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Hip to Release live shows!
The Hip will soon be releasing live shows to purchase and will do so thru out the tour- more info to come but look for a similar style to Gord Downies solo Tour!
Hip Tour for The US will start mid September and run thru October going east then down south to the west then back to the midwest then east again .Look for the Hip to be touring in Canada in November...
does anyone have any info on if this is indeed still on or when the shows might go on sale?
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I remember hearing about that...I too am curious as to whether they've abandoned said plans wholesale, or if it's just taking longer than expected to get things moving...
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hopefully they do this right, like pearl jam does rather then just have shitty 128kbps mp3's like Gord had on his solo tour. The hip are big enough and will sell enough albums to warrant this. I don't even need a CD case for this, just an intact soundboard.
-andy
p.s. maybe this is just sour grapes as the one GD show i got to (halifax) was the one where the mp3 production screwed up and there were no good mp3's
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I recall reading something about someone here talking to Baker and he said that then no one would come to their shows or something. I know it's here somewhere, I think in the show review forums. Didn't sound really promising though.
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Wow...that's the most needlessly negative opinion I've heard in a long time. He must have been pissed off at the time or something. Look at all the bands offering soundboard recordings, and bands like Dave Matthews Band who release a live album after EVERY tour, and tell me people stay home because they like the bootlegs.
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From my post in the Philadelphia show review section:
- Talked to Rob some. They have currently approved three shows to be released in the 'near' future, with TO Canada Day 1st up. Exact details (ordering - most likely through website, format - either downloads or actual cds) are being finalised. Please release this show, too!
That's more positive, innit?
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Well done, Cage, that's exactly what we needed to hear!!! Hopefully it's not some half-baked "idea", hopefully it's a lot closer to fruition than that.
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The folks at Live Wire Mobile Recording are doing the actual leg work (Or at least they have been during the summer tour stops) does anybody know what kind of work these guys do? Have they released any concerts before?
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they did all the work for the mod club show, for the hip, or sympatico. i don't really know who picked up the tab for that one.
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In my opinion, selling live concert recordings can't really take away from the fans at the shows. Would someone who didn't go to the show actually buy a recorded copy of the show? Maybe. I'd say that that's about 5-10% of hip fans, though. Maybe he's talking about the fact that they don't stop at all of the major cities and, therefore, it might make people think twice about traveling 4 hours to see the band perform live. That may be, but if you're counting on a high number of travelers to fill out the show, maybe you're not playing in the right cities.
Additionally, this might broaden their fanbase, especially in America, because the live shows give an energy to the songs that the studio CDs just can't match.
For me, I've been to 3 shows this tour and I'd buy all three of them without question. I mean, look at the economics of the deal:
1. No "product" to pay to produce, market, and put on shelves.
2. No record label to give a cut to
3. A high number of actual show attendees buying the show, thus paying the band twice for any show they do.
The only expense would be from the webhost who would, obviously, be paid for the additional bandwidth and server space for the MP3s. Since there is no product, your break even would simply be whatever the cost would be to host the MP3s for the individual show. So, selling 1 per month of hosting would cover that. That way you can sell 0 or 10,000 for the same fixed cost. After that, it's purely the cost for bandwidth which would be pricier for the more demanded shows, obviously. The band could clear $7-$8 per sale easily.
In my opinion, everybody wins but The Hip wins more because of all of those things mentioned. Live shows sold via the web reduce the number of crappy boots out there and allow people to relive the memories of the show whenever they want.
