anyone ever go there to see a concert taping- was it a fun experience or a hassle? Are all the performances some fixed length? Most importantly, what are the parking options in the middle of the day?
XM performance theater
how do you find out about these? are they always during the day?
funny you should mention this… i'm off right now to see a taping of the romantics with 44 other fans :D full details later!
Me too. Me too. Is there free parking on the street around there, a garage or what?
Inre finding out about these- I just happened to go to the Romantics website to sample their new tracks after reading a review, and there was a message there about it. I'm guessing that it's usually some combination of band guestlist and XM employees on their lunch hour at these
They have an unbelievable studio. Sonically it is completely dead and everything is state of the art. The nice thing is, when bands go through there the recording generated is pretty much complete and ready to stick on a CD. They might want to remix a bit but that's often not gonna be necessary. Hopefully we'll see lots of bands walk out of that place with a practically free ready-made live CD…
But that "talking in your sleep" song… arghhhh…. it's up there with "every breath you take" in the over-played to death category….
But that "talking in your sleep" song… arghhhh…. it's up there with "every breath you take" in the over-played to death category….
but is there anyway you can sign up for notifications of these tapings thru xm?
Originally posted by lily1:Just be really nice to paige and she'll hook a sister up I'm sure.
but is there anyway you can sign up for notifications of these tapings thru xm?
I'm back from my little field trip to XM which was quite fun. Wow! Amazing facilities there, how are they ever gonna make money? I guess they're saving by not getting the best air talent- the host dj Bruce was such a bad communicator it's hard to believe he gets paid for talking. A couple of the other djs were there including miss super-sexpot heidi selexa ("who puts the X in XM"), unfortunately sitting directly behind me so I couldn't ogle her during the show. Romantics were solid and the sound was great. Had fun hanging out with kozmo before the show. Fugazi will apparently be playing there soon
Maybe you scared him? Bruce Kelly was very engaging and quite a gabber when I met him a while back. Mercury is quite a talent, too…
They're gonna make more money than the bureau of engraving and printing as the subscribers pour in and the cost of running the operation remains relatively flat – it cost x billion dollars to serve the first customer but zero to serve the second customer… scalability, my boy… if you're not yet a subscriber definitely check it out…
They're gonna make more money than the bureau of engraving and printing as the subscribers pour in and the cost of running the operation remains relatively flat – it cost x billion dollars to serve the first customer but zero to serve the second customer… scalability, my boy… if you're not yet a subscriber definitely check it out…
I can get WRNR loud and clear even though I live in DC. Yeah I'd get XM if it weren't for that
Originally posted by J'Mal:How many subscribers can they realistically get?
They're gonna make more money than the bureau of engraving and printing as the subscribers pour in and the cost of running the operation remains relatively flat – it cost x billion dollars to serve the first customer but zero to serve the second customer… scalability, my boy… if you're not yet a subscriber definitely check it out…
How much in Senior Secured Debt is outstanding?
How much Convertible Preferred was issued to General Motors, Honda, DirecTV Clear Channel, Columbia Capital, et al…?
How long will they continue to need new funding?
When am I going to get a new job?
Originally posted by ggw™:Eventually satellite radio will be standard in all cars, to the extent of air conditioning or other former luxuries that became necessities. That, plus home and commercial applications, and seeing as they're likely going to get 75% of the market, I'd say upwards of 100m subscribers.
How many subscribers can they realistically get?
You can look it up in the 10-K. Anyone's guess but my calculation is full dilution will come in at about 200m shares. They're very aggressive at reducing the dilution, for example, they instituted a DSPP earlier this year and used the funds to retire a bunch of convertible warrants with a 3.18 strike price. Debt service isn't a problem, they're going to be CFBE next year.
How much in Senior Secured Debt is outstanding?
See above.
How much Convertible Preferred was issued to General Motors, Honda, DirecTV Clear Channel, Columbia Capital, et al…?
They don't. They're fully funded to CFBE next fall, but they might actually reap a windfall when the insurance $ on the satellite issues comes in, since they floated a little secondary to fund construction and replacement of the satellites and now the insurance companies can go get fucked. XM has already suggested what they'd do with the extra cash – take out dilution.
