TICKET MASTERS: THE RISE OF THE CONCERT INDUSTRY AND HOW THE PUBLIC GOT SCALPED
Book ID/图书代码： 00110911B50886
English Summary/英文概要： In the spring of 1975 a trio of neophyte businessmen backed an old Chrysler onto a sun–baked Arizona driveway and convened in their new office. The garage start–up, dubbed Ticketmaster, would come to achieve such market dominance over the following decades some critics would denounce the company as an unlawful monopoly. Yet its path to the top was far from inevitable and Ticket Masters analyzes the legality and ethics behind the actions of Ticketmaster, including its recent merger with Live Nation.
Ticket Masters, based on first–person interivews with the key players, is a character–driven story that explores the actions and impact of the iconoclasts guiding Clear Channel, Ticketmaster, Live Nation, SFX, MusicToday, and StubHub, while folding in related tales of trustafarians, scalping syndicates, old–school music promoters, and would–be Internet tycoons.
Ticket Masters answers such questions as: Just what is included in a service fee and why does it vary with the price of a ticket? Why am I forced to pay for parking when I’m taking public transportation to the concert? and Who really pockets all of that money?
This guide to the concert industry looks into cubicles, conference rooms, and booking agencies and includes interviews with promoters, musicians, and corporate executives with connections to both Ticketmaster and the bands. Special attention is paid to the touring activities and ticket–selling practices of the Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, U2, Dave Matthews Band, and the Rolling Stones.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1975年三个刚入行的商人驾驶着克莱斯勒行驶前往阳光普照的亚利桑那州的高速路上，最后在他们全新的办公室里集合。他们的生意正是开始，昵称为特玛。在接下来的几十年间，这家企业独占鳌头，以至于许多批评者称其进行不合法的垄断销售。然后，特玛登上登峰的道路觉非出于必然，特玛的领导分析了其公司运营背后的合法性和伦理道德，甚至包括近期对现场之国（Live Nation）的兼并。 《特玛的经营者们》一书运用第一称，记录了对几位主要演奏者的采访。这是一本以角色为切入点的故事，探讨了那些破传统者们的所做所为以及他们对清晰频道公司（Clear Channel, Ticketmaster），现场之国（Live Nation），三洋 SFX，Music Today，和 StubHub的影响，同时又融入了托拉斯，辛迪加和传统派音乐发行公司以及准互联网大亨之间的故事。
《特玛的经营者们》回答了这些问题：服务费中包含了那些服务？为什么服务费随票价而波动？为什么我乘坐公共交通到达音乐会现场却被迫出停车费？到底是谁将那些钱装入腰包？
这本音乐会产业指导手册将带领读者了解小隔间、会议室和订票机构，倾听对音乐发行商、音乐家以及与特码和乐队建立联系的合伙执行人的采访。同时作者还号召读者们对感恩而死乐队（Grateful Dead），珍珠果酱乐队（Pearl Jam），U2乐队，戴夫.马修斯乐队以及滚石乐队的巡回演出和抽票规则多加留心和注意。(兼职翻译-XMM)
Awards/获奖情况：Reading this book won’t make you any happier about spending four hundred bucks to go to a rock show but you’ll understand how it happened and who’s to blame. ---Bill Flanagan, author Evening’s Empire, A&R
If you wonder why you’re paying ten times as much for overblown, cross-promoted spectacles that are one-tenth as satisfying as the rock and roll of your youth, you need to read this book. --- Steve Silberman, editor, Wired magazine
For anyone who’s ever suffered rock concert sticker shock -- and we all have -- Dean Budnick and Josh Baron’s Ticket Masters is the best seat in the house to the show behind the show. ---Fred Goodman, author Fortune’s Fool and The Mansion on the Hill
Dean Budnick and Josh Baron brilliantly chronicle the storied history of ticketing, providing a front row seat to the back room drama. A must-read for any music business enthusiast. ---Shirley Halperin, Music Editor, The Hollywood Reporter
When community meets commerce, things gets complicated. In Ticket Masters, Josh Baron and Dean Budnick take you behind the box office and explain the real reasons a good seat costs so damn much. ---Alan Light, former Editor-in-Chief, Vibe and Spin
"[A] lively, sprawling chronology of the concert-ticket sales business . . . Budnick and Baron offer information in accessible language fortified with verbatim dialogue from a pantheon of music-industry brass." ---Kirkus Reviews (April 15, 2011)
"In other hands, this book could have been dull and academic, but it reads like an adventure story, full of colorful characters, shady transactions, and surprising twists and turns. For everyone who has been dumbstruck by the extra fees added to the price of admission, this book is just the ticket. Highly recommended for eventgoers everywhere." ---Library Journal (May 1, 2011)
"A clear, comprehensive look at a murky business, the book is also an encyclopedia of information about the rise, decline and rebirth of the live music industry." ---Wall Street Journal (May 28, 2011)
"Fascinating. . . . [The authors] delve deep into every aspect of the tour biz, from the rise of computerized ticketing to the consolidation of concert promoters." ---Rolling Stone (June 9, 2011)
"A fascinating insider’s portrait of the music business once all of the pulsing lights, fog machines and sound equipment have been turned off." ---Maclean’s (June 27, 2011)
"Budnick and Baron did a tremendous job in chronicling the history of the U.S. and Canadian concert business and how the business models have changed. . . . Ticket Masters is an excellent book for music historians and business geeks alike." ---www.boomerocity.com
About the Author/作者介绍： 丁.布德尼克是Relix杂志的执行编辑，也是Jambands.com的创始人，Jammy Awards合伙创办人以及纪录片《保护湿地：摇滚俱乐部活跃分子的故事》的导演。他从哈佛法学文明历史项目博士学位并从哥伦比亚法学院取得法学硕士学位。 约什.巴伦是 Relix杂志的总编辑，已有十多年的工作经验。巴伦同时还为多家媒体服务，包括在纽约城市广播WFUV担任音乐评论 。目前，作者与家人家人住在布鲁克林。
Dean Budnick, the executive editor of Relix magazine, is the founder of Jambands.com, the co-creator of the Jammy Awards and the director of the documentary film, Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Rock Club. He holds a Ph.D. from Harvard’s History of American Civilization program and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.
Josh Baron is the editor-in-chief of Relix magazine, a music-based publication where he has been on staff for more than a decade. Baron also contributes to a variety of media outlets including New York City-based radio station WFUV where he serves as a music reviewer. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.
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