A couple of weeks ago, I had a conversation with my brother, Marc
Bauman, who is a producer for Live From Lincoln Center. He says that
there is great difficulty filling the seats at all the LC venues, and
many events are less than half full. Either few can afford the
prices, or few are interested in the programs, or some of both.
Marc, who works there every day, and is privy to as much inside dope
as anyone, is not optimistic. There were many interesting subjects
covered in this conversation, like the increasing tendencies towards
small data streams rather than quality reproduction (video and audio
- convenience, cell phones and iPods, rather than HDTV and SACD.
Even CDs, limited in sound quality as many are, are more than most of
the public seems to want), and the fact that the place there is money
to spend on productions (Marc was referring then to B'way shows and
the like) is Las Vegas - with something like 150,000 new people a
week looking for entertainment.
It does give one pause.
Chuck
On Jan 27, 2006, at 4:36 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Mr. Ross offers wonderful advice, but I don't make his salary.
Most concerts here in the New York City are, forget about it.
They're out of my price range. Yes, I know about the few free
concerts here, I attend them as often as possible. And most CDs
aren't cheap either. I have limited discretionary income, so I'm
sure as hell not taking a chance on a dud.
Well, I can sympathize, as I can't afford Lincoln Center either,
but I can certainly afford Tonic or the Kitchen or the Stone. Or,
of course, Zebulon, which offers up great new music without a cover
charge every night.
As for "taking a chance on a dud," you take that chance every time
you go to see music, and I would submit that you have at least as
good a chance of hearing a dud at Lincoln Center. The only
difference is that you would have shelled out a hundred dollars for
the privilege.
- Darcy
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