HeyJaredMikey In The Pit
Mikey In The Pit is for people who still hit shows, blast loud music, and actually care about what’s going on in the scene.
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WHY YOUR FAVORITE BAND ISN’T COMING TO YOUR CITY | Ep 03 (opens the original)
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Your favorite band announces a tour. San Francisco. Portland. Seattle. Reno. Sacramento? Nothing. I’ve spent years looking at schedules like that and thinking, “You’re literally driving right past us. What the fuck?” Now that I’m actually booking bands myself, I’m finally learning what’s happening behind those tour posters. Episode 3 of Mikey in the Pit gets into tour routing, venue availability, holds, ticket history, radius clauses, oversaturation and all the other things that can decide wheth
How Concerts Actually Make Money… and Why They Don’t | Ep 02 (opens the original)
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I’ve spent 25 years around concerts, and until I became a talent buyer, I thought the math was pretty simple: book a band, sell tickets, pack the room, make money. Nope. In this episode, I’m opening an actual concert deal and showing you where the money really goes. We’re talking artist guarantees, venue expenses, support bands, hospitality, backends, split points and all the other shit quietly eating that big impressive number at the top of the deal sheet. One show can gross $10,230. Sell 189 t
I Became a Talent Buyer. What the F*ck Am I Doing? (opens the original)
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Three months ago, I had never bought talent for a concert. Now I’m negotiating guarantees, calculating break-even points, chasing local support, obsessively refreshing ticket counts, and pretending words like “backend” have always been part of my vocabulary. After more than 25 years in radio, I thought I understood the music business. I interviewed the bands, hosted the shows, covered the festivals, stood backstage, stood side stage, and occasionally drank somebody else’s beer. Then I became a t
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