YTSEJAM Digest 6774 Today's Topics: 1) Selling out? by email_address_removed 2) RE: premium seating by "Dan Costello" 3) Ticket Prices by "Neil Evans" 4) Re: DT hasn't sold out by Scott Hansen 5) Re: DT sells out to the richie riches by "Nathan Wilhelm" 6) Re: DT sells out to the richie riches by email_address_removed 7) DT sells out to the richie riches by "Trevor Hoit" 8) RE: DT sells out to the richie riches by "Niall Connaughton" 9) Re: Ticket Prices by Brian Hayden 10) Re: Ticket Prices by Andrew Coutermarsh 11) Re: Ticket Prices by Antony Gelberg 12) Re: Ticket Prices by Andrew Coutermarsh 13) Re: Ticket Prices by "Dr. Mosh" 14) Re: new products by Brian Hansen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:35:15 EST From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Selling out? Message-ID: --part1_1e1.17db57ef.2d4090e3_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I happen to disagree with all of you. For one thing, this is a great idea. I mean, I'm not rich but I would pay all that money to meet Dream Theater. Sure, they usually do it anyway (Well, not here in Dallas, Texas) but for those of us who they don't do it for it is a big treat. Dream Theater has always been loyal to its fans and listened to what they had to say. And MP obviously felt the same way everyone else did. They have always been the Fans' Band, meaning that they do everything for the fans and not for the money. He said himself they weren't getting money, as is the case with promotional packages like this. I say get off their back. They are just as discomforted by the idea of "selling out" (as you all would say) and it wasn't their idea. You have no idea what goes on inside the heads of promoters. They are very greedy people (Promoters, not the band). Let the Promoters do what they want and let Dream Theater entertain us (as is their only concern with this concert, not making a ton of money). They want to show us a great time and if the money made with packages will give a greater show (lights, effects, ect.) then let them do it. The better the show, the more reason that Dream Theater is the greatest show of all time. Art Fernandez Dallas,Texas --part1_1e1.17db57ef.2d4090e3_boundary ---YTSEJAM FILTER: Rest of message skipped because of attachment ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:43:55 -0500 From: "Dan Costello" To: Subject: RE: premium seating Message-ID: I wonder what the prices for tickets in rows 31+ are going to be. Two or the last three DT concerts I've been to, I've been in the 5th row because I bought tickets right when they went on sale. It's nice being that close, but it ain't worth $100 a piece, even considering the fact that it includes an ugly $40 t-shirt. (let's be honest folks, most of the DT shirts are stupid looking, including the 6DOIT baseball jersey I bought) Meet-n-Greet ain't worth $250 either. -Dan. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:02:02 -0500 From: "Neil Evans" To: Subject: Ticket Prices Message-ID: <000f01c3e094$1c92a4e0$0200a8c0@athlon> Wow, what a bunch of whining we have on here lately. Last I noticed DT doesn't own any of you a damn thing. They're playing some shows. There is a tiered pricing model for premium seats, with plenty of seats left over (beyond row 30) for "normal" prices. You can choose to pay at any of the price levels you want - or not. So what exactly is the problem? You want to have your cake (good seats) and eat it too (low price)? Whether DT is making any extra $$ on this is irrelevant. They (and their management and anyone else involved in putting on the tour) are entitled to charge whatever the hell they want, and you have the power to pay or not. Vote with your wallet. -Neil. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:16:27 -0800 From: Scott Hansen To: Subject: Re: DT hasn't sold out Message-ID: Further info on the costly pre-sale ticket packages, for those of you bashers (as posted by "Vapor Trails" on MP's website): I've been one of the most vocal people against this policy since I first heard about it last night and now I have more facts. I sent an e-mail directly to MP earlier today, not expecting any response other than the typical canned response and got something entirely different back. This evening Frank Solomon, Dream Theater's manager sent me back an e-mail requesting contact info because MP had forwarded my e-mail to him and was concerned. I just now got off the phone with Mr. Solomon and will relay some pertenant facts about the conversation. #1. There are only 20 Platinum packages per show! 4 seats in each of the first 5 rows. The rest of the seats in the front 5 rows ARE in the general ticket pool! IMO this was probably their biggest mistake, NOT relaying this information to us earlier. Had I known it was only 20 tickets per show in the front area, I would have