Composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Taj Mahal is one of the most prominent and influential figures in late 20th century blues and roots music. Though his career began more than four decades ago with American blues, he has broadened his artistic scope over the years to include music representing virtually every corner of the world – west Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, the Hawaiian islands and so much more. Over the years, his passion and curiosity have led him around the world, and the resulting global perspective is reflected in his music.
This fantastic night in San Francisco, captured during opening week at the new San Francisco Yoshi's, finds Taj in top form with the Phantom Blues Band and Jon Cleary sitting in on keys. Its classic Taj Mahal, captured in high-definition and celebrating 40 years of global roots and soul music .
Virtual Venues Network Subscriber Overview
The Virtual Venues Network secures the legal rights to broadcast performances to our subscribers directly with artists, management, labels, Intellectual Property rights holders and all licensing authorities.
In addition to licensing premium user content, VVN's camera crews capture new events each week from stages around the world and instantly encode for distribution to the subscriber network via LIMELIGHT NETWORK's global content delivery network.
These events are exclusive property of the artist or intellectual property holder and are not available to the public in any other format. You are reselling proprietary content that the consumer can only witness at participating VVN venues via our patented ClubLyncTM receiver.
The ClubLyncTM is rack-mounted at the house sound position with multiple out options to projection equipment and audio gear and is provided to all participating commercial subscribers.
The video content is high resolution and replicates the artist performance on your hometown stage. The digital audio is a stereo combination of ambient room and board-fed mixes delivered directly to your house sound system, allowing your engineer flexibility to effect and best mix to the room.
VVN allows the legal reselling to the public by granting a single play authority to each participating venue in the network. The ClubLyncTM will automatically delete the file.
Participating venues must provide broadband access to each ClubLyncTM receiver. Broadcasts usually become available seven days after the source event concludes and are available to subscribers for a single download-and-play, following the live performance. You must download within that time.
Marketing
We want to help you sell tickets! VVN is a revenue share company with both the artist and the presenter. The artist is allowing you to promote a VVN date because they want to reach out or build the fan base in your market. VVN will work with the artist to maximize your ticket sales.
Download pre-approved ad mats, photos and poster slicks for your show from VVN's promotions page. Piggyback on the national advertising of the nearest live show to you and cross promote that live event in advance. Promote this show from the stage and in local media just like you would any other live event.
The Virtual Venues Network international brand will direct consumers to www.virtualvenues.net and list all participating subscribers by zip code. Customers can locate the nearest VVN partner and purchase tickets on-line at our site for any and all venues. A portion of all on-line service charges are DONATED to charities at the point of purchase via a pull down menu allowing the customer to choose the recipient.
WHO CAN BECOME A VIRTUAL VENUES NETWORK PARTNER?
Nightclubs
Check our website for upcoming scheduled events.
Choose the artists that you can sell in your market. Treat this streamed event like any live show & book hard-to-fill club nights with a virtually risk-free engagement!
Theatres
In addition to concert streams, movie theatres provide a perfect opportunity for quality viewing of non-musical events like theatre, Broadway shows and comedy. As these broadcasts are premium one-time events, ticket prices can range from $8 to $12. and fall into line with typical movie pricing.
College Campuses and Classrooms
In addition to suggestions above, spoken word events, interviews, lectures and socio-political occurrences are particularly served by this new media portal. As most campuses already have the necessary broadband as well as audio and video equipment, you need only bring the ClubLync into classroom or dining hall to the participate in the network!
ADMISSION
Charge an $8 to $ 12. admission (depending on the event, VVN will suggest a range based upon national averages). Keep the party going after the broadcast with a live "tribute" act, DJ, theme party or dance band. Tickets purchased on-line through VVN's own ticket service donate their service charges to socially responsible causes, PAC's and charities and let the ticket buyer choose which to benefit.
REBROADCASTING
Once Virtual Venues has licensed an event, it is catalogued and archived in our library. In most cases, with the consent of the artist and presenter, you will be able to download VVN events again at a later date, but re-broadcasting is not available for at least 90 days after the original broadcast date.
SUBSCRIBER COSTS
Your subscription to the Virtual Venue network is $99.95 per month. The lease of your receiver box is free with your subscription. Registered network subscribers pay a $300.00 per event download fee, versus 66% of the Gross Box Office receipts, whichever is greater. Admission prices must be at least $8. per attendee, and cannot exceed $12. A certified box office report must be provided within 24 hours following each event and payment must be made to The Virtual Venues Network within three working days.
All VVN subscribers are responsible for ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and/or Harry Fox fees (see table rate schedule) and must have current licenses with each.
You will need a high-speed internet connection to your front of house sound position to receive premium events. Pre-recorded archived material from our library is also available in a single-play DVD format when high-speed internet or satellite connectivity is not an option. We'll help you find the best service available in your area and assist with your installation.
If you are in need of additional projection equipment, portable movie screens or audio enhancements, you can purchase those items at a discount at our Products page at www.Virtualvenues.net.
We also offer commercial leasing services for complete packages to our subscribers.
