Austin City Limits taping Oct. 3rd

PJTEXAS

Hey guys,

I have emailed the media people at the Austin City Limits TV show to apply for media credentials for the Oct 3rd taping of the show. Since I do technically fall into the category of media because I run an unofficial fan site, I am going to see if I get a response.

Here's where you guys come in. I need you to visit my site as often as you can so that I can bump up my hit totals so that I can show that I am legit. You guys can leave comments to my post or just listen to the podcasts (and yes I am going to try to get them up on a more consistant basis).

I will begin posting on a daily basis so there will be new news everyday. Thanks again for your continued support of my blog. Here's the address again:

http://www.giventocast.blogspot.com

Pushin Forward Back

1) you wont get credentials/ free passes

2) lets see, we help you and you reap the benefits?!?! hmmmmm how's that gonna work now.

3) "in the media" is such a cliche... any moron with a blog can say they're in the media

PJTEXAS

BTW, I just got a response today from the media request person and they said they'll be in touch. They didn't say yes or no but at least I got a response. Ususally, in the past like for the Lallapolooza show, I never heard from anyone.

If you wish to help me out I appreciate it, if you don't to that's fine too but I don't need the negative vibe like the previous post.

Also, IF I do get them, I will be doing some sort of drawing for the extra one. So I guess you can benefit if I do get them.

BeerBaron

MH80359 wrote:

1) you wont get credentials/ free passes

2) lets see, we help you and you reap the benefits?!?! hmmmmm how's that gonna work now.

3) "in the media" is such a cliche... any moron with a blog can say they're in the media

Although I don't disagree with points #1 & 3, point #2 makes you look like a total a-hole.

Get_Right

BeerBaron wrote:

MH80359 wrote:

1) you wont get credentials/ free passes

2) lets see, we help you and you reap the benefits?!?! hmmmmm how's that gonna work now.

3) "in the media" is such a cliche... any moron with a blog can say they're in the media

Although I don't disagree with points #1 & 3, point #2 makes you look like a total a-hole.

seriously

josevolution

Get_Right wrote:

BeerBaron wrote:

MH80359 wrote:

1) you wont get credentials/ free passes

2) lets see, we help you and you reap the benefits?!?! hmmmmm how's that gonna work now.

3) "in the media" is such a cliche... any moron with a blog can say they're in the media

Although I don't disagree with points #1 & 3, point #2 makes you look like a total a-hole.

seriously

double seriously ..

hitman

1) you wont get credentials/ free passes

2) lets see, we help you and you reap the benefits?!?! hmmmmm how's that gonna work now.

3) "in the media" is such a cliche... any moron with a blog can say they're in the media[/quote][/quote][/quote]


personally, i think all 3 points make him seem like kind of an ass....

years of light

Did not even hurt a bit to just check out your blog. Good luck with scoring tickets, cheers!

justam

PJTEXAS wrote:

Hey guys,

I have emailed the media people at the Austin City Limits TV show to apply for media credentials for the Oct 3rd taping of the show. Since I do technically fall into the category of media because I run an unofficial fan site, I am going to see if I get a response.

Here's where you guys come in. I need you to visit my site as often as you can so that I can bump up my hit totals so that I can show that I am legit. You guys can leave comments to my post or just listen to the podcasts (and yes I am going to try to get them up on a more consistant basis).

I will begin posting on a daily basis so there will be new news everyday. Thanks again for your continued support of my blog. Here's the address again:

http://www.giventocast.blogspot.com

Good luck with your plan.

PJTEXAS

Thanks to you guys for the positive karma... I have my tix to ACL so if I don't get i'll always have the concert...I'll post an update when I get the answer

potnik

Went to your site, hopefully it works out for you. I know that there are typos on all kinds of web sites and not quite sure what they do in order to screen you but you might want to fix your first headline "Ever wanted to see a video of "PORCH" buy Pearl Jam never made one? " change the buy to but??

Good luck!

kiljoythemerciful

My bday is 10/2 as well! Always wanted to celebrate a bday at a pj show. Almost went to Toledo in 04, want to go to ACL but funds too low after Chi-town shows.

Anyways, good luck!

jackwvu

i learned a long time ago not to put anything up on this board that might be important to you, because although the pearl jam family claims to be all about helping each other out and love and peace, people on this board are really not very nice.

allstar340

jackwvu wrote:

i learned a long time ago not to put anything up on this board that might be important to you, because although the pearl jam family claims to be all about helping each other out and love and peace, people on this board are really not very nice.

