Members guitarville Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Originally Posted by Sillypeoples Look on the bright side...there IS money in music... And big money too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarville Posted December 4, 2012 Members Share Posted December 4, 2012 Originally Posted by Sillypeoples Look on the bright side...there IS money in music... And big money too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hamza hashmi Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 My future looks bright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hamza hashmi Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 My future looks bright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted December 15, 2012 Moderators Share Posted December 15, 2012 Originally Posted by hamza hashmi My future looks bright. Really? How so? The point here is the only people raking in money are the dinosaurs of rock, cashing in on their mortality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted December 15, 2012 Moderators Share Posted December 15, 2012 Originally Posted by hamza hashmi My future looks bright. Really? How so? The point here is the only people raking in money are the dinosaurs of rock, cashing in on their mortality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sillypeoples Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Originally Posted by daddymack Really? How so? The point here is the only people raking in money are the dinosaurs of rock, cashing in on their mortality. That's an interesting observation. No doubt these guys are getting some mileage from the fans who are thinking...'this might be their last tour'.....Even so, this isn't 1978 where a concert ticket might be $20....just boggles what people are willing to pay to see people a concert these days. Anyway you cut it though...there are a ton of older acts that no one would probably go see now...so at some point you have to acknowledge that someone is paying big bucks to see Kiss, Ac/Dc and the other 'legacy' acts for a reason, because the music is good...and.........my suspicions are it's not a bunch of 50 year old guys who saw them back in high school.So as much as the kids might bitch about the only concerts worthy of seeing are 'Dad's bands'...the fact is, it's the kids that are going to see Dad's bands.....Which leads down the Socratic road they don't want to be on....'so how come your generation can't field any big acts worthy of packing an arena?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sillypeoples Posted December 15, 2012 Members Share Posted December 15, 2012 Originally Posted by daddymack Really? How so? The point here is the only people raking in money are the dinosaurs of rock, cashing in on their mortality. That's an interesting observation. No doubt these guys are getting some mileage from the fans who are thinking...'this might be their last tour'.....Even so, this isn't 1978 where a concert ticket might be $20....just boggles what people are willing to pay to see people a concert these days. Anyway you cut it though...there are a ton of older acts that no one would probably go see now...so at some point you have to acknowledge that someone is paying big bucks to see Kiss, Ac/Dc and the other 'legacy' acts for a reason, because the music is good...and.........my suspicions are it's not a bunch of 50 year old guys who saw them back in high school.So as much as the kids might bitch about the only concerts worthy of seeing are 'Dad's bands'...the fact is, it's the kids that are going to see Dad's bands.....Which leads down the Socratic road they don't want to be on....'so how come your generation can't field any big acts worthy of packing an arena?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members johnny_r Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 Regarding musicians total net worth (as opposed to 2012 earning) I read an interesting article last week ... 4th or 5th on the net worth list, after the guys you'd expect, like McCartney, Bono, Elton John....was Jimmy Buffet. Who, as the article pointed out, hasn't had a top 40 hit since 1979. Obviously, he makes tons of $$$ touring, but also from derivative products...the whole Margaritaville thing - establishments & products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matthewearly84 Posted January 3, 2013 Members Share Posted January 3, 2013 If you're able to create a brand, your laughing... Unfortunately, it is the dinosaurs that most profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted January 3, 2013 Moderators Share Posted January 3, 2013 Originally Posted by johnny_r 4th or 5th on the net worth list, after the guys you'd expect, like McCartney, Bono, Elton John....was Jimmy Buffet. Who, as the article pointed out, hasn't had a top 40 hit since 1979. Obviously, he makes tons of $$$ touring, but also from derivative products...the whole Margaritaville thing - establishments & products. gotta love this...here's a guy who's entire career centers on the theme of rejecting societal norms and 'dropping out', and he is cashing in on selling the image to people who don't. Pure genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members johnny_r Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 Originally Posted by daddymack gotta love this...here's a guy who's entire career centers on the theme of rejecting societal norms and 'dropping out', and he is cashing in on selling the image to people who don't. Pure genius. "Sell the sizzle, not the steak!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted January 5, 2013 Moderators Share Posted January 5, 2013 Actually, this goes beyond the sizzle/steak analogy; it goes to the heart of the baby boomer 'dream vs reality' dichotomy. 'Turn on, tune in, drop out' vs become exactly what we protested against: the man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beatpoet Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 Originally Posted by Sillypeoples So as much as the kids might bitch about the only concerts worthy of seeing are 'Dad's bands'...the fact is, it's the kids that are going to see Dad's bands.....Which leads down the Socratic road they don't want to be on....'so how come your generation can't field any big acts worthy of packing an arena?' Coldplay/nu-Muse commercial rock and the Creed/Nickelback-post grunge bands are the first big arena bands I can think of, and even then they emerged in the late 90s/early 2000s - hardly recently! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted January 5, 2013 Members Share Posted January 5, 2013 Originally Posted by Sillypeoples Anyway you cut it though...there are a ton of older acts that no one would probably go see now...so at some point you have to acknowledge that someone is paying big bucks to see Kiss, Ac/Dc and the other 'legacy' acts for a reason, because the music is good...and.........my suspicions are it's not a bunch of 50 year old guys who saw them back in high school.So as much as the kids might bitch about the only concerts worthy of seeing are 'Dad's bands'...the fact is, it's the kids that are going to see Dad's bands.....Which leads down the Socratic road they don't want to be on....'so how come your generation can't field any big acts worthy of packing an arena?' Because they don't go to concerts. I've been to several "Dad's bands" concerts in the last few years---really aren't more than an handful of kids there. It's the old folks who are packing the arenas trying to recapture some part of their youth.Here's a pic from a recent McCartney concert in Quebec. Looks like Sarah Palin over there on the left is pretty much the youngest person there. And those were the cheap seats.Today's younger generation has an entirely different social construct. It isn't at all built around the "waiting for the next big act to come to town, waiting in line all night to buy tickets, and then hanging out in the arena parking lot getting drunk and stoned before going inside and tripping on the music" like we did when we were kids.They'd rather wait in line all night for the next iPhone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matthewearly84 Posted January 6, 2013 Members Share Posted January 6, 2013 Originally Posted by beatpoet Coldplay/nu-Muse commercial rock and the Creed/Nickelback-post grunge bands are the first big arena bands I can think of, and even then they emerged in the late 90s/early 2000s - hardly recently! Queen / ELO / The Beetles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 8 Foot Manchild Posted January 7, 2013 Members Share Posted January 7, 2013 Hey, I kind of a little bit like one or two of those people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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