RTP-area local music and culture

["James Hepler" <hepstyle AT gmail.com>]

You know you might actually be onto something.  Lots of clubs have different
prices for advance tickets and day of show tickets.  Why not just consider
anything before the start time to be "advance" and anything after start time
to be an extra charge.

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Chris Rossi 
<chris AT christophermrossi.com>wrote:

> Easy solution.  First band starts at posted time, period.  Door price
> doubles 30 minutes after posted start time.  Be there early or pay double.
>
> Chris
>
>
> James Hepler wrote:
> > It's pretty common in the live entertainment industry to hold the start
> of a
> > performance 15-20 minutes.  I think what matters more is that shows end
> at a
> > certain time.  At least when it comes to week/work night shows.
> >
> > But also, having sorta "stage managed" a few recent shows, I think that
> > people love to be late, and for some reason, bands want to play in front
> of
> > people.  And when it comes down to it, all those people who show up late
> > seldom seem to mind missing parts or all of opening bands, either because
> > those bands aren't the reason they came or those bands will play again
> soon
> > enough that there's no real loss involved.
> >
> > I think that this will always be an issue.
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:42 AM, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
> >
> >> You tell us, you're the one who owns a rockclub.
> >>
> >> Although we all know the answer already, which is that printed start
> >> times should be amended to read:
> >>
> >> "9:30, or once 50 people have come through the door, including the bass
> >> player's girlfriend, whichever's later."
> >>
> >> local506 AT gmail.com wrote:
> >>>> Oh yeah: when they say 5:30, they mean it.
> >>> Why does this continuously have to be explained when it comes to rocks
> >>> shows?  Movie theatres, television stations and just about every other
> >>> business operates on specific times, why are music outlets supposedly
> >>> exempt??
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