Fan Club and Mick Fleetwoods album sales

[henryscutter]

I have in insomnia :woohoo: So I figured I would start a new thread :] Does anybody think that the fan club fiasco ( which a lot of people blame on Mick) had an affect on his album sales or do you think he did as well as he was gonna do?

[dissention]

I have in insomnia :woohoo: So I figured I would start a new thread :] Does anybody think that the fan club fiasco ( which a lot of people blame on Mick) had an affect on his album sales or do you think he did as well as he was gonna do?

I blame it on the whole band because they endorsed it, but I don't really think it had any effect on Mick's album sales. I think it tanked because the public is simply not clamoring for a solo album from the likes of Mick Fleetwood. :laugh: But, then again, they aren't exactly clamoring for one from Lindsey but I hope we still get one.

[ShangriLaTroubl]

I didn't buy Mick's album simply because I heard it before it was out...and it was no good...and I'm sure most people didnt buy it because like you said who the hell cares about a solo album from Mick?

Chris

[HomerMcvie]

Has anyone searched Kazaa for it yet?
Giddyup!!!

[dissention]

Has anyone searched Kazaa for it yet?
Giddyup!!!

:woohoo:

That's one album I'd download and not buy. :laugh:

[StevieNicksEO17]

I have in insomnia :woohoo: So I figured I would start a new thread :] Does anybody think that the fan club fiasco ( which a lot of people blame on Mick) had an affect on his album sales or do you think he did as well as he was gonna do?

I guess I missed the whole fan club fiasco...What happaned? :shrug:

[HomerMcvie]

:woohoo:

That's one album I'd download and not buy. :laugh:
When I looked this afternoon, there wasn't a single track....
Half.com has it for $4.99.
http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=1239642692&domain_id=1876&meta_id=2

[dissention]

When I looked this afternoon, there wasn't a single track....
Half.com has it for $4.99.
http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=1239642692&domain_id=1876&meta_id=2

That's $4.99 too much.

[SteveMacD]

If nothing else, there's one track with 3/4 of the original Mac, and that's enough for me!

[angelfishey]

how are the tracks jeremy spencer plays on? how is his guitar work?

[diamondsnake]

I guess I missed the whole fan club fiasco...What happaned? :shrug:
I had a pretty positive experience but I guess I was in the minority. The fanclub promised calanders to everyone and most people did not receive them. The reserved seats were apparaently horrible on the first leg (mine were great on the 2004 summer tour and Sept. 2004 in Atlantic City though). And they promised discounts at the online FM store. We never saw any of those until a year after they promised the discounts.

My only problem was that my signed tourbook took about a month to recieve but no big deal....

[dissention]

I had a pretty positive experience but I guess I was in the minority. The fanclub promised calanders to everyone and most people did not receive them. The reserved seats were apparaently horrible on the first leg (mine were great on the 2004 summer tour and Sept. 2004 in Atlantic City though). And they promised discounts at the online FM store. We never saw any of those until a year after they promised the discounts.

My only problem was that my signed tourbook took about a month to recieve but no big deal....

Understatement of the new century and you barely even scratched the surface of Toad and Mick's scam.

[wondergirl9847]

I never recieved a calendar or letter, and I emailed them about it after they told us to. :rolleyes:

The only tickets I got through the fan club were lower balcony, 11th row up. Not horrible, but not super terrific either. I am in the Keith Urban Fan Club...it's 20 bucks a year, and I just recently got 8th row for the March 10th Oklahoma City show. Of course, the Ford Center wasn't prepared for the onslaught of fans, and there were tons of problems with the sale. Still, I think most people got decent to great seats.

I consider Ledgies a fan club. :)

[diamondsnake]

I never recieved a calendar or letter, and I emailed them about it after they told us to. :rolleyes:

The only tickets I got through the fan club were lower balcony, 11th row up. Not horrible, but not super terrific either. I am in the Keith Urban Fan Club...it's 20 bucks a year, and I just recently got 8th row for the March 10th Oklahoma City show. Of course, the Ford Center wasn't prepared for the onslaught of fans, and there were tons of problems with the sale. Still, I think most people got decent to great seats.

I consider Ledgies a fan club. :)
OMG, that is a horrible seat! I received Pit row five and up everytime, but that was for the last leg of the tour. I think they had somewhat gotten their act together by then.

