Musicians are manufacturing sold-out shows
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Musicians are manufacturing sold-out shows
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#3I don't think this is "sneaky" - to use the term from the article. Yes, on the one hand a band could maximize by playing in a larger venue, but maybe doing so diminishes the experience for more people. Smaller venues, greater precision, and budgeting, and a better experience for the audience seems like a win.
Not quite sure this is an issue that needs an article in Bloomberg
Re: Musicians are manufacturing sold-out shows
#4I don't think this is "sneaky" - to use the term from the article. Yes, on the one hand a band could maximize by playing in a larger venue, but maybe doing so diminishes the experience for more people. Smaller venues, greater precision, and budgeting, and a better experience for the audience seems like a win. Not quite sure this is an issue that needs an article in Bloomberg
Maybe it’s the old man in me but I’d venture to say most things in Bloomberg don’t need to be in Bloomberg.
I’d love it if a news site said occasionally, “there’s nothing really news worthy today. Yesterday’s important stuff will do.”
Also I’m mad I can’t get tickets to see angine de poitrine in Philly.
Re: Musicians are manufacturing sold-out shows
#5I don't think this is "sneaky" - to use the term from the article. Yes, on the one hand a band could maximize by playing in a larger venue, but maybe doing so diminishes the experience for more people. Smaller venues, greater precision, and budgeting, and a better experience for the audience seems like a win. Not quite sure this is an issue that needs an article in Bloomberg
And from what I’ve experienced: bigger shows aren’t cheaper! Smaller for the win.
Re: Musicians are manufacturing sold-out shows
#6I don't think this is "sneaky" - to use the term from the article. Yes, on the one hand a band could maximize by playing in a larger venue, but maybe doing so diminishes the experience for more people. Smaller venues, greater precision, and budgeting, and a better experience for the audience seems like a win. Not quite sure this is an issue that needs an article in Bloomberg
There’s always risks with putting on a show - and the financial risks of underselling may be on the band.
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#7I don't think this is "sneaky" - to use the term from the article. Yes, on the one hand a band could maximize by playing in a larger venue, but maybe doing so diminishes the experience for more people. Smaller venues, greater precision, and budgeting, and a better experience for the audience seems like a win. Not quite sure this is an issue that needs an article in Bloomberg
Maybe it’s the old man in me but I’d venture to say most things in Bloomberg don’t need to be in Bloomberg. I’d love it if a news site said occasionally, “there’s nothing really news worthy today. Yesterday’s important stuff will do.” Also I’m mad I can’t get tickets to see angine de poitrine in Philly.
I see you don't subscribe to weekend papers. Mild, minor culture articles are perfectly normal and welcome for media outlets to carry for the people who pay to subscribe for their journalism.
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#8In short, the author thinks it's the same reason that a half empty club will keep a line waiting outside: it inflates demand. Reality is probably that's one of the reasons only some of the time.
Re: Musicians are manufacturing sold-out shows
#9In short, the author thinks it's the same reason that a half empty club will keep a line waiting outside: it inflates demand. Reality is probably that's one of the reasons only some of the time.
> thinks it's the same reason that a half empty club will keep a line waiting outside
Yeah, one of the most famous club in Berlin used to pull that trick, now it is about to close because the owners are not making enough money. People aren't fooled by these tactics anymore.
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#10I don't think this is "sneaky" - to use the term from the article. Yes, on the one hand a band could maximize by playing in a larger venue, but maybe doing so diminishes the experience for more people. Smaller venues, greater precision, and budgeting, and a better experience for the audience seems like a win. Not quite sure this is an issue that needs an article in Bloomberg
And from what I’ve experienced: bigger shows aren’t cheaper! Smaller for the win.
I’ve avoided arena shows for decades because they’re usually super-expensive and a less satisfying experience. Back in the 90s when I made a comment in the Discipline Global Mobile website about deciding I didn’t want to see a show in a venue biger than 500 seats or spend more than $50 for it, Robert Fripp himself reposted it in his online diary approvingly. I think I’m willing to go a bit higher than that on both these days (I’ll see a show in a large theater which I’m guessing is around 1–2000 seats and inflation and higher income has raised my threshold on what I’ll spend on tickets), but generally I find smaller venues to be the most satisfying to see live music. Plus, this is going to be more obscure or early-career acts so you get to be hipper than thou when you see them.