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Originally Posted by Vorony
Is that really a sustainable model though? It’s a huge stretch to compare DMB fans to Dead fans. The hardcore DMB fanbase that’s been around since the early 90’s is in their 40’s and 50’s now with families, etc. Hence why Ants and TDC are pretty much dead these days, and you see a huge base of casual fans at the shows and on social media. Am I really going to get amped up for another LT release in 20 years when I’m 60? Probably not. Will enough of the newer casual fans buy random releases from the 90’s that they have no attachment to? Also doubtful. Just release it all now. Including the studio vault.
My 2 favorite bands are Phish and DMB - and the management of both of those bands couldn’t be more different sadly.
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Agreed.
Despite being huge DMB fans, we never get particularly excited by Live Trax releases. We own probably 10 or so random ones (SPAC 96 is the only release that we attended), four of which were the freebies they gave away with orders in 2019. We did order the vinyl for 58 because of the set and era, but our favorite way to listen to DMB live is the be there and experience it live...just like everyone else. We will, however, still be listening to at least the studio albums until we shed this mortal coil.