[diamondsnake]

Understatement of the new century and you barely even scratched the surface of Toad and Mick's scam.
Their "scam"? Explain please.

[Villavic]

I never recieved a calendar or letter, and I emailed them about it after they told us to. :rolleyes:

I consider Ledgies a fan club. :)

I think I'm lucky. Though I bit late, I did receive the calendar, and I live in Peru!!! Very lucky for a foreign fan.

I bought t-shirts, I received them on time, but it was very expensive. Since I am a fan I don't care, but a t-shirt is a t-shirt, why to pay almost $30 for a t-shirt :eek: . And it wasn't even peruvian cotton (the best :thumbsup: )

And yes, Ledgies are THE fans. And the Ledge is THE club

[HomerMcvie]

Their "scam"? Explain please.
Money for nothing......

[dissention]

Their "scam"? Explain please.

Go search the board archives, you'll read all about it. My personal favorite is when they tried to hock plastic Egyptian jewelry.

[StevieNicksEO17]

Their "scam"? Explain please.

Yeah, please explain! :)

[SteveMacD]

how are the tracks jeremy spencer plays on? how is his guitar work?

He only plays on one song, ironically co-written with Carlos Santana. He sounds fantastic. The song was a slower, pop song, so it's not what I'd call classic Jeremy.

[michelej1]

[There is no fan club now. This is an old thread, but there was a recent article about it, so I posted it here]

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5 Things Your Favorite Band Does to Exploit You

ByAdam Tod Brown October 09, 2013

Overzealous fans can be an endless source of income for a successful band. Musicians and record labels alike are well aware of this and aren't above exploiting it at every opportunity that presents itself. Whether it's the doing of the actual artist or just corporate music shenanigans that are out of their hands, the fact remains, when the music industry decides to sink their teeth in, the ones who get bled are usually the most loyal supporters. Here are a few ways it happens ...

#5. Fan Club Presale Tickets

Is there a less "cool" group of musicians you can publicly admit to enjoying than Fleetwood Mac? Yes, the Eagles and/or Nickelback, but that's about it. And to that I say, whatever kids, Tusk is the ****, and Lindsey Buckingham is probably the most underrated guitar player on the planet, as you can watch him prove for damn near six solid minutes starting at the 3:23 mark of this video:

So when Fleetwood Mac announced in 2003 that they'd be touring for the first time in years, I wanted to be there. After investigating the matter on Ticketmaster, I found that tickets were available to "fan club" members two days early. With that information in hand, I quickly assembled my stockpile of Fleetwood Mac CDs so I could remove the proof of purchase codes I figured I'd have to mail in to become a member. The last time I'd dealt with a transaction of this nature, G.I. Joe Flag Points were the currency of choice. How much different could this be?

The answer was "a lot different," as it turned out. Joining the Fleetwood Mac fan club required a yearly membership fee of $79.95, an investment that was rewarded with the following:

-Advance news and concert notification

-Advance ticket purchase options

-Insider news

-Audio, video and photo exclusives

In other words, you didn't get **** except the right to buy some of the most expensive concert tickets on earth a couple days early. I didn't sign up, because I'm not stupid, and to their credit, Fleetwood Mac fans revolted so vehemently that the fan club was eliminated altogether.

That doesn't mean shenanigans like this have stopped happening, though. Plenty of bands, like the Who, for example, still offer up absurdly priced fan club memberships to anyone "dedicated" enough to pay the $50 annual fee.

It's not all bad news for superfans, though. The Internet always seems to find a way to make paying for things you can't hold in your hand (like MP3s or Photoshop) a whole lot cheaper. Concert ticket presales are no exception. Should you ever find a useless fan club membership standing between you and getting tickets to see your favorite band before everyone else, don't take the bait. Instead, direct your browser to one of the countless, quasi-legitimate websites that will sell you the presale password to pretty much any show, usually for less than five bucks. Thanks, Internet!

[Fleetwood Mac is guilty of other things in this List of 5 things, but they aren't discussed further in the article]

[iamnotafraid]

[Fleetwood Mac is guilty of other things in this List of 5 things, but they aren't discussed further in the article]


Fleetwood Mac guilty of...

That would make for an interesting thread.