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Post by nombrecomun on Feb 3, 2023 6:22:47 GMT
A recent article came out interviewing Steve Vai regarding touring post pandemic. Vai is a known name within the niche market of instrumental guitar music. So he's big within that genre but he's not a big star like The Rolling Stones or Metallica. Those are juggernauts. The pandemic has been hard on many sectors but especially on touring musicians who make their living from people who buy tickets for their concerts and buy t-shirts, signed posters, etc...For about 2 years....nada. And then the floodgates released somewhere in late 2021. But now it seems like the cost of so much has risen: fuel, the buses, food, etc....Tours have been cancelled, bands drop out of tours. The money simply isn't there for the musician. I'm just wondering at what point do musicians stop going to certain places because it's not cost efficient. I'm thinking very rural states like Montana, West Virginia, etc... www.musicradar.com/news/steve-vai-touring |
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Post by scenario on Feb 3, 2023 22:21:12 GMT
A recent article came out interviewing Steve Vai regarding touring post pandemic. Vai is a known name within the niche market of instrumental guitar music. So he's big within that genre but he's not a big star like The Rolling Stones or Metallica. Those are juggernauts. The pandemic has been hard on many sectors but especially on touring musicians who make their living from people who buy tickets for their concerts and buy t-shirts, signed posters, etc...For about 2 years....nada. And then the floodgates released somewhere in late 2021. But now it seems like the cost of so much has risen: fuel, the buses, food, etc....Tours have been cancelled, bands drop out of tours. The money simply isn't there for the musician. I'm just wondering at what point do musicians stop going to certain places because it's not cost efficient. I'm thinking very rural states like Montana, West Virginia, etc... www.musicradar.com/news/steve-vai-touringIt may end up that the extremes survive and the middle disappears. Big acts which can sell 10,000 seats or small acts which can fit everything in one vehicle can still do it. But the acts which can only draw a thousand people who need big truck and 4 or 5 vehicles and lots of hotel rooms will be in trouble. |
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Post by SherlockHolmes on Feb 4, 2023 0:01:24 GMT
Yeah, I see it more likely being the case Scenario suggested. You'll still have small bands in bars and weddings and cookouts and such, but the larger festival type bands will be in trouble. Only bands i see working out is the ones that tour and open up for big bands. In America, decent music is pretty much dead. Im sick of hearing Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Miley Cyrus, Justin Beiber, Cardi B, Rihanna, and other no talents such as everyone in modern Country music. And God, I hate the snaps in Bro Country.
Most "live" shows are lipsync fests that look like stripper shows.
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Post by scenario on Feb 4, 2023 1:23:02 GMT
I think there is still talent but its not being developed. There's a saying that it takes 10,000 hours to get really good at something. Until recently, people started playing music as kids. Then they toured for a few years developing their sound. And then they make it. A lot of the acts now get famous while they are still learning and rely on technology to make up the difference.
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Post by nombrecomun on Feb 4, 2023 20:47:32 GMT
And God, I hate the snaps in Bro Country. I don't know what this means. I am curious but I'm afraid to ask.  |
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Post by scenario on Feb 4, 2023 21:16:58 GMT
And God, I hate the snaps in Bro Country. I don't know what this means. I am curious but I'm afraid to ask. I just looked it up. It seems to be where musicians substitute electronic clapping or snapping fingers for actual instruments. To me its the same problem I see in a lot of entertainment. Someone comes out with something new and everyone copies it to the point where it dominates. In TV reality shows took over to the point where 90% of shows are crime drama, news, medical dramas, reality tv or sit coms. Nothing else is allowed. Popular music does the same thing. Most of the music feels like its music by committee. There are good singers and song writers but the musicians behind them sound generic. |
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