yeah, i\'m not getting the marketing behind having a great show and then not letting it out to the public. the main purpose of allowing taping is to use it as a form of publicity. at this point, no matter how great it may have been, its irrelevant to release. if it was truly wonderful, why wasn\'t it gotten out sooner (for sale or d/l or whatever)? it\'d be like releasing a halloween show around thanksgiving. no one who saw it available at that point would think it could be any good, otherwise their would have been a sense of urgency to release it earlier, so that the momentum of that performance could have beeen capitalized on. for nye shows, folks are looking for them pretty much right away, to see what all these bands did for the special night. releasing something now just says that it wasn\'t that special... i can see if there was a tour and how having it out on the merch table then for the non-local masses to grab daily would be fine, but if its to be monetarily capitalized upon, the merch table a couple times a month isn\'t really the hotbed it was when there were multiple shows every week. flooding the internet with it - jambase ads, facebook, amazon, every website other known to man, etc would presumably be a better venue for sales, i\'d think. but as it stands, it\'d be nice to hear, but most folks are probably more interested in the most recent shows, not one from a month or so ago... (this excludes us .info\'ers who want them all, but after the 20-40 of us grab it, there\'s no incentive for anyone else to get it, when newer shows are available to d/l).
it just seems to me that an audio release soon after the show (ideally within a day or two) would have helped drum up a buzz for a high quality dvd release.
(although, i suppose i say this as someone who is involved on a daily basis. folks who just see a show and like it are certainly likely to pick up a dvd/cd since they have no idea if its been out for a while or not. i\'d just like to see the momentum of a hot show used to its greatest potential, is all...)
