I've been to these in different circumstances. Some while attending conferences with partners. Others at private TV-biz events when I was your Newsday critic colleague -- Sugarland, Wallflowers, Temptations, Yo-Yo Ma (yay!), even The Who (raking in the big bucks when CBS was using their songs for "CSI" opening sequences). Most have featured only 2-4 top hits. You do get some energy, because acts only have to be "on" for 15 minutes. But there's also something perfunctory about these, when the acts know attendees aren't "real" fans.
Yes. Or dictating the playlist, which Susanna writes about and which I know from musician friends sometimes happens (even to the point of telling them what NOT to play).
Have you read Susanna Hoff’s new novel “This Bird Has Flown”? I just started it last night and it opens with a set piece about the indignities of private gigs.
I've been to these in different circumstances. Some while attending conferences with partners. Others at private TV-biz events when I was your Newsday critic colleague -- Sugarland, Wallflowers, Temptations, Yo-Yo Ma (yay!), even The Who (raking in the big bucks when CBS was using their songs for "CSI" opening sequences). Most have featured only 2-4 top hits. You do get some energy, because acts only have to be "on" for 15 minutes. But there's also something perfunctory about these, when the acts know attendees aren't "real" fans.
Yes. Or dictating the playlist, which Susanna writes about and which I know from musician friends sometimes happens (even to the point of telling them what NOT to play).
Have you read Susanna Hoff’s new novel “This Bird Has Flown”? I just started it last night and it opens with a set piece about the indignities of private gigs.