I have so many comments… where to begin? I will start and end with Live Nation’s monopolistic and carnivorous ticket pricing. Industry talking heads come up with all kinds of fancy-sounding arguments and theories and excuses for low-selling stadium and arena tours. They are a distraction from the foundational cause.
The fact is, they are experiencing the results of price-elasticity. Even if acts have the same number of fans (or more as indicated by streaming numbers), higher prices will eventually force some fans out of ticket sales.
A friend of mine opted not to buy tix to a show, stating “Live music is now for the rich.”
It breaks my heart. If you track household incomes of different genre fans, I wonder if you’d see that acts/genres with a lower-income demographic are getting hit harder in tickets sales than others. Maybe a good stat study for you 🤓
Pondering the bottom number of a time signature is like thinking consciously about how you walk—throws you completely off. Though it is fun to consider. My best answer is that it’s whatever feels right and even more important, is easier for someone to read at a glance. Quarters and eighths are easier, generally; you could call 4/4 16/16, but you’d get some weird looking charts.
Love the links. Especially the one about the Gender Swap cover songs project. I’m going to add some of my own to the mix!
did you see the Billboard news about Strait breaking the US concert attendance record yesterday? Previous record was the Dead in Englishtown NJ, ‘77.
I did not. Have a link?
https://www.billboard.com/music/country/george-strait-breaks-concert-attendance-record-1235710814/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1u7__NQCvQ2IBf64zivprKf_R4XXEhMvawfoYcXny9rZHH2Yt4h461cTY_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw
also, thanks for the listening recommendations. i hear the new Willow Smith album is pretty mind blowing as well
I have so many comments… where to begin? I will start and end with Live Nation’s monopolistic and carnivorous ticket pricing. Industry talking heads come up with all kinds of fancy-sounding arguments and theories and excuses for low-selling stadium and arena tours. They are a distraction from the foundational cause.
The fact is, they are experiencing the results of price-elasticity. Even if acts have the same number of fans (or more as indicated by streaming numbers), higher prices will eventually force some fans out of ticket sales.
A friend of mine opted not to buy tix to a show, stating “Live music is now for the rich.”
It breaks my heart. If you track household incomes of different genre fans, I wonder if you’d see that acts/genres with a lower-income demographic are getting hit harder in tickets sales than others. Maybe a good stat study for you 🤓
Pondering the bottom number of a time signature is like thinking consciously about how you walk—throws you completely off. Though it is fun to consider. My best answer is that it’s whatever feels right and even more important, is easier for someone to read at a glance. Quarters and eighths are easier, generally; you could call 4/4 16/16, but you’d get some weird looking charts.
Thanks for the great links!