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?

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Unfortunately it’s not streaming, it’s capitalism. Those with the most amount of capital have the most leverage and consume most of the profits, as opposed to the creative or physical workers.

Artists make very little in live performances anymore due to the percentage taken by the ticket sellers and venue operators.

In other words, artists are getting squeezed by the streaming service providers as well as the venue operators.  The lack of revenue from streaming does not (sadly) mean that artists can make up the money in live performances.

Do a little searching on Google or Bing or whatever around ticketmaster and artists and you'll find plenty of credible evidence for this.

Of course, there are exceptions, and small venue operators typically are more willing to share more of the proceeds with artists, and if you are into Jazz like I am this means you can find amazing artists at an intimate club pretty often.

In both streaming and large live performances,the power of the operators is taking most of the wealth. When a capitalist can afford to buy AI instead of hiring people things will only get worse.

"Aerosmith is coming on the farewell tour and ticket prices are about as stupid as it gets..Over 7 grand for a great seat"

Listening now is better than seeing Aerosmith unless you tele transport to1975 for their 1975 "Toys in the Attic" tour live.

Now and then I dust off the Aerosmtih LP's-big fan up to "Rocks"

 

 

 

Nothing to do with each other. Down largely to Ticketmaster/Live Nation/ whatever other monopoly is gouging customers. I used to go to gigs all the time, now I almost never do, and I have a wonderful vinyl collection that I listen to. 

Live concerts for major acts and purchasing their tix have always been a trying experience, at least for this longtime live music fan. The tix have always been difficult to get, and getting inside the venue has seldom been easy, either.

I gotta tell you, though, that, despite the fact I never got much above minimum wage, my stint at Tower Records was a gold mine for getting tickets and freebies to live shows. Our store had a Ticketron kiosk, which allowed us to purchase tickets the moment they became available. Sure, part of our job was to work the thing for customers, but it was a worthwhile trade-off. I'm certain I've already mentioned this in a previous post, but record companies were always providing promo tickets & albums to us, as well. What a life!