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More acts are starting to buy into the eMusicLive approach of recording a concert and then burning it to disc on the spot.
Urge Overkill nixed a proposal to record their first reunion gig, also at the Casbah, says manager Matt Suhar, "because naturally you're worried about what you're going to sound like on something that's so raw, and you're a little concerned anytime you sign on for someone else to sell your music." But when Suhar discovered a bootleg from the current tour on the Internet a few days later, the band had a change of heart. "We realized the chances are someone's going to be recording the shows anyway. So why not do it professionally and sell it?" Urge sold out a run of about 60 discs last month at Maxwell's, which has a legal capacity of 200.
That eMusicLive pays the band in cash their cut of the CDs sold at the show before the night is through doesn't hurt their business model either (believe me, ready cash is a big deal for a band on the road).
Posted by Casper at March 11, 2004 11:06 AM