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Webster Hall Now Offering Shows on CD

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It used to be that only Phish and Dead fans got to hear live recordings of the shows they attended, thanks to the band's many taping fans. Now the NY Times reports that, following building a recording studio downstairs, Webster Hall will give fans the option to buy a freshly pressed CD of a show after the curtains are drawn. "This downtown New York club, a haven for indie rock bands, has reached an agreement with Best Buy to sell recordings of live shows at the chain’s stores in the New York area. Performances will also be available through iTunes and Webster Hall’s own Web site. Bands that choose to take part will receive half the revenue from the recordings and be exempted from the cost of recording and producing discs, with the right to pull out if they don’t like the way they sound." Could this kind of idea save the sinking music industry?

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By Jen Carlson in on March 30, 2009 2:40 PM

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  • widefive

    Screw CDs, they should just email you a link to download the audio. What a ridiculous waste...

  • laisla

    Now this is a good idea. I'd do this for sure.

  • infotron1000

    Cool idea but the sound crew at Webster Hall is not ready for this...

  • infotron1000

    I agree.

  • infotron1000

    Cool idea if executed properly but the sound crew at Webster Hall is definitely not ready for this.

  • RedWhiteandBrooklyn

    "Could this kind of idea save the sinking music industry?"

    We'll never know until it's tried, and I'm glad that they're giving it a shot. I like the idea of buying the CD after the show.

  • CR

    If they did this at Terminal 5 it'd just sound like 90 minutes of a guying screaming into a bucket.

  • verbal

    now this is forward thinking

    www.moogis.com

  • spreetaper

    this is nothing new

    the biggest problem is when a band plays a cover song and has to pay royalties to original band/writer

    and there are plenty of tapers out in the world taping more than just phish/the dead in high quality audio

    just check out nyctaper.com and my own site brooklynvibes.com for some examples

  • JacqueMehoff

    didn't they try this once on a memory card/thumb drive?

  • buttface

    This tactic is so old and broken. Companies have risen and fallen in the past trying to pull this off. Doesn't work.

  • jt10000

    This is so cool and forward-thinking.

  • neckbeard

    i would probably buy that if i had a lot of fun at a show. but why does this have to be at the worst venue in new york city?

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