That's not true at all, speaking from personal experience...there is a great gap in the people here, the complete douche bags and the really nice people and the ration is usually something like 1:10.....or at least from what I've seen. :ugeek:

PJTEXAS

allstar340 wrote:

jackwvu wrote:

i learned a long time ago not to put anything up on this board that might be important to you, because although the pearl jam family claims to be all about helping each other out and love and peace, people on this board are really not very nice.

That's not true at all, speaking from personal experience...there is a great gap in the people here, the complete douche bags and the really nice people and the ration is usually something like 1:10.....or at least from what I've seen. :ugeek:

I have to say that is the truth... For the most part, everyone here has been very positive. Those are the true fans.

On the show taping front, I'm crossing my fingers and if I don't I get 'em I'll try the regular route by either requesting them like everyone does or go to location on day of show and hope for standby seats. If I don't get them, I have been saving my pennies to buy an extra tix for the Sunday ACL festival show and run a contest on my site. Holding off on that due to low funds. I am thinking of adding a paypal donation link on the site soon to help deflect costs and giving everyone that donates an extra chance to win the ticket.. so far with software, t-shirts and such, I 'm in the hole about $100 dollars. But that's cool cuz I love doing this and making money IS NOT my goal. I figure if everyone gives a $1 or so I can giveaway more stuff. Who knows?

I am probably asking for it, but what do you guys think?

DewieCox

PJTEXAS wrote:

I have to say that is the truth... For the most part, everyone here has been very positive. Those are the true fans.

This post is every bit as douchy as the original thread destroyer's, imo.

I've found that everybody around here views the world through a different shade of glasses. I'm sure the guy was just speaking with brutal honesty more than trying to tear you down. I agree with his 3rd point.

What's the purpose for press credentials for a TV show taping? Isn't that somethin they'd wanna keep reporters out of?

I hope you get to do whatever it is you're trying to do with the ACL taping.

PJTEXAS

First off, you're entitled to your opinion like everyone is, but I think prefacing your comments by say " your intentions are not to be mean or ass-like..." then state your case. I'm pushing 40 in years and I don't some punk kid posting a bunch negative, selfish cramp on my thread. I was a fan from '92 he was probaly 2 when the band came out.
They do issue press credentials for photography and newspapers for these events. By reporting on it before it is shown, builds "buzz" for the show and FREE promotion for it as well. They like that, especially for PBS. Since the inseption of the internet and the power of word of mouth, bloggers are getting respect for what they can do for a cause, celebrity or music. there was a study done last year the stated that blogs help music sales. Here's the article:

If you've ever wondered about the true power of bloggers, look no further than a new study that shows blog buzz is directly related to real-world album sales. The implication: User-generated content influences decision making in the music industry.

Digital Journal — The study's abstract says it all: "The Internet has enabled the era of user-generated content, potentially breaking the hegemony of traditional content generators as the primary sources of 'legitimate' information."

According to New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, the amount of Internet "chatter" about a musician's upcoming album directly relates to how well it sells.

The study's authors, Vasant Dhar and Elaine Chang, looked at user-generated content on blogs and social networks and attempted to "examine the usefulness of such content, consisting of data from blogs and social networking sites in predicting sales in the music industry." More specifically, the study was attempting to evaluate whether user-generated content on blogs and social networks provided a predictive value, if it was retrospective or just plain noise.

Tracking changes in online discussion for a sample of 108 albums for four weeks before and after release dates, the study showed a direct relationship between blog buzz and the success of an album.

The study found three main points:
(a) the volume of blog posts about an album is positively correlated with future sales; greater increases in an artist’s Myspace friends week over week have a weaker correlation to higher future sales; and (c) traditional factors are still relevant – albums released by major labels and albums with a number of reviews from mainstream sources like Rolling Stone also tended to have higher future sales.

Researchers monitored album sales ranks on Amazon along with blogs, news articles and the number of friends someone had on MySpace. Researchers admit they would have preferred to use Nielsen SoundScan data, but noted "its data are proprietary and very expensive to obtain."

According to their research, blog chatter is the most important variable in the relationship with album sales; if an album has more than 40 blog posts, it will have above-average sales figures. Furthermore, the study says extremely high blog chatter (more than 240 blog posts) allows albums to "overcome the disadvantage of being released by an independent label."

In addition to blog chatter, researchers say bands who have a higher number of MySpace friends are also likely to see stronger album sales. Researchers said about 80 per cent of artists in their sample (ranging from John Mellencamp to American Idol's Katherine McPhee) had an official Myspace page.

Their research also shows higher percentage changes in the number of friends a band has on MySpace relates to increased weekly sales in the future. The study's authors note, "This is interesting because both these variables tend to have usable information before an album is released, while the majority of reviews in all review source categories only begin to appear within the first week surrounding the album release date."