How long will they continue to need new funding?
These guys are smart, they're smarter than you and me put together to the nth degree and even smarter than rhett.
As for WRNR, or whatever, sorry, it's OK for regular radio but 99 channels less than XM and not as good as the comparable XM channels, XMU 43/XM Cafe 45.
Originally posted by thirsty moore:Reply Hazy Try Again
When am I going to get a new job?
Why on earth do you think they'll get 75% of the market?
And how many alternative, indie, etc. channels do they have? Unless it's 10 or more, I'm not even considering it.
And how many alternative, indie, etc. channels do they have? Unless it's 10 or more, I'm not even considering it.
Originally posted by Bagster:Well, right now they have about 87% of the market. Congress will not permit the FCC to issue any more satellite radio licenses until at least 2007 and there just isn't the spectrum available, not to mention the barriers to entry are hideous (it's very expensive to get the satellites up, and all the distribution channels are pretty much locked up). The only other competitor, sirius, just makes mistake after mistake and is behind in every conceivable way imaginable, from a screwy satellite configuration that makes home reception difficult, to chipset and hardware design problems, to inferior programming (very heavy on talk, with very repetitive hits-based music)….
Why on earth do you think they'll get 75% of the market?
And how many alternative, indie, etc. channels do they have? Unless it's 10 or more, I'm not even considering it.
There is a new indie channel and a classic alternative channel, as well as a mainstream alternative channel and a hard alternative channel. So I guess that's about 4. And each of them is light years ahead of the crap you get on FM. You don't actually NEED ten indie channels, because you really can leave it on one really good one all day.
Anyway, there's no reason not to try it. If there's something wrong with you and you don't like the service, just return the equipment. There's no contract and they pro-rate it if you paid in advance.
Originally posted by mankie:maybe :D or you can just check out xmradio.com and they have some good info there.
Originally posted by lily1:Just be really nice to paige and she'll hook a sister up I'm sure.
but is there anyway you can sign up for notifications of these tapings thru xm?
i'm glad everyone who went liked it!! xm is such an awesome building. although i would get stir crazy when i was down in Music 6 (XMLM) it was always insanely dark. when i would go outside, the sun would be so bright i felt like i was going to die. random story, i know.
xm/satellite radio services will soon become fairly commonplace i'm sure. look at dvds - remember when they used to seem so state of the art?
i'll just say it was very cool being able to see a band that rocked my formative years in such a intimate setting… there were 20 of us there. the band sounds great and i gonna get my hands of thier new cd sharpish.
according to one of the xmradio folks they will announce upcoming taping on the website but that getting info on how to get the invite list will come from the band or record label.
i knew that "talking in your sleep" would be mentioned and while the song, and but not the video, was a bit cringeworthy. the band has stripped the gloss and it now rocks harder than the orginial version. even the orginial recording is miles better than most of whats consider top 40 today. the band hopes to start playing the clubs again and even without monster drummer clem burke, johnny "bee" bancky(?) fills out the seat quite nicely.
according to one of the xmradio folks they will announce upcoming taping on the website but that getting info on how to get the invite list will come from the band or record label.
i knew that "talking in your sleep" would be mentioned and while the song, and but not the video, was a bit cringeworthy. the band has stripped the gloss and it now rocks harder than the orginial version. even the orginial recording is miles better than most of whats consider top 40 today. the band hopes to start playing the clubs again and even without monster drummer clem burke, johnny "bee" bancky(?) fills out the seat quite nicely.
Originally posted by J'Mal:Okay, you're talking percentage of the satellite market – I thought you were talking radio market. Still, 100 million subscribers seems like an awful lot; how many are there now?
Originally posted by Bagster:Well, right now they have about 87% of the market. Congress will not permit the FCC to issue any more satellite radio licenses until at least 2007
Why on earth do you think they'll get 75% of the market?
And how many alternative, indie, etc. channels do they have? Unless it's 10 or more, I'm not even considering it.
I don't listen to radio at all (except Howard Stern every morning). So I'm not comparing it to that. And it's true, if the alternative station is like WOXY or KEXP, I suppose one or two good ones would do. Do they post their playlists anywhere so you can peruse them to see what they play?