World Class Artists - Half Ass Marketing

[Peestie]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

Just wanted to chime in briefly about the aborted DVD Stevie In Aussie Land.
I completely understand the anger and frustration. I see such lesser bands release concert DVDs after each tour, and a lot more inspired creative product.

The management of FM/SN is hackneyed beyond belief. They are so out of touch with a very solid, loyal fan base -- in fact they completely ignore it. Are they so afraid to produce anything that won't sell multiple millions, that they give us very little? And when they do give it up, it's crap **** like Live In Boston.

Where's the Buckingham Nicks album?
Where's a DVD of collected videos?
Where's the DVD of the Mirage concert (entire show)?
Where's the DVD of Stevie's 1981 concert (entire show)?
Where are the resissues of Mirage, Tango etc?

Since the band has been resting on its past laurels for the last decade, why not market those laurals? Such wasted opportunities. And a real slap in the face to fans. Others posters have made comments that the band doesn't give a ****. To a certain extent I think that is true, partially because of a utter lack of objectivity. But I also put a big part of the blame on their lousy marketing/management. However that structure works, it doesn't do **** for the fans, or the band's legacy.

What other missed opportunities or cool ideas can you think of? Perhaps we can compile them and submit them....somewhere! Maybe bombard their management companies.

I agree with most of this stuff. It's so frustrating, but realistically there is nothing we can do about it. Fleetwood Mac is big bucks for record execs. so it's puzzling how they haven't released more. I think that if we don't hear lots of news of all the things you mentioned by the 30th/40th anniversary then we're not going to get anything major at all sadly. I'm hoping that they have lots of things lined up for next year but I doubt they do because of how things seem to happen with this band.