BOSTON — DanielStricklandMusic.com is now live. The new home for singer, guitarist and pianist Daniel Strickland brings his original music, his official music video, his live-event booking and a place for fans to connect into one site, designed and built by Fenway Web.

Live music that fits the room

Daniel is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who plays acoustic guitar and piano and carries a deep, flexible repertoire. The site is built around what he does best: reading a room. That means warm, understated sets during dinner and bigger, crowd-facing sets when the night calls for it.

He plays restaurants, breweries, weddings, private parties, corporate events, festivals and community events. Every booking includes solo live vocals with acoustic guitar and/or piano, a professional, self-contained sound setup, and set lengths shaped around the event.

Original songs, front and center

Beyond the covers and crowd favorites, Daniel writes and records his own music, and the site gives each song its own spotlight with a 30-second preview and a link to the full track on Apple Music:

• Together Again (2025)
• Love San Antone (2024)
• Rest of Our Lives (2024), with its official music video on the homepage
• Father I Draw Near, featuring Lauren Johnson (2023)

Built for fans, not just bookings

The launch goes beyond a brochure site. Fans can sign in on any song page to leave a comment on the fan wall, sign up to be notified when new show dates land, and follow Daniel on Facebook for clips and announcements. Public show dates will appear on the site first, with one tap to add a show to your calendar or get directions.

How to book Daniel

Planning a wedding, a private party, a company event or a night out at your restaurant or brewery? Visit danielstricklandmusic.com and choose Book Daniel to check availability. You can also stream his music on Apple Music and follow along on Facebook.

Built by Fenway Web

DanielStricklandMusic.com is the latest launch from Fenway Web, the marketing and web agency that designs and builds every Boston Made site and builds websites for outside clients. If you want a site that feels this alive for your own business, start with Fenway Web.

BOSTON — Boston Made, Inc. has added two consumer platforms to its portfolio, both aimed at the same 60-mile stretch of South Carolina coastline: Grand Strand App, a live local guide and trip concierge, and Spot Check App, a peer-to-peer parking marketplace. A look at the tourism and parking data behind the region shows why the company chose to launch them together, and what the two products will have to prove.

A large market that had a softer year

The Grand Strand is one of the biggest leisure-travel markets on the East Coast. According to Visit Myrtle Beach, the area drew about 18.2 million visitors in 2024, who spent roughly $13.2 billion, up 5.3% from the year before. The organization puts the total economic impact at more than $26 billion and credits tourism with more than 82,000 direct and indirect jobs across the region.

The trend did not hold into 2025. Data released by Visit Myrtle Beach and the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce showed tourism down 3% for the year, WMBF News reported in February. Explanations varied, including severe-weather worries, negative social-media attention, and household budgets that kept some travelers home. Local tourism leaders said the recovery would depend on the experiences the destination offers, such as live music, theater, the beach, and food.

Why it matters: In a softer year, the destinations that win are the ones that are easiest to plan and enjoy. That is the gap Grand Strand App is built for. Rather than a static directory, it opens on live conditions: surf, the next tide from the NOAA gauge at Springmaid Pier, beach-safety notes, and weather. Its concierge then suggests three stops with drive times based on the weather, the tide, and the time of day.

Parking is a seasonal policy question

Parking on the Grand Strand changes with the calendar. In Myrtle Beach’s downtown district, which runs from Sixth Avenue South to 21st Avenue North, paid parking returned on March 1, 2026, and runs through September 30, with enforcement from 9 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week, and tickets starting at $30, according to WMBF News. From October 1 through the end of February, city-metered spaces downtown are free under a City Council decision to restore off-season free parking.

The result is a market where demand peaks in exactly the months when public parking costs the most and is hardest to find, while private driveways and garages a few blocks from the beach often sit empty.

The cost of searching is not trivial anywhere. A widely cited 2017 INRIX study estimated that the average U.S. driver spent about 17 hours a year looking for parking, at a cost of about $345 per driver in wasted time, fuel, and emissions, or $72.7 billion nationally. The figures are national and several years old, but the pattern they describe is sharper in a crowded beach town during peak season.

How the two products fit together

Spot Check’s model is simple. Drivers search a live map of driveway, garage, lot, street, covered, and EV-charging spaces, each showing status and an hourly price. They message a host or send a booking request, park, and leave a review. Hosts list a space in about two minutes by dropping a pin, choosing a type, and setting an hourly price and size or clearance.

Grand Strand App acts as the demand funnel. Its navigation includes a “reserve a driveway” link to Spot Check and a “list a parking space” link for owners, and its Grand Strand Season series covers parking topics directly, including free downtown parking, North Myrtle Beach parking, and whether rental guests should use valet service. Spot Check, in turn, publishes a daily Parking Briefing that is syndicated into Boston Made Reader.

The pairing reflects a strategy Boston Made has used across its portfolio: a content product that earns daily attention, linked to a transactional product that serves the need that content keeps surfacing.

What the platforms will have to prove

• Supply before demand. Any two-sided marketplace has to recruit hosts before drivers will trust the map. Spot Check’s early inventory is small, and growth will depend on reaching homeowners and rental owners near high-traffic areas.
• Local rules. Renting a driveway can be affected by municipal ordinances, HOA covenants, and rental-property agreements. Hosts will need clear guidance, and the platform will need to keep pace with local policy.
• Trust and accountability. Reviews are Spot Check’s main trust mechanism today. Clear booking terms, dispute handling, and verified listings will matter as volume grows.
• Seasonality. With free downtown parking for five months of the year, Spot Check’s value is highest in spring and summer and around events. Grand Strand App’s off-season content, from fall calendars to shoulder-season itineraries, has to keep users engaged in the quieter months.
• Data quality. A live guide is only as good as its feeds. Grand Strand App’s reliance on marine forecasts and NOAA tide data is a strength, as long as those inputs stay current and clearly labeled.

The bottom line

Grand Strand App and Spot Check App are small, early products in a large regional market. Their bet is that a guide people check every morning can create steady demand for a parking marketplace, and that a parking marketplace gives the guide a practical reason to exist beyond inspiration. Both brands are now profiled on the Boston Made Brands page, and the founding story is on bostonmade.com.

Sources

• Visit Myrtle Beach, destination statistics: context.visitmyrtlebeach.com
• WMBF News, “Myrtle Beach tourism down 3% in 2025, local businesses hope for better 2026” (Feb. 5, 2026): wmbfnews.com
• WMBF News, “Paid parking returning to Myrtle Beach downtown district this weekend” (Feb. 27, 2026): wmbfnews.com
• INRIX via Parking.net, “Searching for Parking Costs Americans $73 Billion a Year” (2017): parking.net
• Product details from grandstrand.app and spotcheckapp.com, reviewed October 8, 2026.

ROAD TO THE ROCKETSHIP · Chapter 9

A roadmap is a promise you can be held to, so here it is in public.

Coming soon

• Boston Made dog trackers. GPS trackers for dogs from the Boston Made Pets family. The Fenway the Pup storyline shows why: Chapter 2 is about a great escape.
• The Boston Made Training Academy. Practical courses in OSHA safety, highway and work-zone safety, law-enforcement topics and neighborhood watch.
• The restructuring desk from Chapter 6, with a free demo first.
• The Grand Strand. GrandStrand.app, a social network for Grand Strand vacation properties, and Spot Check parking are leading a push into Myrtle Beach, including a look at valet service. Follow it in the Grand Strand Season storyline.

How to follow along

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Season one ends here. Season two begins when the next door opens.

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