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[milner]

I was wondering today after reading some posts, what is the problem with having a young fan base? Alot of people seem to try and belittle bands when they have a lot of young folk at their gigs and i dont get it, surely this is a good thing getting younger people involved in going to see bands.
discuss.

If you are giving them what they need it's fine, but if you are telling them what they want it's bad.

[Hogisbald]

What has 100 hundred legs and 1 pube?

The front row of a Stayover concert

[milner]

Originally Posted by Hog

What has 100 hundred legs and 1 pube?

The front row of a Stayover concert

haha dick!

[milner]

Originally Posted by Main Agent

If you are giving them what they need it's fine, but if you are telling them what they want it's bad.

could you explain this more please, im not quite sure what you mean.

Originally Posted by Hog

What has 100 hundred legs and 1 pube?

The front row of a Stayover concert

See, much more productive than sweep picking!!!

[Hogisbald]

Hehe.

In all seriousness, I think there is nothing wrong with a young audience, its good that there are bands in Aberdeen that cater for most tastes/ages/people.

[Cloud]

I think it's just snobbery, younger fans don't care less about if the music is "challenging" or whether it makes them explore new boundaries, they just want to hear what they like. In some people's eyes, that's a crime - but at the end of the day, what does it matter if your fans are 14 or 40?

I suppose some people would say that young fans are annoying too, but imo, you get annoying people at all gigs, so that's a moot point.

As for it being good - of course it's good, the kids of today are the adults of tomorrow.

From a venue perspective, I'd be very interested to know if a bar makes more money through kids or through adults - especially considering the mark up on soft drinks is absolutely ridiculous.

[Bass Cadet]

Originally Posted by Cloud

From a venue perspective, I'd be very interested to know if a bar makes more money through kids or through adults - especially considering the mark up on soft drinks is absolutely ridiculous.

Where as the mark-up on beer at venues is very reasonable!
Beer has gone up almost 300% in the past 10 years.

[ben_1903]

Originally Posted by milner

I was wondering today after reading some posts, what is the problem with having a young fan base? Alot of people seem to try and belittle bands when they have a lot of young folk at their gigs and i dont get it, surely this is a good thing getting younger people involved in going to see bands.
discuss.

We've had this problem for a while now aswell... It's a bit shit.