The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #58498 Message #928203
Posted By: Art Thieme
07-Apr-03 - 07:24 PM
Thread Name: What if U owned WSM & Grand Ol' Opry?
Subject: RE: What if U owned WSM & Grand Ol' Opry?
Mark, You said "the Opry was the vibrant center of a growth industry--"
How 'bout this...
A retro-growth industry where the elderly are noticed as in Down From The Mountain. They are venerated and vindicated. Old folks like whoever is good that is still alive. Even folks like my friend John Hartford, who, sadly, are about to die. Nobody under 40 or 45. Emmylou and others with great looking gray hjair. Breaking even is all they shoot for. MAKING GOOD MUSIC AND BREAKING EVEN !!! THE GROWTH IS, more or less, IN TRYING TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF YOUR AUDIENCE, not your penis. We can send spam e-mails all over pointing that out. ;-)