> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 07:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Instant live CDs of a concert? > > > http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/038/living/Instant_live_CDs_ > of_a_concert_T > esting_to_begin_in_Boston+.shtml > > xperiments are rife in the music business these days -- and > Boston will be a test market for one of the most novel of > them. Clear Channel Concerts, the nation's largest concert > promoter, has ambitious plans to record live CDs of its shows > and sell them to patrons within five minutes after those > shows end. Clear Channel is targeting Boston as the first > site for the new plan, according to sources within the organization. > > Multiple CD burners would be brought in, and the live CDs > would probably sell for around $15 in the same way that > T-shirts and other merchandise can be purchased after > concerts. No one knows what the demand would be, but the > project is expected to begin at club shows within a couple of > months, then be refined and work its way up to the > amphitheater level, though that may not happen until next > year, sources say.
Demand? Let me tell you right now, I've got enough demand to keep at least one company in the black :) What a neat idea. It could go quite a way to proving the tapetrading/bootleg communities argument that "we do this because we're not offered good quality live recordings by the record companies" Ever since I quit working backstage, I've had a decided lack of access to live recordings (speaking of which, anyone interested in purchasing a portable DAT recorder?) > Clear Channel vice president Steve Simon, who works at > Cambridge's Clear Channel office and has helped manage the > platinum-selling band Boston, is said to be heading the project. Oh... I was on-board till I heard /that/. Has anyone actually listened to Boston's newest album? *shudder* -j- _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
