ok...here we go again..tix sales..is anyone wondering why i only sold 3 rwinds coda tix instead of like 30 sth for jerald?i dunt really think im the tix selling type and i dunt want to force people to go for something that they either 1) dunt enjoy or 2) dunno how to appreciate or both..concerts are for people who understand music and really know how to appreciate them..concerts are not events whereby you have a full house ticket sales but everybody just falls asleep before intermission...im not accussing jerald's friends of anything(in fact some of them are the most musically-inclined people i have ever known or met aka lumpy and eugene)..but i just do not like the idea that we are being forced to sell tickets to our families and friends just so that we can break even..yes, breaking even is impt but wads most impt abt a concert is bringing music and joy to the audience..and the way to do that is not by being on the stage when your 20-strong family is down there...the way to do that is to play good music for the audience who understands your music..i would rather pay to play to an audience who appreciates wad im playing rather than to play to a full house of people who do not understand the very essence of music..the way to do that is to play good music for the audience who understands your music..music shldnt be something about kinship or friendship..it should be a language that is special to all of us...musicians shld play their best for concerts, instead of putting the emphasis on tickets sold...i certainly do not want a situation where i will lose my friends just because of a ticket..and i know that will happen when you force them to go...as musicians, we shld be judged on our abilities to bring great music and joy to the audience...not our ticket-selling powess..