The Virtual Venues Network places the artists live show onto hundreds of stages at night clubs, theatres and college campuses, captures an admission at every venue and allows the artist to retain complete control of their intellectual property.
Best of all, everyone gets paid! The artist and management teams, presenters, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, Harry Fox agencies, network staff and local non-profits share in the financial benefit of a brand new paradigm within the entertainment industry. One that involves artist and audience directly and embraces the local community.
The Virtual Venues Network is an alliance of night clubs, theatres and campus facilities that are outfitted with large movie screens on-stage, digital light projectors, broadband capability and our ClubLync™ rack-mounted hardware at each house sound mix position. The ClubLync™ enables the legal distribution of exclusive, in-demand content that is then resold to a predetermined fan base in each participating market. VVN targets secondary and tertiary markets for network subscribers, penetrating demographics that are difficult to reach and highly desirable for both the artists and the record label. You choose the markets you want to open up from our venue list. You choose the markets you want to block. The artist and venue share the revenue from every ticket sold at each participating venue and once the performance is complete, the artist retains ownership of the intellectual property forever!
This year, performing artists will sell hundreds of thousands of tickets, filling stadiums and selling out outdoor music festivals in major cities around the globe.
Are these artists coming to your small town this year?
With the help of the Virtual Venues Network... yes they are!
The Virtual Venues Network introduces a brand new artist-to-audience distribution platform with a global reach and a social conscience that will revolutionize the concert industry, bringing national touring companies, speakers and live performances to secondary markets and onto small town nightclub stages everywhere!
The Virtual Venues Network captures and licenses big-ticket events and then delivers them, one time, over the Internet and via satellite to an exclusive network of night clubs, sports bars, college campus and theatres, delivering in-demand, on demand content to pre-existing gathering places that already thrive in cities everywhere.
Each participating venue broadcasts life size and in high definition to giant screens on local stages, with digital board-fed audio pumping through the house sound system, providing a dynamic, new fan experience for about the price of a movie. Virtual Venues Network retains no intellectual property and represents the artist at every turn, providing new market penetration, merchandise and promotional opportunities and a revenue share of every ticket sold at each participating venue with both the artist and local presenter.
For more information about joining VVN, click on the appropriate Venues or Artists links below.
If you'd like to see VVN shows in your town contact your favorite local club / bar / etc and have them give us a call.
Q: How do VVN concerts differ from what I can watch on-line? VVN places premium content, high-resolution video and digital audio on-stage and life size into favorite gathering places around the globe. Shows are one-time events that can only be experienced at participating venues via our proprietary ClubLync™ receivers.
Q: Can I join the network at home or watch the shows online? No. VVN is a patent-pending reseller program only available to nightclubs, colleges and theatres.
Q: How do I find a local participating venue? You will be able to enter your zip code on the home page
Q: How much are tickets? Prices range from $8 to $12, depending on the act and local market.
Q: Can I buy tickets online and is there a service charge? Local VVN venue websites click through to www.virtualvenues.net. There is a $2 service charge for tickets purchased online and it is donated to a charity of your choice via a pull down menu at the point of purchase.
Q: Are the artists paid? Yes, artists and venues share in every ticket sold.
Q: What happens to the recording afterwards? Typically, VVN events are available to subscribing venues for 7 days following the event. After that time the artist may place it back into the VVN archive for rebroadcast at a later date or repurpose and make it available in multiple formats.
Q: What about piracy? The VVN network is a collective of artists and venues, working together to support a new format in entertainment that is affordable to their fans and directly involves the artist in the revenue. VVN subscribers endeavor to combat piracy with auto-delete software, proprietary hardware, branded output and strict contracts with each venue granting single play authority.
Q: Do you provide screens and projectors too? VVN is a reseller for life size screens and digital light projectors and leasing is available.
Q: How big are the screens? Screens are custom fitted to each venue ranging from 9 X 12 ft to larger than life size.
Q: How's the picture quality? VVN's events are captured in high resolution and employ cutting edge delivery services to assure the highest display resolution possible in each venue.
Q: How's the sound? Multi-track, digital audio captured at the source event is mastered and delivered directly to each house sound system, where individual audio technicians mix and effect the audio on the spot, for the best sound possible in the room.
Q: What about licensing? VVN's legal department works directly with ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and the Harry Fox Agency to identify all relevant royalties due registrars.
Q: I'm an independent promoter, can I join the VVN network? Yes you can. VVN grants territories to independent promoters in most markets. Contact VVN's venue division to what's possible in your market.
This year, performing artists will sell hundreds of thousands of tickets, filling stadiums and selling out outdoor music festivals in major cities around the globe.
Are these artists coming to your small town this year?
With the help of the Virtual Venues Network... yes they are!
The Virtual Venues Network introduces a brand new artist-to-audience distribution platform with a global reach and a social conscience that will revolutionize the concert industry, bringing national touring companies, speakers and live performances to secondary markets and onto small town nightclub stages everywhere!
The Virtual Venues Network captures and licenses big-ticket events and then streams them, one time, over the Internet and via satellite to an exclusive network of night clubs, sports bars, college campus and theatres, delivering in-demand, on demand content to pre-existing gathering places that already thrive in cities everywhere.
