Sept 16, 2012 - Haley performing at a Philadelphia marathon

[Miguel]

20,000 runners and their supporters...maybe local tv news coverage too? Not bad exposure. I wonder how many musicians Haley will have supporting her. With an hour set to fill at an event called the "Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon" it would be nice if she could perform with the full band.



Cobra Starship's most popular video on YouTube was posted a year ago and has over 62M views. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpyZEzrDf4c

The scheduling conflict appears to be they're appearing at Colorado State's RamJam concert the prior day.

As of Monday, ASAP has sold 610 of the 8,000 tickets available for its RamJam concert and is set to lose $62,000 — even if the other 7,390 tickets are sold.

That comes out to $2.40 lost per CSU student.

Last year’s RamJam event, with B.o.B and Sean Kingston, sold 5,241 tickets to generate $47,817 in revenue. The show’s budget was $172,000, which meant it lost ASAP $124,183. That’s about $4.80 per CSU student.

Students pay a $9.21 per semester in fees to ASAP, which provides the event-planning organization with about $442,000 this year. The organization also has a commitment to the Student Fee Review Board to generate an additional $50,000 in revenue per year, bringing the total yearly budget to just under $500,000.

ASAP officials are optimistic, however, that sales will increase as the Sept. 15 Cobra Starship and Breathe Carolina shows draw closer.

...“Booking is definitely an art,” said Heather Starbuck, the director of Program Council, a CU–Boulder organization that provides entertainment to CU students. “You want to hit that sweet spot where you book an up-and-coming act that’s gotten big when they finally do your show.”

...According to students the buzz around RamJam this year hasn’t been the same as years before.

“Last year [RamJam] was a big deal. I heard about it everywhere, but haven’t seen anything this year,” said junior equine science major Talon Speaect.

...As for the choice of entertainers at RamJam, ASAP Executive Director Heather Jones said lining up the right act at the right time can be tricky. She said in some cases performers don’t even want to do shows on college campuses.

Part of this year’s selection came about as the results of surveys and focus groups ASAP conducted on campus. The results said students showed an interest in acts different than the hip-hop shows which have been prevalent in the past.

http://www.collegian.com/2012/09/04/colo...ose-62000/