Friday, March 20, 2026

Business Ideas. I Have Them.

Is there a Spotify for concerts? Bands don't want people recording shit at their shows, but it's incredibly easy to film/archive any show as long as someone in the room has an iPhone. 

There’s a gazillion people who don’t have the time or $$$ to go to a show on any given night of the week, and there’s also a gazillion people – I can personally attest to this, having lived where I lived for the first quarter-century of my life – who don’t live within an hour or so of a venue touring acts perform at. 

Meanwhile we’ve all gotten used to such things as:
1) getting all the music we want on Spotify
2) realizing that sometimes an at-home experience is better (see football)
3) older people not going out to see live music because of the idea that it’s for young people only
Why not set up a system wherein all the venues stream all the performances for subscribers, just like Spotify with music? Say I pay $15/month – oh look, now I can watch Camper Van Beethoven in DC at the 9:30 Club! Or John Doe in Minneapolis at First Avenue! And guess what, just like with watching football at home instead of in person I can pause the show to go to the bathroom, get something to eat, talk about the show to friends etc etc without having to wrestle a mob of sweaty strangers to the goddam ground. The bands gets paid, the clubs get paid, and millions of people who otherwise couldn’t have experienced a show at all get to do so in the comfort of their own home. The service can have bonus features like interviewing the bands backstage, guest winners "meeting" the musicians on Zoom, having real-time suggestions from viewers on the setlist etc etc.

AND the people who DO go to the shows don't have to worry about capturing it themselves, they can just be in the moment & enjoy the show like in the olden days!

LOOKING FOR INVESTORS, PEOPLE!! 💰💰💰💰💰

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