I'm with you 100% on this Clint. What pi***es me off about it is that it would make things easier for all parties concerned I would not stand for hours either (at my age especially) risking all weathers for general sale of tickets at the venue. But I do agree with Dylan in that somethings need to improve, The world recession is going to hurt everybody including top acts, because people don't have the money to gamble on getting a crap seat/view. Whereas if you can see what the seat is before buying then you have a choice on wether to buy or not and your expectation is known upfront. Ticketmaster are the worst in this respect (best available/best price), all tthe best seats are gone before they even go on sale.

SmUrFy

"And I was standing on the side of the road

rain falling on my shoes.

Heading up for the East Coast

Lord knows I've paid some dues getting through

Tangled up in blue."

From: Cfh <cfhiebert@sasktel.net>
To: Classic_Rock_Forever@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 29 August, 2010 21:57:35
Subject: Re: [Classic_Rock_Forever] Dylan, Mellencamp say Music Business Should Return to the Past

With all due respect for Sir Bob of Dylan, standing in line for general admission tickets would be the last way I'd go to a concert. I like ordering online and not having to do the 3 hour wait in a line up, or the marathon phone calls only to get the all ccts busy message.

I would however hope that someday the venues I haunt catch up with the rest of the world, and let me choose the 'exact' seats that I want. Recently I check out the Saskatoon Centennial auditorium and found that's the way they do things these days. Beautiful. My venues typically say 'best available'...well, my idea of best and their's are not always in sync ; )

Clint

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Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 9:40 AM

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Subject: [Classic_Rock_Forever] Dylan, Mellencamp say Music Business Should Return to the Past

Dylan, Mellencamp say Music Business Should Return to the Past

Sunday August 22, 2010

By Dave White, Classic Rock Guide

Music album sales have a hit a new low. During the week of August 8-14, U.S. album sales totaled 4.95-million, the smallest weekly number since Nielsen SoundScan started keeping records in 1991. The week's best selling album (Eminem's Recovery) managed sales of 133,000 but the second and third highest sellers managed just 52,000 and 41,000 respectively.

John Mellencamp and Bob Dylan, who have seen many ups and downs in the music business, both seem to think the music business should look to the past for answers.

It is the Internet that has "destroyed the music business" and is "going to destroy the movie business" according to Mellencamp (whose latest album, No Better Than This was recorded on vintage analog equipment) in remarks at a recent Grammy Museum seminar. Even though his new album is available as an MP3 download, Mellencamp decries the digital compression of music because it results in such a poor copy of the original. And, he says, that will spell the end of rock music as we know it.

Bob Dylan Dylan, meanwhile, has set his sights on rising concert ticket prices and declining sales. His answer to the issues of credit card fees, surcharges, and scalping: sell only general admission tickets at $60 each, one to to a customer, cash only (no credit cards or checks) available only at the box office (beginning at 5:30 PM for an 8:00 PM show.) That's how it will be for Dylan's August 25 show at the Warfield in San Francisco. The music industry will be watching closely to see how it works.