[Dixielandjazz] The Who Super Bowl Show - Was Playing for Free

[Stephen G Barbone]

Kash commented about his Coronation gig and a huge worldwide audience  
not resulting in increased record sales. As opposed to the Who, are  
playing the Super Bowl gig free and expecting increased sales/profits  
as a future result.

I think the difference may be that the Super Bowl halftime show  
presents the band as THE Attraction. The TV exposure is 12 minutes of  
Band, screaming/adoring fans, pyrotechnics, hype etc. It is THE event,  
the experience, not merely adjunct music.

We notice a big difference between gigs where we are part of the  
background ambience  as opposed to gigs where we are the attraction.  
Record sales are almost always much better in the latter case.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband