It depends on which artist you like. I went a few days ago to a live performance of one of my favorite artists who happened to be in town. Small intimate venue. I paid more for parking my car than for the ticket. It was also cool to meet her manning her merchandise table after the show. We chatted a bit, and I handed her cash for the stuff I bought from her merchandise. Which by the way I already stream “free” on Qobuz and Tidal. And that to me, the entire experience, is priceless
Does streaming music equate to high concert ticket prices
Im an ex musician(guitar player in alternative rock) and back in the day ie1970s/80s/90s bands toured to promote record sales to make money,now it seems its the opposite.Im a digital guy,I dont play records at all.I dont stream either,CD only and i still buy 2 or 3 new CDs a month.To me my system sounds fantastic.Here locally Pearl jam is playing and the standing room ticket out in the field is 250 bucks,You cant see them or really hear the music.Ridiculous in my opinion yet its sold out.Aerosmith is coming on the farewell tour and ticket prices are about as stupid as it gets..Over 7 grand for a great seat....After doing a google search on what artist make on their music being streamed the numbers are quite low...Tidal pays .01,Qubuz .04 and Spotify .003....Its kind of obvious at least to me the music streaming is contributing to the high cost of ticket prices...anyone have an opinion?