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So why do you claim to be invested Optimist if you believe Facebook can do it without us.
Why did you say the company is worth $2bn to $3bn if you believe another company such as Facebook can go it alone?
Apart from the licences and library of videos that nobody has ever seen what do we have that is unique.A history of doing £..... all very badly.
agreed L/F.
Opti
Melody have already signed up a few and they will be doing a deal with a few more , LN would not have done the second deal with Melody if what your saying is true ( but a fair point ) these deals will be very painful and difficult , Melody / LN / facebook can work very well together IMO . and at does seem/read as this is all in hand .
Not sure about the licences but Facebook have had no problem acquiring all our partners.They could just as easy grab our artists.What use are licences then.
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very much agree with your post , i think the figures will not give us any understanding of what will be in the future , we cant quantify ---- no yard stick ---- at least a year before we can see accounts and the conversion to cash ( and even then its the first year of a proper commercial stab at it ) and the biggest fact is this is a Library , it only takes an advert on TV or some big event to propel older artists into the limelight again ( look at queen at Live Aid ) . and this is a young company , that is why it is long term . but what a position Melody are in , all of us with a fair view cant post any negatives, ok the share is way to low , but not for us LTH , IMO .
Of course Pete.
There's a few on here who were saying MVR had missed the COVID boat after only two weeks into lockdown, here we are, still affected, Melody have added an additional 100 artists to their library, Livenation deal, 2 'live from' studios, mainstream news coverage, now being touted as a 'US' company, revenue stream announced, SP largely unaffected by accounts.
And they say it's going sour lol.....
very interesting article indeed Petebo.i was particularly interested to see the figure for the dropkick murphy and springsteen concert. over 5.9m .when you look on youtube it has something over 216,000,which was the figure i was going on when i expressed surprise how low it was.makes one realise how difficult it is to judge the actual impact/viewing figures of performances without access to all the data, which is very difficult to compile.i hope this is a small indication that melody's reach is already greater than some of the figures we have seen, suggest.
A1ex, and it will be Live Nation doing all the marketing. As well as just arranging things with the artists I would be very surprised if branding and advertising are not fully utilised at Brixton which will take time setting up due to the complexity of the contracts. The waiting is frustrating but I'm sure it will be worth the wait!!!!
Hi Pete,
Good find and completely aligns with the 'sensible heads' outlook that e-streaming will be inevitable to make up loss of revenue due to COVID. Mass attended concerts are a long way off and will easily run into 2021 IMO.
Must be noted also that this sector will not 'hotten' up with competition IMO but many of the competitors are going to be finding it very difficult to acquire the rights for many of the artists given Melody have pretty much all the licensing and rights deals with all the huge record labels...
https://variety.com/2020/music/news/pollstar-livestream-chart-digital-concerts-1234632041/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Particularly this bit
And when live music does fully come back, Rogers hypothesizes that livestreaming may become an avenue to increasing audience capacity beyond a venue’s social distancing restrictions.
“I think we’ll see a lot of hybrid shows, where for $20 you can go see the show in-person and for $10 you can watch it on a livestream,” Rogers says.
As for the future of livestream concerts themselves, Gensler and Rogers agree that they’re here to stay, even post-pandemic.
“Streaming in the way it is now will probably forever be a part inextricably of a live musician’s business model. They can use it to promote themselves or have an event when they have a new record out or preview a tour,” Gensler says. “It’s just so much more accessible now and more part of the mix than it ever was before COVID-19.”
Ignore the deramping crew. Hold onto those golden tickets and have your moon boots ready!!!!