Didn't used to be this way. Used to be bands were developed slowly. The audience saw them as more than one hit wonders. These are the classic rock acts. Once we got to the video era, band shelf lifes shortened. Now it's nonexistent.
If you were made by the machine.
If you made it outside the system, if it was about touring and gaining fans slowly, you're laughing all the way to the bank. Recorded music revenue may be way down, but Phish is still cleaning up on the road, despite never having a mainstream radio hit, without having any radio airplay whatsoever, except for pockets of college and Triple-A exposure. -- Bob Lefsetz
If you look at most popular musical groups today you see that each grosses the majority of their sales through albums. But in the digital age we are now a part of this seems silly considering how many ways there are to steal the newest album online for free. Why wouldn't bands try harder to make more money on the road? Phish tours extensively each year and consistently is ranked in the top grossing bands. This is funny to me for a few reasons.
-Phish gets relatively zero radio play.
-Phish's albums are never the blowouts and money-makers of other popular artists today.
-Phish does what every group could do, play a different set every night, making each show special and unique, making fans want to attend multiple shows.
-Phish gets relatively zero radio play.
-Phish's albums are never the blowouts and money-makers of other popular artists today.
-Phish does what every group could do, play a different set every night, making each show special and unique, making fans want to attend multiple shows.
-Phish does things that often take away from revenue, such as their recent charity show in Vermont which raised over $1.2 million for flood recovery.
-Phish does as much as they can to reduce ticket prices, going as far as buying tickets from each venue so they can sell them directly to fans for face value instead of the ridiculous prices some venues charge.
-Phish allows the making of bootleg tapes.
-Phish accompanies each ticket with a free download of the show a fan has attended
-and most of all...Phish cares less about money than the majority of groups today.
Why don't more groups follow the outline that Phish has set out?
It seems like each premises shown is directly related to increased tour revenue when added together, yet no one jumps to the same conclusion and follows in their footsteps.
Why don't more groups follow the outline that Phish has set out?
It seems like each premises shown is directly related to increased tour revenue when added together, yet no one jumps to the same conclusion and follows in their footsteps.
I do not think this strategy would work for every group. Not every group would be so lucky as this "Phish" group you speak of. If someone like Nickleback tried to do that, I think it would be an epic fail. Don't you agree?
ReplyDeleteif these "groups" are popular then it is likely that corporate sponsored advertising/public relations strategies were implemented to form such a public opinion
ReplyDeletethe majority of the consumerism that supports the media and the corporate supported musicians is steered into which music the majority of consumer capital will flow
it is not that there are not thousands of more-creative-than the mainstream musicians but simply it is unlikely that such bright creativity can rival the age old established groups that are formulaic-ly publicized to generate profits and promulgate ideology favorable to their profits.
I think that if we were de centralized and had in general less common influence like mass media and more purchasing power/freedom and or autonomy from corporate usa, we would be able to see scores more bands like phish getting out there and preforming for the sake of entertainment not to pacify and reap profits off of a sedated and dependent public