What happened to TXR Webcasts?
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Perhaps I just haven't noticed, but do they still do webcasts anymore?
I'd like to see some JGB with Phil tonight (while waiting for Zero).
Single stationary camera with some good audio is fine with me.
Is it that costly or difficult to stream nowadays?
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sigmund
Bring back my couch! Please!
Bring back my couch! Please!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call"
>>>Is it that costly or
>>>Is it that costly or difficult to stream nowadays?
I think the Moonalice crew does it at every gig.
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>> I think the Moonalice crew
>> I think the Moonalice crew does it at every gig.
They don't have a profit motive.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R
Jeez, a sports bar in Del Ray
Jeez, a sports bar in Del Ray can do it (stream Dead night with acceptable sound for free) with their stage cam with little trouble....no net nugs or other pros involved.
...so I gotta believe the tech savy Bay area Phil heads could rig something up on the simple side without making it into a "capital intensive digital communications golden business opportunity."
Maybe the hassle is "contractual issues" and copyright and lack of incentive. Why bother?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
i will do it for $1k/night.
i will do it for $1k/night. cash only....
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sun so hot, clouds so low
They had to pull the plug
Edit, I thought you meant TRI. whatever happened to those streams ?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Butterfly
TXR JGB stream here! http:/
TXR JGB stream here! http://mixlr.com/sfbaymusic/
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I believe RMFJ was in charge
I believe RMFJ was in charge of the webcast thing (no kidding), and he has obviously been.... promoted, I guess? All jokes aside, I too am disappointed because I was a frequent flyer on the streams, there are many shows I would have purchased recently, but they did not stream...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: skifurthur
I can't say for sure that the
I can't say for sure that the below is the main reason but I would almost bet that it has to do with the costs of broadcast rights. As many artists who have monetized their back catalog have found out, even if they are the owner of the songs, the entity that handles the broadcast rights still demands the same amount of money for a broadcast as any other broadcast.
For instance, Cindi Lauper had a reality show that was getting good ratings but the agency who handled the broadcast performance rights ended up bankrupting the production company when Ms. Lauper used a few of her songs in the series. The agency presented a bill, that had to be paid that was in excess of 100k per use. Of course some of the money goes back to the artist but if the agency charges less for broadcast rights to the artist, they run afoul of anti-trust statutes. So, unless the contract spells out payouts based on audience size, Phil Lesh playing a Grateful Dead song during a broadcast would have to be charged the same amount that the licensing agency charged the Fare The Well broadcast for performing the song. I would not be at all surprised if those licenses cost north of 10K a song. Multiply that out and all of a sudden a low cost streaming set up becomes very expensive.
It sucks but that's the way the music biz is these days. They money brought it for licensing for broadcast often far exceeds the money brought in from any other avenue. I know of one popular band that has brought in more money from licensing their songs, and not a lot of them, for movies and TV shows than they have brought in from all album sales, concert tours and merch combined. Crazy but true.
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forget the webcast, what
forget the webcast, what happened to TXR?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Spidergawd
WTF happened to quinkfolk's
WTF happened to quinkfolk's page?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: aiq
Clubs that offer live music
Clubs that offer live music have paid licensing fees to ASCAP and BMI forever. TXR is doing that now.
https://www.ascap.com/music-users?gclid=CM6_i8qD7dMCFZCPswodDAIK1Q
I am not up to speed on internet fees but if it follows Pandora, Spotify, etc songwriters are getting screwed IMO.
Boils down to your view on intellectual property, under attack from tech world.
I am of the mind if I write a song and you use it to make money from your club, radio station, streaming service...you must break me off a little something-something.
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^^^I believe RMFJ was in
^^^I believe RMFJ was in charge of the webcast thing (no kidding)
Nope.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Vivalazone!
The good news is that the
The good news is that the webcast option is still on the txr webpage, If/when they bother to remove that, then we will know for sure.
BTW, does anyone know if these TXR youtube posters [Samwise Gamgee, GratefuLSD, Sigmund Bops, wakeup2findout] are on this forum? and if so, what names do they use on here?