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[vgl] [vg music] So the $25 kickstarter item is actually really nice, and it's open for a few more days.
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I went to their concert in Seattle a few years ago, and it was a blast
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The music is really good, although the concert is a bit gimmicky
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But the Journey piano soundtrack kind of sells this for me.
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Oh neat, it also comes with a Kickstarter only albumb
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*album
CrowsbeforeBros
I was gonna see it last year, but the symphony went on strike :/
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Aw :<
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We're talking about possibly going this year, but we wouldn't have anyone to really go with
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And that's a lot of the fun
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(Also it's right after my birthday)
CrowsbeforeBros
oh yikes
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the tickets really jumped in price
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Yeaaah, that's the other thing
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When we went, we were in the lower mezz
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It was still almost $50 a ticket
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Which is honestly pretty cheap
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I'm curious how much they are now
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About the same
CrowsbeforeBros
they were about on average $10 cheaper last year
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In Spokane?
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Because I'm almost positive they were the same when it was in Seattle two years go
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*ago
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We just got them at group fare, so they were slightly cheaper
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Since there were like 16 of us
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I think we paid $42-45
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And they were originally around $48-52
CrowsbeforeBros
yeah, though I wonder if it's because the symphony here was severely underpaid
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Likely. I can't say what all goes into the pricing
CrowsbeforeBros
(I get why they strike, just wished they picked a different time to do so)
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It's not just the symphony, but the space
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Paying the people putting it on
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And trying to make a profit for the next season
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Yeah, symphony members don't get paid well, especially the smaller ones
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Like, even the big premiere symphonies
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A lot of the money gets funneled into the conductor and principle players, so like the concertmaster
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Or any habitual soloists
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Depending
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That may also be telling of the featured soloist they're touring with as well
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Or would feature at that concert
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It was Flute Link for ours
CrowsbeforeBros
yeah, Gonna have figure out if my budget will allow it.
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She was really cool
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It's definitely worth going at least once
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I will say, if you don't care about watching the people play really close up, any seat is fine
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We were in the mezz, well above the stage, and our seats were great
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But the paramount doesn't really have a bad seat in the house. It's a really nice theater.
CrowsbeforeBros
checking to see if there's promo codes available