Eduardo Alonso, continues his music blog Glue
The concert at home
My first two posts to the pen were perhaps too bitter, so this time I want to focus on a more positive view. The Internet age has been treated like hell in the music industry. It is true that the Internet has provided an open bar music "free", but also created new forms of distribution and even return to do business. One such initiative is Moogis , a paid service for issuing (or streaming internet jargon) of videos of concerts. This project is the brainchild of Butch Trucks, drummer of the legendary American group The Allman Brothers Band . Not the Rolling Stones, but this band also takes forty-year career and sold a handful of albums in the seventies with hits like Jessica and Ramblin 'Man
Far from ankylosed in the past, Allman Brothers has been a very interested in finding new ways to bring their music to their fans. He was one of the pioneers in the series of recordings Instant Live and now Butch Trucks launched Moogis. The subscription to this site costs $ 125 and provides access to dozens of concerts by the Allman Brothers on video and audio. And what is more interesting, lets see live concert series that the band is offering this month at the Beacon Theatre in New York, the city where concerts held every year since 1989, a tradition for his followers and to the world of rock in general. On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, artists like Eric Clapton, Levon Helm, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter or even Bruce Willis, were invited onto the stage with the band, making each of the fifteen concerts in this series a unique experience.
For me as a good fan of this training is very exciting to have the opportunity to see all the shows on my TV at any time. Both the sound and picture are high quality and is comparable to any TV.
For now, Moogis is a test project and its future is uncertain. There is no big company behind it, but if you get a sufficient number of subscriptions Butch Trucks try to incorporate different groups and broadcast live concerts from various clubs and theaters in the United States.
Of course, this concept is not new. In the Netherlands, Fabchannel did a great job recording and relaying hundreds of concerts held in the halls of Amsterdam Paradiso and Melkweg. After ten years, closed its web Fabchannel few days ago (March 13). These high-quality recordings served for many unknown bands could be promoted worldwide. The web is now a really interesting letter which explains the lack of agreement with the record has prompted its closure.
The record remains committed to sell records, see the Internet as a threat and are blind to the opportunities that the network can offer beyond Myspace profiles. Perhaps one day the lords of the tie is removed the bandage from the eyes: Internet does not bite. While going to see a concert at Moogis.
