Some Really Good News from NAMM!

[Anderton]

I was reading NAMM's 2007 Global Report on the industry, and came across this tidbit: If you look at the 2006 Industry Sales Gains and Declines, the product segment that took the biggest hit -- with negative growth of minus 20.30% -- is Karaoke products! Perhaps once more, bars across this great land of ours will be free of this menace.

[techristian]

I was reading NAMM's 2007 Global Report on the industry, and came across this tidbit: If you look at the 2006 Industry Sales Gains and Declines, the product segment that took the biggest hit -- with negative growth of minus 20.30% -- is Karaoke products! Perhaps once more, bars across this great land of ours will be free of this menace.

I hope so !

Dan

[MoreGuitars]

And replace it with what?? More DJ's who think they are musicians?

[Chumly]

Given that you can do Karaoke entirely form a laptop (minus the PA and video) I suggest that this newsiest statistic may simply represent the change from hardware based Karaoke to software. So I am not convinced Karaoke is in decline, nor do I think DJ’s are in decline.

The truth is (IMHO), music has become an ultra-commonplace, pervasive, generic commodity, thus people often enough simply don't care that much how it’s presented, at least for local smaller venues and day-to-day environs.

I suggest that live entertainment’s future (even for the local smaller venue) lies with multimedia (for want of a better word as I am using it a bit differently than usual).

If your musical outfit can present video / theatre / music / comedy / fashion / storytelling you’ll have a much better chance of success than your typical outfit generating "recycled wank" (Frank Zappa’s phrase not mine) and wiggling around the stage a bit while dressed in the ubiquitous jeans and T shirts, or whatever passes for the uniform of the day.

The bar (pun) had been raised considerably over the last 20 years. Are we up to the challenge as entertainers?

[mikesr1963]

:thu:

[FocusPlayer]

Well, if the DJs are playing MY songs...and I'm getting royalty checks... I'm good with that <G>

That aside... Karaoke on the decline is (real) music to my ears .
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[ChromaLord]

I heard summer NAMM is returning to Nashville, next year. Is this true?

[Jon Hiller]

I heard summer NAMM is returning to Nashville, next year. Is this true?

I haven't heard this but I wish it to be true. Nobody I have talked to that went to Austin either last year OR this year thought it was as good a place to have the show as Nashville...

[MikeRivers]

I heard summer NAMM is returning to Nashville, next year. Is this true?I'd say there's a good possibility. Even last year, they were talking about Nashville for Summer 2008. NAMM will make the announcement some time this month.

[MikeRivers]

I haven't heard this but I wish it to be true. Nobody I have talked to that went to Austin either last year OR this year thought it was as good a place to have the show as Nashville...I don't know what makes a good or a bad place for the show (other than Indianapolis - who wants to go to Indianapolis????) but I didn't think that there was anything wrong with Austin other than that unless you're coming from Texas or somewhere near by, travel is pretty expensive. I live near Washington DC and no matter how I did it (I ended up flying to Dallas and driving a rental car to Austin) it cost me almost $500 to get there and back. It's more than $200 cheaper for me to go to Anaheim. And while it's a long day, I can drive to Nashville.

As far as the facility is concerned, it's as good as any other convention center. There are plenty of hotels near by, decent places to eat, places for entertainment, and someone I know who was attending the show even got mugged. What more can you want? I don't know what kind of deal the exhibitors got as far as facility costs, but usually when a city wants a show as much as Austin wants NAMM, they usually manage to get a decent break.

The "problem" with Nashville, so they said, was that the convention center wasn't big enough for the show. They could have put two of this Summer's shows in there. I think that it wasn't so much an issue of square feet, but that the Arena in the Nashville convention center was used for a lot of the audio and stage equipment exhibitors. Because it was somewhat off the beaten path and down a long stairway, a lot of attendees didn't bother to visit those exhibitors. And since the music business is full of people who don't RTFM (in this case the show directory or signs) some simply were not aware that there were exhibits anywhere other than in the main halls. Apparently the convention center has been expanded, so the reason for that complaint has gone away.

[FocusPlayer]

IF they have some "open to the public" time for the Nashville show...I'm there- 2 hour drive for me !

[Jon Gnash]

Given that you can do Karaoke entirely form a laptop (minus the PA and video) I suggest that this newsiest statistic may simply represent the change from hardware based Karaoke to software. So I am not convinced Karaoke is in decline, nor do I think DJ’s are in decline.

I suggest that live entertainment’s future (even for the local smaller venue) lies with multimedia (for want of a better word as I am using it a bit differently than usual).

The bar (pun) had been raised considerably over the last 20 years. Are we up to the challenge as entertainers?:thu:

[Pocketman]

I heard summer NAMM is returning to Nashville, next year. Is this true?

The latest I've heard is "Yes" NAMM will make its return to Nashville next year, in the end of June (Not July, as in years past...)

It will be nice to return there. It's a city I truly miss when I'm away from it too long...

[CHANCE 1]

The latest I've heard is "Yes" NAMM will make its return to Nashville next year, in the end of June (Not July, as in years past...)

It will be nice to return there. It's a city I truly miss when I'm away from it too long...

I'm not sure about that. As a NAMM member, I recieve their news letters and according to their latest news letter, they already have Austin booked for July 18th to the 20th 2008. Maybe someone knows something else?

[CHANCE 1]

Here is the upcoming events
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAMM_Show

I too hope it changes. I used to love the summer shows when they were in Chicago

[jfwong]

Hoorah for less Karaoke?? I think karaoke nights at my local bar are some of the most fun that we have. Getting silly and embarassing yourself has a mystique to it that you can't really find anywhere else. Plus it's good experience for anyone, gives someone shy a chance to actually do something public for once.

In other worlds, you're going to be seeing Karaoke to the max when Rock Band comes out. Guitar Hero has already caused enough of a stir mixing the gaming and non-gaming community, Rock Band only promises to further that. As long as people want to be rockstars, karaoke will always live on (fortunately or unfortunately)

[Band Substance]

I think nude Karaoke is a super idea. Don't they have that where you live?
NAMM should move to Vegas in June. It's a dry heat! :love:

[Alndln2]

If your musical outfit can present video / theatre / music / comedy / fashion / storytelling you’ll have a much better chance of success. I don't know. The reality is most bands are lucky if their good at 1 or 2 of those aspects at best and pretty bad at the rest. Besides being force fed "revue" type bands for the last 15 years or so, I think people are getting tired of bands in general. Things change and sometimes it's not to a musicians liking. Don't forget, Vaudville gave way to the flickers.

[Chumly]

Fair enough but is a band as I have described it still simply a band, I say nope, it's the next step as was flickers. Also if most bands are simply “lucky if their good at 1 or 2 of those aspects at best and pretty bad at the rest” then they only have themselves to blame if they cannot get gigs………."if you cannot stand the heat get out of the kitchen".

[rhat]

[QUOTE=jfwong;23543815]Hoorah for less Karaoke?? I think karaoke nights at my local bar are some of the most fun that we have.


How many of you have ever gotten up and actually sang kereoke? I started doing it a couple years ago when we go down to port isabel,,, which by the way i am happy to say isnt going to get nailed by hurricane dean ..... it was lookin grim a couple days ago. Its fun ,,if you sing ,,ya should give it go. Trust me they always like people who can actually sing lol. rat

[marsguitars]

... the product segment that took the biggest hit -- with negative growth of minus 20.30% -- is Karaoke products!

HURAHH! :thu: :D

Now all we need is to start to see a decline in so-called Reality TV! :bor: