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<blockquote data-quote="Clarke LaPlante" data-source="post: 15069" data-attributes="member: 18">Re: State of the Industry 1/2011I seem to be in a similar position as you, Mike.I&#039;ve been watching things get cheaper and more consolidated on Crewspace and ProAudioSpace.&nbsp; TM+FOH+Drive for $800/wk, are you fucking kidding me?!?&nbsp; I&#039;ve even applied for a few of them, and gotten no response.&nbsp; The touring industry is in a downward spiral, as the labels and Live Nation scramble for every last cent they can squeeze out of what&#039;s left of the business.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t gotten a call for a tour since the last tour I was on, which ended in July, and that was for a UK band, so you know they were getting a deal because of the exchange.&nbsp; Since then, I&#039;ve had two festival type gigs for the folks in Cleveland, a couple local gigs thanks to Dave Nickerson, and exactly one call from the local.&nbsp; All the SR companies here are in their winter slump, and I can&#039;t even get a reply from the clubs in town.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m open to suggestions, if anyone knows of things to do in Eastern MA, other than shovel a metric assload of snow, that is.-C</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clarke LaPlante, post: 15069, member: 18"] Re: State of the Industry 1/2011 I seem to be in a similar position as you, Mike. I've been watching things get cheaper and more consolidated on Crewspace and ProAudioSpace. TM+FOH+Drive for $800/wk, are you fucking kidding me?!? I've even applied for a few of them, and gotten no response. The touring industry is in a downward spiral, as the labels and Live Nation scramble for every last cent they can squeeze out of what's left of the business. I haven't gotten a call for a tour since the last tour I was on, which ended in July, and that was for a UK band, so you know they were getting a deal because of the exchange. Since then, I've had two festival type gigs for the folks in Cleveland, a couple local gigs thanks to Dave Nickerson, and exactly one call from the local. All the SR companies here are in their winter slump, and I can't even get a reply from the clubs in town. I'm open to suggestions, if anyone knows of things to do in Eastern MA, other than shovel a metric assload of snow, that is. -C [/QUOTE]

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