Will Ticketmaster Destroy Concerts?

Corporate greed ruins everything. I was a record buyer. New, used- it took me to chains and many small record stores. They made more money with Compact Discs which cost roughly the same to produce as LP's and cassettes.

I never used Napster. I don't fault them for killing the record industry. I was running my course with used records at that time anyway. Occasionally I attended concerts. They seemed expensive at forty dollars.

I only saw bands whom I knew well. If I wanted to see Beyonce or Taylor Swift it might cost my soul. Never caring for either performer- concerts are no fun anymore.

No matter how many fees there are you will stand behind someone who has their I Phone in the air to film what they are witnessing. I have heard children's assemblies are similar.

Can't you live in the moment? Evidently not. I rarely take pictures. That is not why my memory is strong. Seeing furniture in the background can remind me of various stories.

None of which has to do with price gouging. It is illegal to sell concert tickets for more than face value. Ticketmaster can do it whenever they want. Does the talent receive the markup? No.

The money goes to Ticketmaster. Did you think it would trickle down to independent artists? I am a conservative and the Trickle Down Theory is utter nonsense. Fees are something I hate about the modern world. It's like Barbie without the Dream House, accessories, clothes and Camper. No, you pay extra and receive nothing in return.

Live Nation killed concerts for me. The entire experience was the other side of Clear Channel who succeeded in killing radio. It's all corporate and everything sounds the same. They lost my business.

Someone else, a greater fool, might pay nine thousand dollars for tickets. The face value of Adele tickets- a performer I would be interested in seeing- was sixteen hundred dollars.

Hotels in Hawaii are less expensive. Occasionally I find reasonably priced flights to Hawaii. Hotels might as well use default prices- $9999.99 per night. Hotel tax is exorbitant as well.

Destination fees kept me out of certain properties. Find a good rate and then have a thirty-five dollar fee tacked on? They can say it covers drinks of a visit to a local gym.

The drinks aren't free if you have to pay a fee. What is the breaking point? Roxy Music toured and tickets were supposed to be easy to find and inexpensive. I would rather see a seventy-five year old Bryan Ferry than Taylor Swift singing about she gets older and never wiser.

Hopefully her fans will wise up and not incur debt to see her in concert. I cannot name two of her songs that sound different. Some guy did her wrong. At a certain point men should stop dating her because she breaks up and writes songs about them. It's like a Friday the 13th movie- the next group thinks that it won't happen to them and they end up victims.

If you want to watch concerts? YouTube. Stick it to the man. You can probably enjoy genuine experiences at small clubs. Visiting The Horse You Rode in On Saloon in Baltimore was a great experience on a Saturday afternoon.

The crowd was good (this was pre pandemic) the food and service were impeccable and the band played a rocking version of It's Too Late by Carole King. I had not heard the song performed quite like this. That is more memorable than paying so much it sounds like you are exaggerating so Ticketmaster suits can snort cocaine off a stripper's bare breasts. That is exactly where those fees go lest you thought they would give to families in Turkey or Syria.

They deserve none of your hard earned money. Restaurants have to raise prices because eggs and everything else are more expensive. They don't want to raise prices. Ticketmaster doesn't care about anything except separating you from every last penny you have earned. One concert for one night is not worth going into debt.