Comments on: Eddie supports Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger

By: vic

vic — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:39:46 +0000

oh yea, Hey Phil, I’ve been a musician for over 30 years and I can tell you from experience that you are way off with this one. when you are 10 or 11 and learning to play guitar you don;t think about all the bullshit you will have to eat just to put together a band you can keep together long enough to do anything worthwhile there are soo many egotistical people in the music industry it’s almost funny.The biggest problem is you MUST have a sellable product. just being committed is not enough. If there isn’t anyone showing up for a gig, then there’s a problem you must address by looking at yourself.EVH may have bills but I’m assuming he has enough money to last his lifetime and his son’s and maybe a future grandbaby. Oh and buy the way I consider myself a normal person. I work a regular job,still manage to play music and I also write for for a publisher. I don’t play music to get rich, I play music because it’s my first love and I couldn’t imagine my life without it whether I live in Beverly Hills or on the street. It sounds like you and EVH forgot what it means to be a musician. I’m just saying!

By: vic

vic — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:22:36 +0000

Hey ED,

The only thing you should be supporting is a new CD full of NEW SONGS. PLEASE just stop talking and RECORD A CD AND TOUR YOUR ASS OFF!! PLEASE!!

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:02:45 +0000

Oh, cry me a river, Phil! Maybe you are a financially stuggling musician becuase you are willing to pay $1,000 for a two-hour VH concert. What other dumb choices do you make with your money?

Your logic escapes me. All of us “normal” people provide a revenue source for perfoming artists. We are the ones who have skills that build roads for you to drive to your gig. We are the ones who grow produce for you to eat. We are the ones who design soundboards to record your music. We are the ones who allow you to persue your art and make money at it. And you’ve got the nerve to tell us “normal” people that we should pay whatever you want to charge for a performance just because you work hard? Give me a break.

Anyone who is successful in life works hard, regardless of their chosen field. So get over yourself. No one owes you a living and no one is holding a gun to your head. If being a struggling musician is too much for you, then quit and let someone else give it a shot.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:05:43 +0000

What’s “playipng live”?!? Also, how does Eddie feel this merger is innovative? Just saying it’s innovative and showing WHY and HOW are two different things altogether. I think Ed needs to take a critical thinking class.

By: Myron Philpot

Myron Philpot — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:07:07 +0000

Whoops, seems I’ve mixed Phil’s rant with Ted’s comment about Ed’s personal net worth. My apologies to Ted!

By: Myron Philpot

Myron Philpot — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:05:22 +0000

What “family” does Eddie have to raise and pay for? Val’s gone and Wolf is almost an adult. Sorry, I don’t buy it, Phil. What bills do you really think he has when, as you state a moment later, he’s been a multi-millionaire for years? Again, I don’t buy it.

BTW, just how old are you, Phil, with that childish swipe at smokers and “fat cunts”? What is this, junior high again?!