Music Arsenal Blog

Music Arsenal will be attending South By Southwest again this year. We'll be out in full force scouring the town for the latest and greatest as well as at the Music Arsenal sponsored day party which we'll be giving details on in the next few days.

If you'd like to meet with us to discuss Music Arsenal, or anything else for that matter, give us a call at 800-231-9273 or e-mail me at jimmy@musicarsenal.com.

After the announcement that Ozzfest will be "free" for concert goers this year there has been much discussion on how this will affect the artists playing the shows. One thing I have not seen discussed much is how this will affect the fans.

Although the event claims to be free, the press release states, "To gain entry into the event, fans will go to www.ozzfest.com or www.livenation.com to find links that will direct them to special sponsor sites where tickets can be secured." I wonder what this means? Will fans need to register on LiveNation.com to get tickets in order to boost Live Nation's rumored upcoming social network? Will they need to watch a 30 second ad before they get tickets, similar to SpiralFrog's business plan?

I will be keeping an eye on this to see how this rolls out. Rocket From The Crypt did a free six week tour in the mid-90's footed by Interscope and from what I understand it really helped the band grow in popularity.

If Ozzfest is done correctly, without over commercialization, I believe this could change the way not only festivals are presented but also smaller, one or two band tours.