When Past and Future Collide: John Cale Performs Paris 1919 Live in its Entirety | Concert Tickets | Coal Exchange, Cardiff | Keith Prowse USA - http://www.keithprowse.com/tickets...
My friend Randall Woolf did all the arrangements and assisted John creatively with this. Well worth checking out if you're anywhere near Cardiff on the date.
- Sheldon Steiger
Technology doesn't wait around, so it's all going to happen anyway, but it will take longer under today's rules. A weak economy is not the time to stifle change.
- Sheldon Steiger
from yesterday's Lefsetz Thread on the dying of the Concert Biz, from Harvey Goldsmith... Bob, I have been following the debate on concerts with great amusement. It seems that finally it's all coming out. The perspective is as follows: Fans are voting with their feet and not moving. Most of the big artists are overcharging with absolutely no regard for their audience. We must be the only industry that has scant regard for our audience assuming that because an artist wants to go on the road they will pay regardless of price. We seem to go out of our way to screw our audience both with live,recording and merchandise. To some extent promoters are taking the rap for the artists that are demanding more and more. The problem is that promoters are too stupid to say PASS, so consequently there is always someone who will take the deal and pay more. Then there is the distribution mechanism..... IT SUCKS. We have allowed third parties to take over and become the power in the business. They are...
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- Aron Michalski
I've been following this debate closely via The Lefsetz Letter. Fascinating and eye opening.
- Sheldon Steiger
Great advice from Sanborn -- on music, life, anything really...
- Cliff Gerrish
Cool right? I shot it in my studio last year as part of a live over the web interview with Indonesian press prior to Dave's show there.
- Sheldon Steiger
Michael Jackson and the Zombieconomy. Umair Haque explains the real problem with the economy. We don't reward people for creating, growing, nurturing, or even remixing assets. We just reward them for allocating the same old assets.
- Sheldon Steiger
A very lengthy discussion ensues after Fred Wilson's piece proclaiming his disdain for conferences (especially of the 'insider' variety.)
- Sheldon Steiger
In this exclusive AlwaysOn video, Bill Gurley expands on the critical issues facing the fast-paced Internet video market in the next few years. Check out the corresponding slideshow.
- Sheldon Steiger
Restoring Music - A Journey Toward Resolution - Music Industry Problems - Defining the Music Industry Crisis - 2nd Edition. - http://www.restoringmusic.com/problem...
William Patry came out of 'blogger' retirement to write a post commemorating Barbara Ringer, and her deep contributions to US copyright law.
- Sheldon Steiger
Most solutions today involve topic filtering, but as we move into the age of gestural permissions, it's people filtering that presents the highest return.
- Sheldon Steiger