not getten NEARLY as upset as I was this morning. #2. Everything that is going on is with the fans in mind. I believe this now more than ever after this telephone call. Mr. Solomon was very candid during our conversation and I do believe that he along with the band had the best of intentions when trying to figure out a way to pay for the new visual show. Plus, this gives people who normally wouldnt have a chance to get into a meet and greet the perfect opprotunity. #3. According to Mr. Solomon there are roughly 100 of the gold and bronze packages available to each show. So there are still LOTS of great seats in the general ticket pool available to the rest of us. I want to applaud MP for taking the time to forward this letter to Mr. Solomon and thank Mr. Solomon for taking the time to call me and listen to me gripe for a few minutes before explaining the whole situation. I did tell him that they should have posted the fact that Platinum packages are limited to 20 per show... that would have sofened the blow CONSIDERABLY had we known this in advance. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:33:19 -0600 From: "Nathan Wilhelm" To: Subject: Re: DT sells out to the richie riches Message-ID: <000d01c3e098$7b904890$0f00a8c0@nathanhome> I think they might figure it out after the first few shows have empty first 16 rows. Do they really think they can find five rows of people willing to pay $250? I doubt it. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:53:20 EST From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: DT sells out to the richie riches Message-ID: --part1_48.26fa9226.2d40a330_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > do they have some sort of brown package? you know, for > the dedicated fans like me that don't have shit in their bank > accounts. >=A0=A0i hope this is a joke because i personally think it's f*cked >=A0=A0up to be charging for things they did for free on the last tour. Me wants to PUKE !!!!!! I think that it is way cool to try to get dedicated fans into the better seats but WHAT THE FUCK !!!! Nice to know that they ba nd supposedly "isn't getting any coin out of this". Hope they enjoy getting th e shit for it. Signed, Marky Mark who through most of the 90s used to love this band .... : ( --part1_48.26fa9226.2d40a330_boundary ---YTSEJAM FILTER: Rest of message skipped because of attachment ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:54:45 -0800 From: "Trevor Hoit" To: Subject: DT sells out to the richie riches Message-ID: <006a01c3e0ac$3d90c380$message_id_removed> >Wtf?? It's not April 1 in some other time zone, is it? Are they doing this >for many shows on the tour? Not all of them. The funny thing is that in theatres with open floor seating, the $250 dollar seats are in the BALCONY! Trevor ---YTSEJAM FILTER: Rest of message skipped because of attachment ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:19:08 +1100 From: "Niall Connaughton" To: Subject: RE: DT sells out to the richie riches Message-ID: I guess they're flogging off the meet & greet more than the seats, then. It's certainly not so bad now that it's revealed that it's only a small portion of the good seating going. Of course the band and promoters can charge what they want for the seats, but going from first come, first serve, best seats to fattest wallet, best seats is always going to piss people off. So I'm glad that the initial impressions were mistaken. Of course, having said that, if DT came to Australia, I'd lay down $250 US for a back row ticket, no second thoughts :P Niall > -----Original Message----- > From: ytsejam@torchsong.com [mailto:ytsejam@torchsong.com]On Behalf Of > Trevor Hoit > Sent: Thursday, 22 January 2004 5:16 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: DT sells out to the richie riches > > > > > >Wtf?? It's not April 1 in some other time zone, is it? Are they doing > this > >for many shows on the tour? > Not all of them. The funny thing is that in theatres with open floor > seating, > the $250 dollar seats are in the BALCONY! > Trevor > ---YTSEJAM FILTER: Rest of message skipped because of attachment ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 08:45:44 -0600 (CST) From: Brian Hayden To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Ticket Prices Message-ID: On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Neil Evans wrote: > Wow, what a bunch of whining we have on here lately. Last I noticed DT > doesn't own any of you a damn thing. Last I noticed nobody said they did. > Whether DT is making any extra $$ on this is irrelevant. They (and > their management and anyone else involved in putting on the tour) are > entitled to charge whatever the hell they want, and you have the power > to pay or not. Vote with your wallet. Obviously they're entitled to do whatever they want. Thanks