MUSIC
Originally published on Wednesday, 04 June 2008
Insert Favourite Band Here (And Now)
It’s probably because of the nature of what we do here, but the way that the gig scene functions has always seemed a touch inefficient. A band picks a venue (or the venue picks the band) and only after all of the dates are set in stone do you, the humble, cash-bearing audience come into the equation.
And without institutions like us to keep an eye on what’s happening (forgive the trumpet-blowing), it’s thus irritatingly easy to miss out on some cracking gigs.
You’d think that, since you’re ultimately paying for everything anyway, there might be a fractionally more democratic process. TV and radio offer ‘on demand’ services, and, while a CD is one thing, even with the finest sound system available, it will never come anywhere close to seeing your favourite band let loose live.
Enter Owngig to lead the revolution. You say who, where, and how much, and they work to make it realistically happen. Okay, so the second most requested gig on the site might be from The King himself. But with enough money, surely anything’s possible. This may be democracy in action. But it’s capitalist democracy, and damn do we love it!
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