Ticket Price Survey

[idp]

Hail Metalheads!

There are a lot of foreign metal bands that wants to play in the Philippines and I know that you are all aware that the main reason why the Philippines is left off the tour dates when they tour Asia is because we can't afford to shoulder their airfare and band fees due to our economic condition. Our money is almost worthless.

I have a friend in Singapore who is willing to help us with this issue. The thing is, we would need to break even (or better yet, profit, to use the funds for future gigs) in order for us to pay him back for the money he will be shelling out for us to make the gig possible, and one thing to do this is to make the ticket price a little higher than usual.

I have seen Dismember, Grave, Malevolent Creation, and Misery Index to name a few over here in Singapore and the turn out is alright considering Singapore is such a small country, but I know that if these kind of bands play in the Philippines we can crush more than 150 skulls and I'm confident that the bands would have a blast to play in our country.

I need your help to see how much you are willing to pay to see a touring band and hopefully we can work something out and bring real metal bands over to the Philippines!

These are the ticket price range that we have in mind, but of course it would all depend on the touring band:

- P1000 +
- P500 to P1000
- P250 to P500

Your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Horns up!
Alex /In Dark Purity 'zine/Berdugo Records

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[Ribcage]

To be honest 1k + would be fine in my opinion i mean i pay serious money for records and bitches ( IDP sk si Bazooka are the experts in that department lol) 1k is a small amount for a good ass kicking hehehe.

[gregor]

1,000 + if it is a band that I really like... pero kung brutal death lang (kahit Devourment, Defeated Sanity pa yan) P500 lang ako

[madtyrant]

It would really depend on the level of the band. If it's a band of legendary stature, known for its road worthiness and wealth of material 1k would not be an issue for me. Examples would be Suffocation, Kreator, Sodom, Malevolent Creation, Morbid Angel, Dismember.

Lesser known to moderately known bands could probably fetch entrance fees between 250 to 999 php from me.

[idp]

Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it.

I was talking with one of the gig organizers here in Singapore yesterday. They are telling me that they would probably lie low for a while because of the poor turn out of the gigs. I told him that if the bands he brings over to Singapore were to play in the Philippines the turn out would definitely be better, as we go out of our way to see a touring band because we rarely get the opportunity. People even go and stomach to see gay bands like Shadowsfall for christ's sake, just to see something different. Not like in Singapore where gigs are left and right, but most of the time, they are taken for granted, because they are spoiled. It's like going to gigs in the US.

Dismember played here in Singapore and there were less than 200 people. Can you believe that? If Dismember played in the Philippines I'm confident that the turn out would be massive! About 201 people! Hahaha! Seriously, I'm sure we could reach 300 to 400 people to support the gig.

That's why they are thinking, instead of bringing the bands over here in Singapore, they bring them over to the Philippines.

[jepxpeligro]

nice proposal alex.
as long as the band is worth the ticket price i dont see where this should be a problem, as long as the gig is WELL organized and promoted, it can happen.
personally i think less than 1k is "acceptable" as long as it's a band i really dig. and of course, as long as I got the breads.
mukang masaklit sa bulsa ang mas mataas sa 1k. siguro sa mga can-afford ok lang yun, sa akin mukang malabo.
but if it's SLAYER of course ill pay ANY price to go see them, kahit pa magkano. hahaha
cheers!

[severemetastasis]

yeah jep,the mainstream media is all responsible for that shit that masses have supported shadowsfall or even lamb of god!the pulp magazine is willing to pay the bands to play here.in return they will have to double their capital,mainstream bands especially those videos are shown in mtv,channel v and the likes have the biggest chance to succedd in touring anywhere else,we cant really expect devourment,disavowed or any foreign underground metal cause it doesnt worth it to play here in our shithole country.it won't even enough to pay for their smallest effort,paying a 1k for the cd is better than going to their shows.thats my opinion.

[idp]

Jun 9, 2010 21:48:25 GMT 8 severemetastasis said:

.... paying a 1k for the cd is better than going to their shows.thats my opinion.

I have a different opinion though, I'd pay for 1k to see a band live, nothing compares to be in the pit of a band you are into, it completes the listening experience to me, it's a once in a life time opportunity too. The CD or whatever format a record is released will always be there, the band won't.

Back on topic.

Personally, I'd pay as much as 1k as well.

[madtyrant]

Lex, baka puedeng 'eto ang first project ng contacts mo jan na dalhin dito sa Pinas. Baka kasi 'di kaya ng promoters sa atin e, mabigat 'ata ang hinihingi.

[idp]

We are actually looking into it, but can't confirm anything yet, 'cause like Misery Index, the expenses is heavy.

[AC]

mas mabigat pa sigurado kesa sa Misery Index. mas rockstar kasi ang Dying Fetus.. hehehe pero kung mga nasa 500-1000 ang ticket, pwede siguro..

[pooptastik]

hey Alex, how was the turn out for Defeated Sanity?

[idp]

Jul 29, 2010 22:12:48 GMT 8 pooptastik said:

hey Alex, how was the turn out for Defeated Sanity?

About 200+ which is the usual turn out for shows in Bangkok.