Re: Live shows as downloads

Jonathan Smith <[email protected]>
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It sounds like a terrific idea to me.

Jonathan


On 8 April 2013 08:43, piikea2007 <[email protected]> wrote:

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> It's occurred to me now that Bill has the MOD website/store it could also
> offer recordings of his various live shows solely as downloads (Flac &/or
> mp3). He certainly has the expertise & people around him to do so at a
> pretty low cost. How much could it cost to host more sound files on the
> site along with the official release ones? Especially given the relatively
> fewer official cd releases in recent years. A "Beat the Boots" type thing
> w/o the cost of their physically released. As is he only earned money from
> the individual shows & this would be a way to earn a little "extra" from
> having done them. Frisell & many others currently do this.
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> I could understand if he feels the live shows are "test grounds" or
> experiments that he'd rather not put out there but to my mind its a damn
> shame to have so much great Material only heard/seen by those present at
> the shows (or sometimes audience recordings). Unless you live in Japan or
> Europe there's not that many Laz live shows to get to!
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> Seems reasonable to me but what do I know?
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