#63

:wink::wink::wink:

#64

NOW I’ve been done in this thread!

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#65

If it’s a small band and I enjoy them I’ll buy an album if I can afford it at a gig and ask them to sign it.

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#66

At Conor Oberst they were selling 7’‘s for £15 each. Though that was far too much, should be about £5 max. Didn’t Brand New charge ridiculous amounts for the Mene 1 track 12’’.

That said I do try to do albums at gigs if I get the chance, although I’ve noticed they sometimes don’t even have CD copies as much nowadays.

#67

Exactly - sometimes it’s a chance to meet the band. You can see the joy on their faces when they get a long queue after a gig too :slight_smile:

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#68

This has been going on for years. I don’t think it’s a reaction to anything so much as just another revenue stream for them.

I guess the argument in favour would be that the venue is entitled to a cut of any money made on its premises… but only a tory would make that argument

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#69

Yeah there’s been a few cases where the records have cost more or less the same as they would if I bought them online but it rarely costs more.

T-shirts are kind of a crap shoot, for smaller bands I’ve seen them being sold for crazy cheap, I think my Youthmovies t-shirt was like £8 or something.

#70

I do not work in this sector at all i am a consumer, but artists have been completely fucked over in the last ten years. We live in an age of Spotify and everyone demanding everything for free.

If you want people to try and make a living making great new exiting and different music for you, go see their gig and pay a bit more for a bloody t-shirt.

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#71

why are revenues so horrible?

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#72

Good recent example there :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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#73

Ok, just another something to add to this thread. Last night I saw Spoon at Concorde2 in Bighton. Good gig, however I noticed the merch table was selling a recent reissue of one of their earlier albums for £40! The local indie record store has it in stock for £25. I asked the merch guy about this, he vaguely said something about the merch prices being dictated by the merchandising company. Either way, somwhere along the line, someone is taking the absolute piss.

#74

Wonder if its ignorance from American bands, with the pound being shit and all. Maybe just did a simple exchange rate calculation before coming over?

I rarely buy merch. Can you (generally) use cards yet? Always annoyed me if it was cash only.

#75

I’ve very rarely seen card options which was slightly amusing when it came to Boris and their £200 limited edition guitar pedal they were selling.

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#76

I’m surprised more bands don’t do deals if you buy a load of stuff off them - £15 a record or all four for £50 / a tee and a cd for £20, that kind of thing. Sure everyone would win out.

#77

A lot of the really big venues take a cut of the band’s merch sales too (which is fucked up considering they’ve pulled all the fans in to spend ££ on booze), so the band will have to absorb extra costs there.

Merch prices are crazy these days though. £25 for a band t-shirt is madness.

#78

i mean, it’s usually one person with a little red tin money box, i think asking them to accept card is maybe a bit ambitious

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#79

A friend’s band got a wee card machine that connects to one of their phones. Apparently it didn’t cost too much vs. the extra stuff they reckon they sold.

#80

There’s those wee ApplePay and Paypal machines now. Not sure why more bands don’t use them. A bunch of drunk fans together… They’d make a killing!

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#81

My mate is working on this at the moment. Not gone public yet but there is a private beta.

https://merchkitty.com/

EDIT: This post reads like I’m a bot! I’m not!

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#82

@discobot fortune is @Kallgeese a fellow bot?

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