover Salmon at Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, NV 3/12/20 The Disco Biscuits at The Fillmore in Philadelphia, PA 3/13/20 TAUK at 9:30 Club, Washington, DC Coming Soon to the STS9 Merch Store

Online pre-orders are also being accepted at Phantasy Tour’s Merch Store found at  https://merch.phantasytour.com . Online orders will begin shipping March 16.

Work has begun on compiling the next series of Phantasy Cards . Fans can vote for the bands they are most interested in seeing in a future series by visiting  https://phantasy.cards/vote .

About Phantasy Tour Phantasy Tour is an online platform for live music fans. Phantasy Tour members compile the show, song and setlist histories of their favorite bands and run stats and collect their experiences based on that information. Phantasy Tour also offers data services to bands, allowing them to display their show and setlist history on their own websites and run show and setlist analytics.

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Phantasy Tour Releases Official Live Music Trading Cards

Baltimore-based social media company Phantasy Tour has recently designed and put up for sale live music trading cards . This is the first series of trading cards which features members of and full band cards of The Disco Biscuits ,  STS9 ,  Leftover Salmon ,  Pigeons Playing Ping Pong ,  Tropidelic ,  TAUK ,  Goose ,  Bumpin Uglies  and  The Jauntee .

Each card includes a photo of the musician on the front and biographical information, fun facts and trivia questions on the back as well as a foil stamp of authenticity. Series One features a total of 50 different cards. Each pack contains nine randomly sorted cards as well as a checklist. Phantasy Tour also supports Backline  by giving the hub for music industry professionals and their families to quickly and easily access mental health and wellness resources space on the back of each checklist card.

“Trading cards are a great compliment to Phantasy Tour’s mission to promote live music and connect and engage fans during and between concerts,” stated PT founder Paul Glace in a press release. Packs and boxes are available for pre-order  here  and will begin shipping on March 16. They can also be purchased at the following shows:

Fans can vote on who should make Series Two  here .

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