In the early years their setlists weren't particularly diverse. However, at this point they mix up the setlists quite a bit and they are pulling from a fairly significant catalogue of originals and covers night to night. Shouldn't they be selling downloads at this point? I'd certainly get some and I'm sure there's more than me. What's the deal?
Many bands don't like to dilute the market for future album and ticket sales, but the number of covers they perform is probably a bigger issue. It's probably not worth the trouble.
It could be a record label issue as well.
I don't think it is the number of covers, because that doesn't stop Gov't Mule from doing the same thing. At this point, I think TTB has a larger audience than Mule. However, Mule's audience may be so hardcore that they are more likely to do the download thing than TTB's newly earned fans.
It could also be that Derek is so old school that he wants to determine which live tracks are released on official live albums.
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Their record label.
They have been on two different labels, the new album wasn't on Sony. I know in the past people blamed Sony, I don't know if the deal with Fantasy has the same rules or not.
The DTB always taped all their shows, so I presume the TTb does the same. They also allow open taping. There is very little cost involved to sell downloads so it would be quite lucrative. I cannot see any reason Derek would not approve it.
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Dimeadozen.org, archive.org, etree.org, download all you want.
Dimeadozen.org, archive.org, etree.org, download all you want.
Sure, but although AUD taping has come a long way - even the best AUD is still usually a far cry from a good soundboard.
I have to assume it's record company related somehow. At this point there is so little overhead involved with making shows available for sale - even though it's a niche market that will buy them and the revenue is likely relatively small - it's largely pure profit. When trying to support a 12 member band I just can't fathom why they wouldn't do it. Even saving the stuff for an official live release doesn't make much sense anymore - sales of an official release aren't likely to sell anywhere near as much as the cumulative revenue produced by the downloads. Same probably even goes for studio albums at this point.
Archive and etree are great but it would be nice to hear some boards.
For a while, TTB was releasing "TTB Frim The Road" highlights on YouTube. These were pro sound quality videos of tour highlights. Maybe they could do the same for audio?
