Quote Originally Posted by Mothman View Post
The big dissapointment of the night was the size of the audience, barely 60 people. I found this somewhat depressing given that Sandi can produce the goods live and is supported by a band of 5 excelent musicians. I guess the fact that it was a Monday night and that times are tough right now may have kept some away, but it is hard to see how talented artists such as this can continue to afford to tour with such low turnouts.
That is a pitiful turnout, isn't it? I too was surprised at the Tina Dico gig last month at how few people there were for a relatively "big" artist - when you think of all the other labour costs (engineers, roadies etc.) as well as the band, how much it costs for the venue, then I'd say on that sort of turnout they would actually be losing money - which is serious news for musicians such as these, as live gigs is probably as much if not more of an income than record sales.

Perhaps we should start a campaign to encourage more of us to get out to gigs, and those that do, to go to more. (Don't worry Tim (GreatGig), you're excluded on this one! )