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| From | Rafael Paulino Neto <rpaulino@bignet.com.br> |
| Subject | Video releases |
| Date | Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:42:37 -0300 |
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Although I am not into videos myself, many people I know, here in
Brazil, complain a lot about a certain lack of rock video releases (be
them dvd's/blu-rays, live or clip collections). I've noticed that too,
especially from a couple of years ago to now. Dvd releases growed and
than estabilized, and now seem to have diminished. It's not a format
discussion, more like a 'need for more' from these consumers. It seems
like they would buy around one video for every two or three albums a
given artist puts out.
Even though there are bands steadly releasing dvd's (mostly big names
like Metallica, Bon Jovi, U2, Madonna, etc.), there are a lot that never
did, or whose videos are long out of print. There is also a big demand
for older stuff. Grand Funk, 70's pre-The Wall Pink Floyd concerts and
David Lee Roth's era Van Halen are good examples. Well, at the time they
didn't have the same notion of filming and selling that would be common
later, but aren't there anywhere pro-shots of big groups like these?
just adding for that, Jeff Beck, who has been active almost non-stop,
waited almost 40 years to release his first live video!
Another example, power pop bands with many records, like the Posies and
Teenage Fanclub don't have one, as far as I know. Bands with millions of
fans worldwide like System Of A Down incredibly don't have a live
concert available on video. The same for 80s bands like The Sisters Of
Mercy, Joy Division, The Smiths, The Jesus And Mary Chain, etc. And for
80s bands there isn't a excuse for that, since we already had home
videos at the time.
If on one hand the music market has shrinked, on the other hand it is
also true that now it is, more than ever, worldwide instead of local.
So, there would be demand for more, I guess.
What accounts for this decrease? Low sales? High costs? Disbelief in
physical formats?
Rafael.
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