Topic: Gas Prices - affect on touring bands...
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amn
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posted: Jun 07, 2008 1:01:30 PM post heading: Gas Prices - affect on touring bands...
You know, way back in the day... I'm talking turn of last century through the 1940's... most musicians only toured regionally. There was no interstate highway system. Media was a lot slower than it is today. People just didn't venture that far from home. I remember reading that back then, most people were born, lived and died within a 20 mile radius. The infrastructure wasn't there to allow people to wander about the country like it is now. So then there was the glorious 50's through to today. Highways, Internet, cheap transportation and cheap gas. Now, people are saving less, earning less, and gas prices are ridiculous and there is no sign of them getting lower any time soon. I personally think that this is going to force all but the most successfull touring bands to limit the scope of their tours. I think things are going to shrink into regions again. I think, instead of the world shrinking, it is going to seem a whole lot bigger for touring bands. What do you all think? |
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e.c.
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posted: Jul 28, 2008 8:49:05 AM post heading: gas prices
I've noticed this too. With gas prices so high, many of the mid-level acts simply can't afford to tour. It's got to be tough to pay for a 500 mile trip to the next city when you made $100 or less the night before...... Not even 10 years ago, I remember doing an 11,000 mile tour on just under $400 in gas. Those days are long gone. |
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b
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posted: Jul 29, 2008 8:36:24 AM post heading: diversity
viva regionalism |
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pencil 
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posted: Jul 29, 2008 2:27:59 PM post heading: hmmmm
how will this affect our local scene? will people only be willing to shell out the big bucks for successful touring bands who can afford it? will kids still pay the obligatory 5 bucks for independent shows?...will that be enough even for a band coming down from cleveland? can regionalism work in our present culture?....a culture that's used to seeing bands from all over the world in their backyard? will people just sit at home and listen to mp3's?...i wont. thanks for posting something substatial in the playground matt. |
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brettsediment
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posted: Jul 30, 2008 6:07:16 AM post heading: sdfasdfasdf
i'd rather go see someone at the union than some coked up snookers from LA anyday, fools. but yeah, touring's overrated anyway. try to sit in a mazda truck with some peeps yer pissed off at for a couple hours....overrated. |
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andru
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posted: Jul 30, 2008 8:47:49 PM post heading: gas
this is part of a longer statment posted on the front page of plan-it-x records (www.plan-it-x.com) "GAS prices suck. a lot of plan-it-x bands will be touring this summer and facing this monster. please keep that in mind. if you will pay $9 to see indiana jones, please pay $5 to see 3-4 bands play. it's really getting hard and if we don't help it will be narrowed down to only the rich kids with their parents gas cards that can afford to tour. don't let that happen." ideally, diy/punk ethics would relate to all form of media/entertainment, not just one selective form of it. i know this is often hard to follow through with and i don't necessarily find fault with doing something like paying to go to the movies. i just think it's important that we are at least equally and hopefully more willing to shell out the same sort of support to a very important, special community dependent on the generosity and support of others. it's not good to be that guy that shows up the house show to get drunk and brings his case of beer and then tells you he'd donate if he could but hes got no cash. also, the support and generosity doesn't necessarily have to be in monetary form. i will grant that some people are unable to pay. others don't understand the importance of it. everyone should still be allowed to participate regardless, so long as they are respectful. maybe those kids who didn't feel like their money was worth putting into such a cause will feel different next time, or possibly even by the end of show. contribution and participation: crucial. |
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brettsediment
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posted: Jul 30, 2008 9:30:40 PM post heading: erjq;lekrj
i like this guy. |
