Mary Spender loses £12,000 on her recent tour
Comments
The trick she missed is that she’s meant to organise a tour with other YouTube channels. Share a band and split the money.
Combine the YouTube personality audiences and increase the novelty.
euan said:The trick she missed is that she’s meant to organise a tour with other YouTube channels. Share a band and split the money.Combine the YouTube personality audiences and increase the novelty.
It might be an idea if you assume they have a lot of crossover - although Mary does a lot of guitar content and is friends with Adam Neely, would their music cross-over much? Would be a bit eclectic...
Mary - blues-tinged mis-pop
Rabea - sort of metal instrumental stuff
Adam Neely - jazz-fusion
...and so on.
Youtube is a marketing tool that lets them earn a living from music when most musicians can't...
I think she's a good musician, and it's interesting to watch her talk sometimes. I have a lot of respect for her, I'd prefer a more relaxed presenting style, less earnest, but that's just me, I hope she carries on doing well.
I watched 30 seconds of this, and just thought "surely everyone knows you can't break even going on tour professionally unless you are very well known?" I go to a lot of house concerts and small gigs (100 people or less). AFAIK it's typically £300-£500 for a duo or local band. How can anyone pay salaries and run a tour bus and hotel rooms?
Didn't that band "Anvil" have to work full time, then pay to tour, even though they had been a big name?
Looks like that ended nicely - in retirement he can tour if he wants:
ANVIL Frontman LIPS Talks Quitting His Day Job - "I've Retired Into Work; It's Like I'm On A Constant Vacation" - BraveWords
Anyway, I assume she's just making the point I mentioned above for anyone unaware - you need a big audience to pay for a tour band.
I watched 30 seconds of this, and just thought "surely everyone knows you can't break even going on tour professionally unless you are very well known?" I go to a lot of house concerts and small gigs (100 people or less). AFAIK it's typically £300-£500 for a duo or local band. How can anyone pay salaries and run a tour bus and hotel rooms?
Didn't that band "Anvil" have to work full time, then pay to tour, even though they had been a big name?
Looks like that ended nicely - in retirement he can tour if he wants:
ANVIL Frontman LIPS Talks Quitting His Day Job - "I've Retired Into Work; It's Like I'm On A Constant Vacation" - BraveWords
Anyway, I assume she's just making the point I mentioned above for anyone unaware - you need a big audience to pay for a tour band.
I tried to make a soufflé on a livestream without a recipe or having made one before, and it collapsed. I have now written an eRecipe on how to make the perfect soufflé.