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A historical dive into the demise of live local music.

(Note: This is not an endorsement of drinking)

Looking back to the glory days when band's were prolific and there were plenty of venues to play in, packed with fanatical music lovers. Small local venues were a proving ground for emerging artists, where they could build a following from high school age, and expand the boundaries of music performance. Label A&R reps prowled local clubs looking to sign the next big band. Most live local acts now mostly consist of singles or duos starting and ending early for early-to-bed boomers, tribute cover bands playing for those same boomers, and lounge troubadours playing for non-locals.

There are three primary reasons that the venue habitats, and thus bands to play in them, have all but disappeared:

- The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984

- Now six Performing Rights Organizations demanding payment by local venues

- Covid Epidemic

As Mary Hopkins sang: Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day

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Current, Interesting, Offbeat, Music Biz News Updates Curated from Various Sources.

“The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.” – Aristotle Onassis

Video Versions at https://www.youtube.com/@snydersmusicbiznews

For 27+ years as a Music Professor teaching Music Business and Recording classes, as well as being a professional musician, one of my favorite classes was Intro to Music Business. Each week we discussed current news in the music industry that I found interesting and worth discussing. Now retired, I still try to stay current on what's happening, and have decided to share what I find with a (potentially) much bigger class...Prof Snyder's Music Biz News.

Links to articles referred to in the topics discussed will be posted on my blog https://snydersmusicbiznews.blogspot.com/

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