XPost: rec.music.country.western, alt.music.garth-brooks, nf.general
From: dalton@nfld.com
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:17:59 GMT, "MADMAN"
wrote:
>FINALLY....mr dalton who knows the music industry in st johns so
>well.......natalie noseworthy and natalie nivera......ARE THE SAME PERSON!
No they are definitely NOT!
David
>"Adam" wrote in message
>news:ouPhc.25776$Np3.948265@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>> You really have no idea how the concert business works. And why do you
>keep
>> throwing out this number of 8,300 capacity for Mile One?? The number is
>> more in the range of 5,300, which could go up a little if you have a
>center
>> stage, but that doesn't happen much.
>>
>> I'd like to see big name acts here as much as the next person, however as
>> one of my friends aptly put it, Newfoundland is where bands come to die.
>> These big acts cost big money, so take what you think a show budget would
>be
>> and likely triple it to get an accurate number. That means big ticket
>> prices, so until people here change their focus from paying $20 for the
>> obligatory summer Trooper concert to paying to see some big shows it's
>> really not going to happen. The truth of the matter is that we have a
>small
>> population and a small venue to deal with, which makes it hard to bring
>big
>> shows here, but if everyone shows a willingness to support the shows when
>> they come, then you can likely expect more of them.
>>
>> And as an aside, George Thorogood does not constitute a big name act. I'm
>> not disputing the quality of his music, or that he has an audience, but he
>> is probably a C level act in the US, while Garth Brooks would be A level
>(as
>> would AC/DC and Neil Young). For Garth Brooks at Mile One you'd be
>looking
>> at tickets well over $100 if he decided to take a cut in his pay to play
>our
>> small stadium.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>> "David Dalton" wrote in message
>> news:pqbe80d838a49ec4off329ct78qskpnpl4@4ax.com...
>> > So does Garth Brooks ever tour Canada?
>> >
>> > He should come play Mile One Stadium, capacity 8300, here in the
>> > easternmost city in North America, St. John's, Newfoundland.
>> > George Thorogood just played a subset of the stadium, maybe
>> > 3000, that was close to 90% full but I think Garth could sell out
>> > the whole stadium first time and then come back a second
>> > time for a 20,000 person outdoor concert.
>> >
>> > There is a big country following here on the island and more
>> > should tour here (non-country acts such as Shaggy, Snoop Dogg and
>> > Ludacris have come up from the US though). Within two
>> > hours driving distance of the stadium is only a population of
>> > about 250,000 but 38,000 showed up for a cheap outdoor
>> > Sum 41 concert in October. There are more country fans
>> > outside the city but a fair number in the city too.
>> >
>> > For those on nf.general , would you go to a Garth Brooks
>> > concert and what other country artists would you like to
>> > have come tour here?
>> >
>> > Some Newfoundland and Labrador country people are Ron Hynes,
>> > Wayne Hynes, Jimmy Whiffen, Ray Lake, Blair Harvey (he
>> > does folk blues too), Lady Luck and the Smoking Guns,
>> > Saddle Sores, Lorraine Conway, Crooked Stovepipe (bluegrass),
>> > Kentucky Tundra (bluegrass), Terry Penney, Harry Martin,
>> > Shirley Montague, Eight Track Favourites, Kim Stockwood (country
>> > influenced pop), Rasa (country influenced pop/folk, with
>> > Sandy Morris on guitar and Erin Best on vocals), Erin Best
>> > (has played Patsy Cline), Natalie Noseworthy (has played
>> > Patsy Cline) and Natalie Nivera (acid-tinged alt-country/folk),
>> > Sheri Ryan (country/folk), Amelia Curran (country influenced
>> > moody original folk/pop), John Philipps, more. But there are
>> > more celtic bands/artists here than country. (St. John's has
>> > maybe the best live music scene for a city its size anywhere
>> > in North America, so tour to the well, and recharge.)
>> >
>> > For those on nf.general , did I miss anyone, especially
>> > off the Avalon?
>> >
>> > I like the song Iowa that Garth Brooks does and relate it
>> > to my little-researched-so-far stuff about the Iowa Dakota
>> > Salmon youth on my web page. Does Garth Brooks
>> > have any native ancestry?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > A while ago when I thought I had matchmaking divination
>> > ability I divined that Garth Brooks is supposed 4th orientation
>> > male (compatible up close only with bisexual by nature female[s]
>> > and not with lesbians saying they are bi but perhaps with
>> > bi by narure woman [who would know of regular sexual
>> > attraction to both genders] who is straight by lifestyle choice).
>> > But the point of that is that sure he is compatible with any
>> > bi by nature woman such as Monica Bellucci or Beyonce
>> > Knowles or Ashanti or Sharon Stone or Jodie Foster or Stevie
>> > Nicks or Geena Davis or Bernadette Peters or Halle Berry or Patricia
>> > Conroy (as am I) but when I did a matchmaking trying to
>> > factor in other things as well it came out his best match is
>> > the above-mentioned Natalie Nivera (who does original
>> > acid-tinged altcountry/folk). Supposedly she is his
>> > Everley sister (voices would blend well and from hearing
>> > Garth last night on CMT I believe that) and maybe they have
>> > an unfinished past life connection or something. OK, I won't
>> > believe that without proof but they could test it by singing
>> > together, and by touch (the touch should be comfy and
>> > sometimes warming and electric for strong compatibility).
>> >
>> > However I haven't seen Natalie Nivera in St. John's in over
>> > two years so maybe she moved to Toronto or elsewhere.
>> >
>> > David
>> > http://www.nfld.com/~dalton
>> >
>>
>>
>
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