“ Is this really that cheap? What’s a more fair price to pay? On top of the $7500, the artists are also getting their music exposed to a massive audience.”
Yes it is. Just as a comparison my mate’s big sister was in a band signed to 4AD in the 90s and they were sampled by a breakbeat band for their first album (major label, it was getting big at the time but this act hadn’t actually had hit singles or anything) and the fee was ten times that. 30 years ago when you could buy two houses for that price.
The sampling album did really well and the dance duo were very successful. The exposure? That was worth nothing in the long run. The cold hard cash was though.
Yes $7,500 is not exactly cheap, it’s thieving bastard behaviour.
Hey Rockstar? I will pay you in exposure for any game of yours I play.
ETA
Ten times that in English pounds so thirteen times that in mid 90s purchasing power. And the big band didn’t make billions from their record.
People get mad about the right wing scum Oasis engaging in disgusting ticket pricing shenanigans but it’s shit like this and how studios want to steal artists work to train AI while Disney gets the exception from everything on your PC being recorded for AI that really makes me want to line the motherfuckers up against the wall. Shoot some fucking sense into them.
Get well soon Kamasi. My tickets have new dates on them already. I really hope (for his sake more than mine) that he makes the new dates. I’ve had a couple of tickets postponed and then cancelled recently and it hasn’t been great news…
Aaand…it’s over.
Last Gröna Lund concert for me this season was Thursday, a quite reknown, at least locally, Swedish rock group.
The Soundtrack of Our Lives.
I had never heard of them before, but all my colleagues told they were worth going, and so did a friend who had already seen them.
I did not have the time to listen to them as preparation, so I wen there not knowing what to expect.
A coupla years ago my BF took me to see Mdou Moctar at a small coffeehouse venue that V quickly filled up. Most of the attendees were quite young, but we weren’t the only old folks there.
My back was in really bad shape, so I had to sit in the main room (where they have seating) instead of where the stage lives, but it made no sonic difference. I got up once and wandered over to the stage area and watched for a minute or three, and I’m glad I did. It was wonderful seeing all those kids dancing, so happy that they were experiencing the gorgeous music of this incredible man and his group. I’d been smiling the whole time, but seeing that increased the euphoria by orders of magnitude.
When fans responded by criticising the ticketing approach, including one X user who said he “didn’t expect [Oasis] to rip off the fans as much as they have done”, Gallagher replied: “SHUTUP”.
And when asked how he was feeling, the 51-year-old responded: “SMUG only kidding SMUG AS F*** I told you all we were gonna get back together 1 fine day.” …
What a total prick.
Process fee, service fee, delivery fee … Who wouldn’t pay to see Ticketmaster rinsed by the regulator? | Marina Hyde | The Guardian
… What its Department of Justice detractors don’t love about the firm is its ability to dictate to every part of the entertainment supply chain, from venues to artists to promoters, and that’s before you get into its role in the resale market. Unsurprisingly, this is not the vibe you get from the Ticketmaster website, which is a masterclass in that very particular self-pitying corporate tone. “The fees we charge,” it quavers, “are often the only revenue we get for making sure you can get the tickets to the events you love.” Oh no! Who’ll spare a thought for poor old Ticketmaster, simply trying to connect fans with their beloved artists, and surviving only on the coins thrown into its begging bowl? Counterpoint: this is a vast international firm headquartered in Beverly Hills, currently worth an estimated $22bn. …
A firm whose CEO and, crucially, CFO compensation are very, very out of line with companies that size.
They engage in financial shenanigans that would make the recorded music industry proud.
Though in this case don’t forget that the band themselves are responsible for the worst of it (and TicketBastard are happy to take the rap for that. It’s their shit catching fee.).
And also that people complaining about ticket ripoffs should perhaps also complain about it in other areas such as how much it costs to put a roof over your head and how much the rent seeking scum are fucking us over.
I go to gigs most weeks at this time of year and rarely deal with them.
