Comments on: Live Music 2.0: Interview with Nate Parienti of iClips.net

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[...] sure to check out the iClips webcast, and while you’re waiting in between sets, you should read our recent interview with iClips.net’s founder, Nate Parienti, about the site’s growth and [...]

By: stan

stan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:13:58 +0000

Good interview, whitperson. As I was sitting at home on random nights during the recent phish run, I definitely had the fantasy that someday soon, or not soon, phish would distribute real-time content via some sort of pay-per-view arrangement. I’d pay ten bucks a show without blinking. I paid more in 1988 to see jacked dudes in tight spandex beat the hell out of each other during a variety of WWF events. Question, though: I feel like phish is tending more toward in-house distribution outlets rather than distribution using third-party vendors like iClip (obvious example — livephish.com, though I feel like nugs.net did lots of the back-end programming there). Will the phish people jump on this with an established vendor like iClip, or am I gonna have to wait until their in-house operation catches up with demand?

By: whitperson

whitperson — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:54:36 +0000

thanks for the comment Tony.

I’d think that the festival webcasts would tend to reach a wider audience, but perhaps one that would be less willing to pay (maybe the ad supported option works best here). But for the individual bands, I’d think you’d tend to get a smaller, more fanatical audience that’s more likely willing to pay.

Again, it sounds like they are experimenting with many of these options to see what works best for certain types of shows/audiences.

By: Tony J

Tony J — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:07:05 +0000

I can appreciate that the cost is high for these and that they have to charge for some shows/festivals. In my case, they would probably have better luck with the shows. I have two kids and they are on the computer often. When I watch the festivals, I watch when I can and after the kids go to bed, but it wouldn’t be worth it to me to buy the three days of a festival or even a single day. Even with the ability to watch the archived webcast, there is something about seeing it live, besides the fact that I have enough music of my own to listen to.
I don’t mind seeing ads in between bands or even on screen (a crawl or a bar on the screen) while the bands are playing. If it keeps the music free, I’m all for it.
I was also wondering how much the festivals themselves pay to iClips, if anything. I would think that the festivals should see it as advertising for NEXT YEAR’S festival. If people see the bands, setting and audience this year, they may want to go next year.
Overall, I’m really pleased that iClips has been able to provide the music to us and whatever they need to do to keep them going, even if it means that only some of the content is free, I’m all for.