$50 is my limit! Too many young and hungry artist out there doing amazing shows for $25-$30 in small 150-400 seat venues.
It's mainly nostalgia acts and the boomers paying big bucks for concert tickets.
Lets face it a typical teenager doesn't have hundreds or thousands of dollars to spend on a few hours of entertainment.
When I was growing up in the late 70's making $3.25 a hour.
Concert tickets were $6.50-$10.00 or the equivalent of 2 or 3 hours of minimmum wage.
Not to get political here but the fact that artist are able to charge these kind of prices and folks are willing and gladly pay them is indicative of the mass income inequality we hear so much about.
Also it is indicative of the current state of the music business in the digital age.
While it was predicted that Napster and file sharing would be the doom of the music business.
The reality is that it is streaming services that has killed artist royalties.
Why buy a album or even a single song download on iTunes for $1.29 when one can have access to the entire Apple catalog of 50 million songs for a monthly cost of only $4.99 student.. $9.99 individual or $14.99 for the entire family?
At one time the acts that are now getting these IMHO stupid ticket prices once could count on record sales and royalties from their back catalog of music. Example Led Zeppelin IV was my favorite album growing up. I bought the LP , 8track tape to play in my car then I bought the cassette,CD and finally the MP3 version. So I purchased and paid for that recording 5 times as playback formats changed.
(" I won't say that quality of playback improved") But the artist got the royalties as a steady stream of income over the years.
Those days are over.
So if artist music sales and royalties are quickly drying up as fast as puddle of water in Death Vally's summer heat
Inflated ticket and merchandise prices and sales have become their alternative income source.
Seriously $50-$75 concert T-shirts?
It is a free market so people are free pay or say no way!
Me, I am in the "I saw them when them were young and in their prime with all the original musicians that made the music I love for $10"
"Sorry no way I am paying hundreds or even thousands go dollars to see a bunch of old rock stars prance around the stage( Make that a video screen) trying to act like they did when they were in their 20 and 30's" Often with bands with only one or two original members.
It is much like the high school prom queen. I would rather remember her at 17 and beautiful than go to my class reunion 40 years later and see that she is now 300 pounds and has grown old, fat and ugly just like me! LOL
Rock and Roll has always been and should aways be a young persons game.
That my opinion as always I could be completely wrong and just another old fart longing for the glory days of my youth.
Cheers
PQ
It's mainly nostalgia acts and the boomers paying big bucks for concert tickets.
Lets face it a typical teenager doesn't have hundreds or thousands of dollars to spend on a few hours of entertainment.
When I was growing up in the late 70's making $3.25 a hour.
Concert tickets were $6.50-$10.00 or the equivalent of 2 or 3 hours of minimmum wage.
Not to get political here but the fact that artist are able to charge these kind of prices and folks are willing and gladly pay them is indicative of the mass income inequality we hear so much about.
Also it is indicative of the current state of the music business in the digital age.
While it was predicted that Napster and file sharing would be the doom of the music business.
The reality is that it is streaming services that has killed artist royalties.
Why buy a album or even a single song download on iTunes for $1.29 when one can have access to the entire Apple catalog of 50 million songs for a monthly cost of only $4.99 student.. $9.99 individual or $14.99 for the entire family?
At one time the acts that are now getting these IMHO stupid ticket prices once could count on record sales and royalties from their back catalog of music. Example Led Zeppelin IV was my favorite album growing up. I bought the LP , 8track tape to play in my car then I bought the cassette,CD and finally the MP3 version. So I purchased and paid for that recording 5 times as playback formats changed.
(" I won't say that quality of playback improved") But the artist got the royalties as a steady stream of income over the years.
Those days are over.
So if artist music sales and royalties are quickly drying up as fast as puddle of water in Death Vally's summer heat
Inflated ticket and merchandise prices and sales have become their alternative income source.
Seriously $50-$75 concert T-shirts?
It is a free market so people are free pay or say no way!
Me, I am in the "I saw them when them were young and in their prime with all the original musicians that made the music I love for $10"
"Sorry no way I am paying hundreds or even thousands go dollars to see a bunch of old rock stars prance around the stage( Make that a video screen) trying to act like they did when they were in their 20 and 30's" Often with bands with only one or two original members.
It is much like the high school prom queen. I would rather remember her at 17 and beautiful than go to my class reunion 40 years later and see that she is now 300 pounds and has grown old, fat and ugly just like me! LOL
Rock and Roll has always been and should aways be a young persons game.
That my opinion as always I could be completely wrong and just another old fart longing for the glory days of my youth.
Cheers
PQ
I for one think great musicians are worth alot more than someone who can throw a football 60 yards. Just my 2cents..DG
Earlier this year we seen We Banjo 3 band from 
