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pan6467 · 02-18-2004, 09:59 AM

What Don Henley wrote, Ray and Dave Davies (The KINKS) have been saying for years. Ray did his wonderful and creative one-man, while Dave has been doing clubs and selling his own new music on his website. Every concert Dave performs draws more people. Every one of his records has sold more than the last.

Tom Petty in 2002 took great pride when he said his concert was unsponsored, unaffiliated and put on in privately locally owned venues ( saw him at the Scottenstein Center, Ohio State SOLD OUT ticks were cheap $35).

Alice Cooper has had a few concerts in Ohio lately, they too have been cheap. They are usually held in ampitheaters and contain some psychics, sideshow acts. He puts on one of the greatest shows I have ever seen and his tickets are always less than $40 a peice. Again he seel his new music on his website and that music is better today than what he wrote 20 years ago.

It is one thing to talk about how the companies are ruining things, such as Mr. Henley did. Yet, it is another when those people actually do something about it, such as Ray and Dave, Tom Petty and Alice Cooper.

If getting a relationship with the fans, and creating better music matters that much to Mr. Henley then I suggest he puts his money where his mouth is and take lessons from the above artists and have cheaper concerts.If he doesn't like the industry then he should sell his music on his own website, many artists are doing it and many artists are finding it works.

As for radio, trust me Clear Channel is the devil, yet there are several reasons FM is dying. Strong talk radio, people are more apt to play thier own cd's / tapes in thier car, XM (Satelite) radio, internet radio and the fact that radio is a bit on the cookie cutter mold.

I truly believe what we will see are bands followed by fans on the net and bars.

02-18-2004, 09:59 AM	#9 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	What Don Henley wrote, Ray and Dave Davies (The KINKS) have been saying for years. Ray did his wonderful and creative one-man, while Dave has been doing clubs and selling his own new music on his website. Every concert Dave performs draws more people. Every one of his records has sold more than the last. Tom Petty in 2002 took great pride when he said his concert was unsponsored, unaffiliated and put on in privately locally owned venues ( saw him at the Scottenstein Center, Ohio State SOLD OUT ticks were cheap $35). Alice Cooper has had a few concerts in Ohio lately, they too have been cheap. They are usually held in ampitheaters and contain some psychics, sideshow acts. He puts on one of the greatest shows I have ever seen and his tickets are always less than $40 a peice. Again he seel his new music on his website and that music is better today than what he wrote 20 years ago. It is one thing to talk about how the companies are ruining things, such as Mr. Henley did. Yet, it is another when those people actually do something about it, such as Ray and Dave, Tom Petty and Alice Cooper. If getting a relationship with the fans, and creating better music matters that much to Mr. Henley then I suggest he puts his money where his mouth is and take lessons from the above artists and have cheaper concerts.If he doesn't like the industry then he should sell his music on his own website, many artists are doing it and many artists are finding it works. As for radio, trust me Clear Channel is the devil, yet there are several reasons FM is dying. Strong talk radio, people are more apt to play thier own cd's / tapes in thier car, XM (Satelite) radio, internet radio and the fact that radio is a bit on the cookie cutter mold. I truly believe what we will see are bands followed by fans on the net and bars. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"