Time to face facts
Posted by TFG on October 7th, 2007
And those cold hard facts boil down to this - I can’t hang no more. I went to see Hayes Carll last night, I was in bed by midnight-thirty, and I feel like total crap today. I think the live music thing is going to have to change from a weekly or bi-weekly event into something more monthly or bi-monthly. Maybe even quarterly.
Hayes and the band put on a pretty good show. It was, as I’ve come to expect for a Floore’s show, lightly attended, and I think most of them were road-tripping Austinites. SATX doesn’t support Texas Music so well. They’ll come see the Willie Nelsons, etc., but not the next generation. It’s a shame, because Hayes has the chops to pull off the big time, and I hope he does.
As I say, the show itself was pretty good, if overloaded with ballads and slow songs. Rather than a honky-tonking atmosphere, it was more of a sit-back-and-listen show. Carll is a fine songwriter, so that’s not so bad, but it was not what I’d hoped for. But I’m not calling the shots. The end result, though, was that the faster favorite ravers seemed perfunctory and forced. The bottom line, though, is that for $10, I got my money’s worth, and you can’t complain about that.
One side benefit from last night was finally hearing the McKay Brothers live. Very South Texas…lots of Mexican influence in the music, and that’s a nice change of pace. Inexplicably, I couldn’t find a merchandise table to buy a CD, so I’m going to have to find it online. I’d always rather buy at the show, since the band gets to keep most of the money that way. Regardless, I wouldn’t mind seeing these guys in a more honky-tonkish atmosphere than the inside room at Floore’s.
October 7th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Charlie Robinspn, Pat Green, obviously REK, Lyle, Willie, &c. all pack that place to the roof. Same for Kevin Fowler, albeit, a younger crowd.
Think some stupid football game had nuthin’ t do with that?
October 7th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
It didn’t even occur to me about the stupid football game. I forget.
October 8th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
and them McKay Brothers were darn near better’n then the headliner when I seen ‘em last, out yonder. Even bought - cash money - their musical CD.
October 8th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Cold Beer and Hot Tamales, by the Brothers McKay can be had at the iTunes Store.
-k-
October 8th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
It looks like ITMS is DRMed. Or it doesn’t say it’s not.* I’m not buying any more of that. I’ll get the CD and rip it.
* How can one tell, anyway?
October 9th, 2007 at 5:13 am
If it doesn’t say, the assumption would be that it is.
-k-
October 9th, 2007 at 10:33 am
I’ll set the example: buy the CD from the musicians themselves. off their merch table. what I did. betters the odds that they get the money. I’m not saying anything, but iTunes does pay out royalties, just like a slot machine.
All I’m saying.
October 9th, 2007 at 11:37 am
Non-DRM’ed music in iTunes is indentified as “iTunes+” and has a base price of $1.29 instead of the usual $0.99.
Alternatively, if you’ve already downloaded it, the file extension will be “m4p” for protected files and “m4a” for non-DRM’ed files.
October 9th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Perhaps you missed this line in my post, Mr. Kramer: I couldn’t find a merchandise table to buy a CD Yep, I always buy at the show when I can. Even pay more for the opportunity. I like to encourage those guys to keep on doing their thing.
Glad to know about the iTunes+ dealio, Aubrey - thanks.