Lightning Threads presents 'On the Record'
Jun 26, 2026 · 52 min · 12 segments
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Tom JHost
Sam BergenHost
Obviously venues, independent venues, it's hard to, you've got to obviously keep them profits and their margins, I suppose.
So yeah, trying to get them fees up for bands is maybe, I mean, I don't know what it were back in day, but I imagine it's, I imagine it's always been hard, but it feels like venues really struggle these days.
So in like the 90s, you'd release an album on CD and that would be your main profit as a band or an artist is the product.
And then you'd go on tour almost without making a profit on the tour because it was about selling that album.
But now, because of streaming, your main product is actually the tour and the merch that you sell on tour.
Obviously venues, independent venues, it's hard to, you've got to obviously keep them profits and their margins, I suppose.
So yeah, trying to get them fees up for bands is maybe, I mean, I don't know what it were back in day, but I imagine it's, I imagine it's always been hard, but it feels like venues really struggle these days.
So in like the 90s, you'd release an album on CD and that would be your main profit as a band or an artist is the product.
And then you'd go on tour almost without making a profit on the tour because it was about selling that album.
But now, because of streaming, your main product is actually the tour and the merch that you sell on tour.
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