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To: Don Green who wrote (56172)	8/22/2006 10:44:05 PM
From: Stock Puppy	Respond to of 213185

OT OT: Heh. Tell your son what baseball {or insert your favorite sport} tickets cost back in the good old days (or these are the good old days?) But then again, back then you didn't get to see millionaires stand around in anticipation and occasionally throw balls at each other. Isn't that rich? :-) {pain}

To: Don Green who wrote (56172)	8/22/2006 11:53:33 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 213185

OT >>My son is shocked when I told him I saw Cream in the 60's for only $6.00.<< Don - I never saw Cream, but I did see Blind Faith on their one and only tour. Probably paid about six bucks for that. I have an original ticket for Woodstock, for the date of August 17th, which is my birthday. The ticket was given to me by a man who was there, but of course nobody was collecting tickets so he still had it twenty-plus years later. The price for one day's attendance at the festival was, you guessed it, $6.00. - Allen

To: Don Green who wrote (56172)	8/23/2006 1:12:05 AM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213185

Talking Heads $1.00. Nightclub in Davis. But Don, you are sounding pretty old. I thought all those guys died years ago. I heard Ian Anderson fell into a fish trough and was eaten alive.

To: Don Green who wrote (56172)	8/23/2006 1:31:08 AM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213185

Don despite what David Bowie* says there is still plenty of money to be made on recordings. What is happening is that Hollywood has not yet worked out the new economics of the market right now. They are locked into the old mentality of making money off music. I'll give you an example: There are now 4 main commercial types of recordings: Downloads, traditional CDs, SACD (5.1 & 7.1) and DVD Audio. (Allen will correct me if I'm wrong.) However vinyl is actually still being pressed. Some CDs are hybrid, they play in both normal stereo and SACD. Most people don't know you can play CDs on many DVD players and listen in surround sound. Hollywood has not a clue as to how this will all work out. As I pointed out on entry before you can buy a lot of CDs online for $.75 plus shipping. This is why NEW CD sales are down. But some bands are starting to "get it." For example most of the smart bands are now issuing "remastered" CDs. Audiofiles will buy these even if they are not demonstrably superior to the original CDs. Purely out of fear of getting a "bad" recording. Many newly issued CDs have extra tracks. Mostly junk tracks. However both of these compete quite well with used CDs. This whole matter is not yet settled. Downloading will not capture the whole market. There are going to be some big changes coming soon. You'll see. I hope to be part of it. *Bowie said that professional musicians are going to have to like to tour, a lot, to make it in the future.