Outside of the blog world, the study mentions Rolling Stone editorial coverage as a key driver of album sales: "Although we found that user-generated content is a good predictor of music album sales, our analysis showed that traditional factors cannot be ignored," the study says. And an obvious point: The more reviews an album gets in mainstream media, the better it will sell.

While online chatter is related to album sales, researchers say they are not able to conclude whether increased blog chatter actually causes increased sales. "It may be the case, for example, that it is another, unobserved variable that causes both increased chatter and sales with the increased chatter occurring first," the study reports. Other factors can include the quality of an artist's work as well as album expectations.

The study concludes with a cautionary note for marketers that want to exploit blog posts to increase sales, saying, "It is conceivable, for example, that if blog posts start becoming manipulated because people think they have an impact on sales, that the predictive power might disappear because the underlying reasons for it disappear. There is a crude analogy here to efficiency in financial markets were predictive models lose their power over time as the relationships become recognized and exploited by people who seek to benefit from their existence."

If you want to see the actual study, you can download it here: http://archive.nyu.edu/bitstream/2451/23783/2/CEDER-07-06.pdf:


So I think it benefits everyone if they allow certain people to do a report on the show.

BTW, the are building a new studio that will seat over 2000 people, bigger than the 340 seat studio they have always used. I am sure they need the money to pay for it. I think they need all the sales they can get from their ACL music compilations they sell on their website. What do you think?

slightofjeff

A blogger is not the fucking media. A blogger is a blogger.

If they let you in, they'd have to let in every dickwad with a laptop and a half-baked opinion. Stop fellating yourself with unneccesarily grandiose opinion of yourself, leave your mother's basement and get down to your real job at Burger King. Your manager says they are out of pickles.

How's that for brutal honesty?

Oh, and good luck with your little credential quest.

Cob

Okay PJTEXAS, I am not trying to be negative or burst your bubble either, I to just turned 40 on June 17th, so I'm not some punk kid being negative either. But I'm just trying to fill you in on a couple of things about ACL tapings as I have been to about 5 or 6 of them and have lived in Austin for 15 years, again I am just passing on what I know to you, you can take it however you like.

First of all they do not allow ANY pictures of any kind by anybody to be taken at the ACL tapings, they have one photographer that they allow in for 2 or 3 songs to take pictures, he is the ONLY one allowed to do so, it has been like this for a long time.

Second, you do not "request" tickets to ACL tapings, they used to announce that there was a taping and you would have to go to a certain location, usually Waterloo Records and they would give away about 50 to 75 "space available" tickets. Space available tickets mean that once the "Friends of ACL" who pay thousands of dollars a year and are given 20 tickets that get them into to any ACL taping during the year are let in, THEN the people with the space available tickets are let in. To join the "Friends of ACL" currently you still have to pay I think ($2,500) and then there is STILL a waiting list for tickets that is backed up at least a year or two. Now they don't even give out the space available tickets like that anymore, they give out about 20-30 tickets on an Austin based website, you sign up and they randomly select people.

Third, I'm not beating you down here, just being honest, this quote.

<<<<They do issue press credentials for photography and newspapers for these events. By reporting on it before it is shown, builds "buzz" for the show and FREE promotion for it as well. They like that, especially for PBS. Since the inseption of the internet and the power of word of mouth, bloggers are getting respect for what they can do for a cause, celebrity or music. there was a study done last year the stated that blogs help music sales.>>>>

As I already said there are no photographs of any kind allowed and with all due respect, there ALREADY is a "buzz" all over town about this taping and do you really think that they are concerned about "FREE promotion" from a blogger, again with all due respect the Austin City Limits TV show has been around for decades, I think they can get by and that they know what they are doing at this point. I am not sure if you are aware that there is already an ACL blog, that reports on all of the tapings, along with photos from the one guy who is allowed to take them.

Forth, And last, yes they are building a new studio here in Austin for future tapings, but it had already been paid for, good luck to you on your quest to get in as I truly wish you well, I am trying my hardest with everyone I know here in Austin to try and get in, I am trying to get 2 tickets, as I said before I have been to about 5 or 6 tapings and I know a few people with inside track on tickets, they have ALL told me it's going to be REAL HARD, That being said, if I happen to get more than 2 tickets, I will honestly, no screwing around here, send you a PM on this website and gladly offer it to you, none of my friends in Austin really care for PJ and I would rather someone who actually wants to go get in.

Mrs.Vedder78

josevolution wrote:

double seriously ..

LOL!!

weenie

Cob wrote:

That being said, if I happen to get more than 2 tickets, I will honestly, no screwing around here, send you a PM on this website and gladly offer it to you, none of my friends in Austin really care for PJ and I would rather someone who actually wants to go get in.

I live in Austin and I could be your friend.........!
(I'm in your age group too)