Each participating venue broadcasts life size and in high definition to giant screens on local stages, with digital board-fed audio pumping through the house sound system, providing a dynamic, new fan experience for about the price of a movie. Virtual Venues Network retains no intellectual property and represents the artist at every turn, providing new market penetration, merchandise and promotional opportunities and a revenue share of every ticket sold at each participating venue with both the artist and local presenter.
For more information about joining VVN, click on the appropriate Venues or Artists links below.
If you'd like to see VVN shows in your town contact your favorite local club / bar / etc and have them give us a call.
Q: How do VVN concerts differ from what I can watch on-line? VVN places premium content, high-resolution video and digital audio on-stage and life size into favorite gathering places around the globe. Shows are one-time events that can only be experienced at participating venues via our proprietary ClubLync™ receivers.
Q: Can I join the network at home or watch the shows online? No. VVN is a patent-pending reseller program only available to nightclubs, colleges and theatres.
Q: How do I find a local participating venue? You will be able to enter your zip code on the home page
Q: How much are tickets? Prices range from $8 to $12, depending on the act and local market.
Q: Can I buy tickets online and is there a service charge? Local VVN venue websites click through to www.virtualvenues.net. There is a $2 service charge for tickets purchased online and it is donated to a charity of your choice via a pull down menu at the point of purchase.
Q: Are the artists paid? Yes, artists and venues share in every ticket sold.
Q: What happens to the recording afterwards? Typically, VVN events are available to subscribing venues for 7 days following the event. After that time the artist may place it back into the VVN archive for rebroadcast at a later date or repurpose and make it available in multiple formats.
Q: What about piracy? The VVN network is a collective of artists and venues, working together to support a new format in entertainment that is affordable to their fans and directly involves the artist in the revenue. VVN subscribers endeavor to combat piracy with auto-delete software, proprietary hardware, branded output and strict contracts with each venue granting single play authority.
Q: Do you provide screens and projectors too? VVN is a reseller for life size screens and digital light projectors and leasing is available.
Q: How big are the screens? Screens are custom fitted to each venue ranging from 9 X 12 ft to larger than life size.
Q: How's the picture quality? VVN's events are captured in high resolution and employ cutting edge delivery services to assure the highest display resolution possible in each venue.
Q: How's the sound? Multi-track, digital audio captured at the source event is mastered and delivered directly to each house sound system, where individual audio technicians mix and effect the audio on the spot, for the best sound possible in the room.
Q: What about licensing? VVN's legal department works directly with ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and the Harry Fox Agency to identify all relevant royalties due registrars.
Q: I'm an independent promoter, can I join the VVN network? Yes you can. VVN grants territories to independent promoters in most markets. Contact VVN's venue division to what's possible in your market.
Michael Horne - Founder & CEO
Michael is a seasoned entrepreneur with over twenty five years of direct music industry experience. He has produced over 3,000 concerts while serving in numerous capacities as presenter, club owner, financier, talent buyer and performer. Michael has developed countless long-standing relationships within the industry and an in-depth understanding of musical genres and demographics.
Jon Luini - Co-Founder & CTO
Jon has been a pioneer in the Internet music space since 1993, when he co-founded the paradigm-shifting Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA). Since 1999, Jon's company, Chime Interactive, has provided consulting, production and technology services to artists, managers, tour agencies, and labels (including Joe Satriani, Madonna, My Chemical Romance, Radiohead, Sheryl Crow, Los Lobos, Monterey Peninsula Artists, High Road Touring, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, AOL, Red Light Management, Warner Brothers).
Chris Stevens - Chairman
Chris is a serial entrepreneur and acknowledged leader in the consumer electronics industry. Most recently, he was Vice President and General Manager of the Networked Entertainment Business Unit of Cisco-Linksys, focusing on network delivery of content to homes. Chris served as President of Harman/Kardon, leading its transition to digital technology, restoring profitability, and growing the company from $45M to $145 in sales. Chris is also Co-Founder and Director of iControl Networks, an internet-enabled home monitoring and control company.
Arthur Rosato - Video Director
Arthur is currently the video director for the three biggest music festivals in the U.S.; the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, The Essence Festival and Bonnaroo. Although known primarily as a video director and producer, he has played a myriad of important rolls from musician to production manager. He has worked in the studio and toured with such artists as Bob Dylan, Santana, George Harrison, Counting Crows, Bruce Springsteen, and many others. Arthur is bringing that wisdom, skill, and talent to the production staff of VVN.
Linden Livoni - Engineering and Operations
Linden Livoni brings over 25 years of engineering and operations experience to VVN with extensive knowledge in managing high-technology systems and product development programs from concept through manufacturing. Prior to VVN, Linden held executive management positions in several well know companies including PowerFile, Lumisys/Kodak, RVision, Greyhawk Systems, and Diasonics.
Elizabeth Crowell - Finance and Administration
Liz brings extensive business and finance experience in a broad range of industries, including digital music and software development. Her work experience includes service at the Federal Reserve Bank in Washington DC and the Union Bank of Switzerland in Hong Kong.
