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Selling recordings of live shows...?
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dj jaimz
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Posted : Apr 30, 2004 05:22
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Ok, this subject isn't as dodgy as the topic line might suggest.. but I read recently about this: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&e=1&u=/ap/20040429/ap_on_hi_te/music_on_a_stick
Basically, at some venues for alternative/underground rock music in New York, they now offer the option to purchase a recording of the live show you just saw afterwards. The show itself is worth $US10, and you can also buy a USB 128Mb Keychain at the venue for $20 to put it on, but that's optional, the idea being you can bring your own. The money for this would, I assume, go to the artists and to the promoter (or whoever has set up the computer infrastructure to record and duplicate the set).
So what I want to know, is how artists, and punters, feel about this sort of thing?
For one thing, the article talks about putting 110 minutes of audio onto the keychain, which works out to be 160kbps. A lot of fans might be disappointed at this low quality, but artists might like the idea of having it low quality, so that fans will have to buy their album, or go to another show to hear it as better quality.
A lot of artists also feel quite protective of their live shows and might not want them floating around, as it's almost certain (and the article even refers to this) that most people will get back and immediately place the live set on the internet. For artists who have a fresh new live set full of fresh tracks that they want to wow the world with, it's not so great when half the planet have heard your live set two weeks after you first play it.
But there are lots of advantages to this as well. In addition to be a good little money earner for the artists and promoters, it'll be a nice souvenier for the people going to the gig, and a good incentive to go to the gig also.
Ultimately, I personally feel this isn't something that would succeed in the psytrance scene, mostly because a lot of the artists already have enough exposure and don't have the same obscurity that most alternative rock artists in New York would have. However it could be cool for smaller live acts just getting off the ground and who want to travel internationally but don't have an album released.. due to the costs getting something like this going, tho, I think we'd need the support of the bigger artists as well.
It would be really nice to have something like this at a festival, tho. Imagine on the last day of Boom being able to go to a stall and purchase your three favourite live sets for $10 each. |
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Rik
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Posted : May 26, 2004 16:23
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"According to this Rolling Stone article, and this article at P2P, everyone's favorite monopolist, Clear Channel, is bullying DiscLive and other companies in the available-after-the-concert live CD business by forbidding them from operating in their venues. Looking at the actual Clear Channel patent itself, it's obvious that, unlike what is said by their Instant Live program head Steve Simon, their patent is very specific, and doesn't cover all media types and all onsite production, so isn't CC just standing behind a bogus patent to continue to act like a monopolist? Anyone have prior art to invalidate their patent?"
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pr0fane
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Posted : May 26, 2004 16:44
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kaniz
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Posted : May 26, 2004 21:53
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I like the idea, theres been a few parties I've been to I wish I could listen to the set again the day after. I saw a video clip from Vazik, and the music still sends chills down my spine, wish I could have a copy of the set he played  and would be willing to pay for it also.
Also, for me, 160kbps is fine, I'd even be fine with 128kbps, possibly this is because I dont have the msot amazing home stero system and listen to alot of stuff off of my walkman while around town ... but the quality level would be fine for me.
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-Abatwa-
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Posted : May 26, 2004 22:17
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it could benefit the artists, as we had in a debate in the trance forum called "very ugly thing to do" of people recording the live sets of the dj's, in terms of at least they could get some profit.
but there is of course the issue of unreleased tracks as mentioned here. the dj's or labels may not be happy that the unreleased stuff to be in the hands of the listeners, before its out in a cd.
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