Streaming the Show
Is Some Version of Spotify Coming to Live Music? If you’re a music fan (of course you are), you’re likely getting most if not all… Read More »Streaming the Show
Read More »Is Some Version of Spotify Coming to Live Music? If you’re a music fan (of course you are), you’re likely getting most if not all… Read More »Streaming the Show
Read More »“Social proof” is a phrase that predates the era of social media but perfectly describes how people act within it. The term, coined by Robert Cialdini in… Read More »Does the “Rider-Ready” Dynamic Narrow Choices?
Read More »You’ve already seen music venues being turned into more than performance spaces. What once was the merch table is morphing into pop-up stores for national… Read More »Finding Your Safe Space at the Show
Read More »When Hollywood Tackles Live Sound, They Need to Get It Right When film or television directors want to portray music being made, they often tend… Read More »Picture Perfect
Read More »We’re already a quarter of the way through 2019, so I apologize that it’s taken until now to look at Pollstar’s 2018 numbers. But the… Read More »By the Numbers: Touring is Going to Keep Sounding Better
Read More »It’s awards season, and that’s not just for the Grammys, the Oscars and the Emmys. Late January saw the Parnelli Awards, which recognize excellence in… Read More »And the Winner Is…The CMA Touring Awards
Read More »“Immersive” is the media buzzword du jour. Museums use multiple projectors to envelope us in images of the past while IMAX is nearly curving its… Read More »Getting Immersed In It All
Read More »Sound is huge, but staging and lighting have gotten even bigger. Sharpen your elbows. One of the collateral outcomes of how live music has become… Read More »Audio Catches Up – in a Big Way
Read More »Once upon a time, the stage backline was a few Fender or Marshall (or Sunn or Ampeg) guitar and bass amps coupled with a relatively… Read More »Backlines are Booming
Read More »By now, the math is all too familiar. The percentage of women working on the technical side of music represents a strikingly small fraction of… Read More »The Boys on the Bus Would be Nowhere without the Ladies at the Console
Read More »If you thought pop music was a tough neighborhood, you oughta see what it’s like over on the “better” side of the tracks. Municipal symphonies… Read More »Classical Music Venues Can Compete, With the Right P.A.
Read More »The phenomenon around playing an entire album, track by track, on stage has been around for a while. For cover and tribute bands, it’s become… Read More »The Album Isn’t Dead, It’s Right Up There on Stage
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