You might find this interesting: Here in the northwest corner of the U.S., the larger performance venues are drying up. By these I mean the long time, dependable school tours, concert hall performances, major theaters. I think this is due to several reasons: the poor economy, changing of people's viewing habits, the new music toys that are available. With this change, I'm noticing a large increase in "house concerts." Many long time and large venue performers are now relying on house concerts for their daily bread.

While these house concerts are great for the audiences, as they offer a much more intimate and relaxed presentation, it's pretty hard to pay the bills with the revenue.

I didn't intend this to be a thread creep. bob(deckman)nelson