House concerts Options

[PillarOfDavidson]

I wonder if the guys would ever do something like this:

http://onehitwonderful.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/hello-world/

Quite an interesting bit of info from the frontman of The Verve Pipe. Interesting ideas...

This post has been edited by MrSheptical: May 15 2012, 6:53 am

[thefunkyredcaboose]

The benefit of house concerts is the low overhead and high payout. My friends who are relatively no-name are able to charge upwards of 500 bones just for one show. Whenever you see a mid-level solo artist do these kinds of shows this is where they are really making their money, not with a full band.

Like Dan said, a lot of that is negated once you have four people in the mix. Is it out of the realm of possibility? Of course not, but a bigger band like Live should be able to get solid guarantees at 500-2000 seat venues and make a nice living.

Hopefully one thing we will see is invite only acoustic gigs from radio stations. I've seen a number of bands be successful with this and while the payout isn't as high, I imagine Live needs promotion more than they need money at this point.

It wouldn't surprise me to see Ed take to these kinds of shows though at some point in the next ten years. They are a great idea for solo artists and a whole lot of fun.

[FishOutaWater]

The benefit of house concerts is the low overhead and high payout. My friends who are relatively no-name are able to charge upwards of 500 bones just for one show. Whenever you see a mid-level solo artist do these kinds of shows this is where they are really making their money, not with a full band.

Like Dan said, a lot of that is negated once you have four people in the mix. Is it out of the realm of possibility? Of course not, but a bigger band like Live should be able to get solid guarantees at 500-2000 seat venues and make a nice living.

Hopefully one thing we will see is invite only acoustic gigs from radio stations. I've seen a number of bands be successful with this and while the payout isn't as high, I imagine Live needs promotion more than they need money at this point.

It wouldn't surprise me to see Ed take to these kinds of shows though at some point in the next ten years. They are a great idea for solo artists and a whole lot of fun.

Ed has been doing exactly what you describe. He shed the big band. He makes stealthy appearances with an acoustic guitar and cleans up big time. He even recorded some shows and sold them (royalty-free apparently). I think it was around the end of 2008 and 2009 when Ed started "reconnecting" with his roots with those acoustic shows that he realized that he could make as much money doing one of those shows without having to worry about dealing with the other band members and their feelings or the road crew or pesky tour manager. He could run the whole business from his laptop and his guitar case. And he could sell his own merchandise too. I am not criticizing that - one should respect his business savy. But it wasn't the greatest move for his band-mates and Live fans who were casualties of these decisions.

[thefunkyredcaboose]

Ed has been doing exactly what you describe. He shed the big band. He makes stealthy appearances with an acoustic guitar and cleans up big time. He even recorded some shows and sold them (royalty-free apparently). I think it was around the end of 2008 and 2009 when Ed started "reconnecting" with his roots with those acoustic shows that he realized that he could make as much money doing one of those shows without having to worry about dealing with the other band members and their feelings or the road crew or pesky tour manager. He could run the whole business from his laptop and his guitar case. And he could sell his own merchandise too. I am not criticizing that - one should respect his business savy. But it wasn't the greatest move for his band-mates and Live fans who were casualties of these decisions.

Exactly, he just hasn't tapped into the house shows yet. As much as he is able to charge the larger venues he could get even more at house shows. Guarantee it.