Does streaming music equate to high concert ticket prices

@wolf_garcia 

Great musicians tour the smaller venues and do fine, are happy to get online exposure and don’t expect money for that, and that’s who should be supported. Get to that well run coffeehouse show and let Steven Tyler use somebody else’s money for rehab.

Agreed!!!

This is my approach as it works out exceptionally well. There are quite talented musicians to be heard, enjoyed and supported in smaller settings that sound marvelous.  The big name pop/rock stars operate on “what the market will bear”. People will spend their money as they so choose. 
 

I know which option/choice works better for me.

Charles

Amen to smaller venues for serious music making of all genres driving the atmosphere. For classical music —-plenty of rock ‘n roll in French enlightenment music, Handel, Beethoven and more !—  visit London for BBC summer promenade concerts at the Albert Hall. Stand at the arena front for $9.50 for tickets bought on the day, 30 feet from the likes of the brilliant US trained Karina Canellakis conduct a totally fresh and alive Mahler’s 1st, Katia and Marielle Labeque on two fabulous pianos and Peter Serkin on one !

 Been done with arena shows for quite awhile. Fortunate to live in an area with many small local venues. Recently saw James McMurtrey at Levon Helm studio. Ticket was $35. Awesome ,intimate place to see a show. I like local and small.

In 2018 I attended three concerts in ten days: Rodriguez ($70), Kaki King ($25) and the Dixie Dregs ($50). I purchased those tickets at the venues box office; and, I saved enough in ticket fees to attend the Dregs show for free. Plus, having an actual ticket stub for a souvenir is the icing on the cake.

With lower ticket prices and better acoustics, I agree that it's a win- win situation when we support the small to medium sized music venues.

I agree with many of the commenters here.  If you're living somewhere that bands like Pearl Jam & Aerosmith perform, you have plenty of other choices.  Learn your local venues - concert halls, nightclubs, bars, taverns, fairgrounds, etc.  Get to know your local bands - they'll be opening for the touring acts or headlining cheaper concerts.  Listen to different types of music - often venues will lean into their favorite forms.  Often, the artists will have a merch table set up & you can buy their CDs right there, even get them signed if you want a souvenir.  This is extremely beneficial for the musicians, as they get all that middle man money.  Local bands often self-produce their own CDs, giving themselves 100% of the profit!