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Post by cubbies4e on Feb 15, 2009 14:01:12 GMT -5
Was looking up setlist and found this pretty cool equation talking about the Hold Steady and their influence... Let’s look at it mathematically. If The Hold Steady play 200 shows a year in the next couple of years and on average they play to 1000 people per show, that’s 400000 people, right? Now if 2% of those people are inspired to form a band by the show the see that’s 8000 bands. Then if 1% of those bands turn out to be great bands that’s 80 great bands. If there are 80 great new bands formed around the world in the next couple of years and then those 80 great new bands themselves manage to inspire a couple of new bands each then the spread of new bands that people will want to see would appear assured. www.heyheymymy.com.au/2009/02/07/concert-review-the-hold-steady/ |
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Post by Sunny D on Feb 15, 2009 20:38:45 GMT -5
That is so SICK!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2009 20:53:33 GMT -5
weird i thought that was just a Neil Young fansite
awesome!
somebody should run the numbers on that famous 'only 100 people saw the velvet underground but each one started a band' thing
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Post by kim on Feb 16, 2009 11:52:28 GMT -5
somebody should run the numbers on that famous 'only 100 people saw the velvet underground but each one started a band' thing I can't remember who said it, but I've always loved the quote "If as many people listened to the Velvet Underground when they came out as actually claimed, they'd have their own Saturday morning cartoon show." |
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Post by Phils_fan on Feb 16, 2009 20:01:37 GMT -5
Was looking up setlist and found this pretty cool equation talking about the Hold Steady and their influence... Let’s look at it mathematically. If The Hold Steady play 200 shows a year in the next couple of years and on average they play to 1000 people per show, that’s 400000 people, right? Yes but it's not 400,000 different people. You need to make some assumptions about how many times the average fan will see the band over the 2 years to figure this out. Sorry, sometimes I can't help myself.  |
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Post by kim on Feb 16, 2009 20:09:11 GMT -5
Was looking up setlist and found this pretty cool equation talking about the Hold Steady and their influence... Let’s look at it mathematically. If The Hold Steady play 200 shows a year in the next couple of years and on average they play to 1000 people per show, that’s 400000 people, right? Yes but it's not 400,000 different people. You need to make some assumptions about how many times the average fan will see the band over the 2 years to figure this out. Sorry, sometimes I can't help myself. I was going to say, Brendan saw them enough times last year to skew any kind of easily computable data. WAY TO KILL SCIENCE, BRENDAN. (wink!) |
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Post by mike on Feb 17, 2009 2:38:26 GMT -5
Was looking up setlist and found this pretty cool equation talking about the Hold Steady and their influence... Let’s look at it mathematically. If The Hold Steady play 200 shows a year in the next couple of years and on average they play to 1000 people per show, that’s 400000 people, right? Yes but it's not 400,000 different people. You need to make some assumptions about how many times the average fan will see the band over the 2 years to figure this out. Sorry, sometimes I can't help myself. haha! as soon as i read the original post the first thing i thought was, "that's not 400,000 people, that's 1,000 people 400 times!" |
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Post by Elwoodii on Feb 17, 2009 9:51:10 GMT -5
Now if 2% of those people are inspired to form a band by the show the see that’s 8000 bands. What if 4 people from the same gig make 1 band? |
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Post by dustdudes on Feb 17, 2009 10:11:18 GMT -5
There is no way that 1 in 100 bands are great. 1 in 5000 maybe.
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Post by jwd on Feb 17, 2009 10:14:29 GMT -5
What if 4 people from the same gig make 1 band? Like when The Sex Pistols played Manchester. A little band called Joy Division was born. |
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Post by Elwoodii on Feb 17, 2009 10:37:16 GMT -5
What if 4 people from the same gig make 1 band? Like when The Sex Pistols played Manchester. A little band called Joy Division was born. Not to mention Morrisey, Mark E Smith of The Fall and a some Buzzcocks all being in attendance. |
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Post by dot info on Feb 17, 2009 13:05:37 GMT -5
Like when The Sex Pistols played Manchester. A little band called Joy Division was born. Not to mention Morrisey, Mark E Smith of The Fall and a some Buzzcocks all being in attendance. Don't forget Mick Hucknall. |
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Post by meoskop on Feb 17, 2009 13:10:33 GMT -5
That's the thing - how could there be a square inch in the UK left to place the tardis? "No, wait, already there, Hm, there I am too..."
But it does explain why there are such dedicated side of stagers - can't meet yourself in the middle that way.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2009 18:12:25 GMT -5
one of my fave things about Tennent's Doctor was how he'd use the TARDIS to try and go to gigs
that and his red Cons
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