for that grand philosophical elucidation, you're a regular Nietzsche. Guess what? Anyone else is entitled to state their opinion of said action. So what was the point of your post again? Oh yeah, there wasn't one... I hardly think it's whining to call "bullshit" on a money grab, no matter where the money is going. A light show? Whoopee, it ain't exactly the Salvation Army. Color me unimpressed. I'd rather see 'em use some energy on remembering how to write decent songs than cooking up schemes to play for a cheesy stage show (face it, as someone said in reference to their t-shirts already, everything DT does outside of the music is pure swiss). -Brian ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:05:05 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Coutermarsh To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Ticket Prices Message-ID: On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Brian Hayden wrote: > I'd rather see 'em use some energy on remembering how to write decent > songs than cooking up schemes to play for a cheesy stage show[.] Absolute brilliance, Brian. ------------------------------------------------- Andrew Coutermarsh - http://www.acvox.com/ Email Address: andrew at acvox dot com ------------------------------------------------- FOR SALE: One parachute, used but unopened. One small stain. Going VERY cheap. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:43:29 +0000 From: Antony Gelberg To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Ticket Prices Message-ID: <40106021.6080807@antgel.co.uk> Andrew Coutermarsh wrote: >On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Brian Hayden wrote: > > > >>I'd rather see 'em use some energy on remembering how to write decent >>songs than cooking up schemes to play for a cheesy stage show[.] >> >> > >Absolute brilliance, Brian. > > > Well yeah but a little flippant as well. It's not as if they sit there thinking, "hmm, let's not write decent songs so we can concentrate on the lighting". FWIW, the lighting and other visual aspects of the show were great. It's great to see the band do well enough that they can even think about these things. T ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:08:01 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Coutermarsh To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Ticket Prices Message-ID: On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Antony Gelberg wrote: > > > I'd rather see 'em use some energy on remembering how to write > > > decent songs than cooking up schemes to play for a cheesy stage > > > show[.] > > > > Absolute brilliance, Brian. > > Well yeah but a little flippant as well. It's not as if they sit there > thinking, "hmm, let's not write decent songs so we can concentrate on > the lighting". Of course it's flippant. It's Brian. But it has very little to do with whether it's intentional or not; they may not CHOOSE to write poor songs in exchange for a better light show, but I think what Brian's really saying is that it doesn't matter how good the show is if the music sucks. I couldn't agree more. ------------------------------------------------- Andrew Coutermarsh - http://www.acvox.com/ Email Address: andrew at acvox dot com ------------------------------------------------- Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana. The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two, but can't remember what they are. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:49:52 -0800 From: "Dr. Mosh" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Ticket Prices Message-ID: <20040122174952.GA6669@zero> 0. Brian Hayden farted: > On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Neil Evans wrote: > > Salvation Army. Color me unimpressed. I'd rather see 'em use some energy > on remembering how to write decent songs than cooking up schemes to play > for a cheesy stage show (face it, as someone said in reference to their > t-shirts already, everything DT does outside of the music is pure swiss). Stop blaming Jordan already... ;p > -Brian -The Doc -- -------------- http://www.zeromemory.com - metal for your ears. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:06:14 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Hansen To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: new products Message-ID: Brian Hayden wrote: > I always thought it was cool that they did that, without charging for it like KISS would. sigh. < For release 1/22/04: ------ Dream Theater fans...to meet the needs of our dedicated fan base, a new product will be available shortly... For the eternal Dream Theater fan, we present the Dream Theater coffin. Professional graphics, in the theme of your favorite Dream Theater songs will cover this premium, insulated coffin. 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