Members LiveMusic Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 Do you know of any venues (any kind of show or concert) where the doors are closed and there is "no admission after such-and-such time?" In intimate settings, every time someone opens the door, it interrupts the ambience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philbo Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 Only the Nursing classes at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. Some sort of psychotic quirk, I guess.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bobbyrockstar Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 I have been to acoustic folk shows where something like this is the norm. You are not prevented from exiting in the middle of a song but you are prevented from entering in the middle-- have to wait until between songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dave Martin Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 it's quite common in classical music and broadway shows to restrict the late-comers until the first piece/first scene is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kevinnem Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 it is standard, in my area, for opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 As others note, it's de rigeur for so-called serious music (symphonic, chamber, opera, etc). And, of course, theatre. I've seen it done in jazz once or twice, I think. I think it's a great idea for folk music, too -- although it's something you'd want to make clear to fans (and visiting artists) as the policy if there were long periods where the fans couldn't enter. I've watched a piano concerto from the very back of the hall at my local symphony before. It's small price to pay for not having to stumble across a bunch of innocent people in the dark who are just trying to watch some serious music they paid a considerable amount of money to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mudcat007 Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 I believe this is the norm at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. It's a very small writers oriented venue in Nashville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 I believe this is the norm at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dave Martin Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 I believe this is the norm at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. It's a very small writers oriented venue in Nashville. Which is yet another reason I dislike the Bluebird so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 I liked it! It really seemed focused on the music rather than the entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dave Martin Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 I liked it! It really seemed focused on the music rather than the entertainment. At first glance, sure... But the concept of a popular music venue (remember that the goal for 90% of the writers who play the bluebird is to get a cut that gets played on the radio and makes 'em money) where you aren't allowed to talk? C'mon - if your songs suck so bad that people have to be FORCED to listen to them rather than drawing listeners into them, you shouldn't be doing them on stage. I mean, really - it ain't a church, it's a hole in the wall bar. And that doesn't even discuss the stupidity of 'writers in the round' - at least, the way it's developed at the Bluebird.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 I hear that, Dave. Good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spikemullings Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 A CD that I own and love is a live recording of Guy Clark, Towns Van Zandt and Steve Earle at the Bluebird. Didn't seem particularly precious on that night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LiveMusic Posted October 24, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 At first glance, sure... But the concept of a popular music venue (remember that the goal for 90% of the writers who play the bluebird is to get a cut that gets played on the radio and makes 'em money) where you aren't allowed to talk? C'mon - if your songs suck so bad that people have to be FORCED to listen to them rather than drawing listeners into them, you shouldn't be doing them on stage. I mean, really - it ain't a church, it's a hole in the wall bar. And that doesn't even discuss the stupidity of 'writers in the round' - at least, the way it's developed at the Bluebird.... Could you expand please? They serve booze, right? It's a venue focused on one thing -- the song. Kinda like folk music. If people talk a little, they will talk a lot. I'd think they're doing something right; they're still in business after many years. I'm interested in why you feel the way you do. You've seen too many no-name writers there who suck or what? How strict are they on not talking. I mean, you can't whisper a sentence to your honey or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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