Big and Rich
Holy shit! Outkast meets country music... what a trip. Country rap?? This band kicks ass!!
Outkast will, deservedly, be viewed as a seminal band. We already see them afresh in the positive, eclectic Black Eyed Peas. Andre creatively reaches back to vaudville, the 20's & 30's for a lot. This amalgam of musical styles approach (rap, R&B, hip hop, plus, it has a very melodic rock/pop aspect) combined with a revue, a very theatrical feel, costume, dance, a million things going on is probably what it'll take from now on. It's crossing over into other genres beautifully (like Big and Rich, they also dressed up some of the new rock acts at the Billboards...I loved the go go dancers).
They are really upping the live production values on some of these acts. At the same time, the industry is talking about smaller venues, after this last sobering summer. I wonder how well these sets can travel, it may just be TV oriented, marketing, record-selling. Outkast was so hot last year, but I didn't see much of a national tour.
We definitely could use a top tier travelling tour level out there; arena oriented, they have no business charging over $100. unless it's a legend, with some visuals at least, or a real show, like Madonna does - and BTW, go ahead and lip synch while you're dancing your brains out - let's see Elton try that one.
Then have a theatre level, increase the venues and tours. They are very right to focus in on the 400-5,000 seat venues, keep them busier, keep ticket prices well under $50. Maybe if this level was more organized, it would be easier to attract acts, particularly the older ones. At the same time, you look at the very serious problems you have at the higher levels, with Clear Channel (I'll save that rant for later), Ticketmaster, collusion, price-fixing....tasty stuff huh? So, organization, by the right people. Good business opportunity there.
At the same time, it's important to keep the bar bands, club bands, restaurant, corporate, private party.... I think I've covered that.
Outkast will, deservedly, be viewed as a seminal band. We already see them afresh in the positive, eclectic Black Eyed Peas. Andre creatively reaches back to vaudville, the 20's & 30's for a lot. This amalgam of musical styles approach (rap, R&B, hip hop, plus, it has a very melodic rock/pop aspect) combined with a revue, a very theatrical feel, costume, dance, a million things going on is probably what it'll take from now on. It's crossing over into other genres beautifully (like Big and Rich, they also dressed up some of the new rock acts at the Billboards...I loved the go go dancers).
They are really upping the live production values on some of these acts. At the same time, the industry is talking about smaller venues, after this last sobering summer. I wonder how well these sets can travel, it may just be TV oriented, marketing, record-selling. Outkast was so hot last year, but I didn't see much of a national tour.
We definitely could use a top tier travelling tour level out there; arena oriented, they have no business charging over $100. unless it's a legend, with some visuals at least, or a real show, like Madonna does - and BTW, go ahead and lip synch while you're dancing your brains out - let's see Elton try that one.
Then have a theatre level, increase the venues and tours. They are very right to focus in on the 400-5,000 seat venues, keep them busier, keep ticket prices well under $50. Maybe if this level was more organized, it would be easier to attract acts, particularly the older ones. At the same time, you look at the very serious problems you have at the higher levels, with Clear Channel (I'll save that rant for later), Ticketmaster, collusion, price-fixing....tasty stuff huh? So, organization, by the right people. Good business opportunity there.
At the same time, it's important to keep the bar bands, club bands, restaurant, corporate, private party.... I think I've covered that.
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