I had the pleasure of reading a great 'open letter' today. The writer, Allan Stackhouse was writing to Nathan Hubbard, CEO of Ticketmaster. While he appreciated Mr. Hubbard's transparency of addressing customer concerns with buying tickets from Ticketmaster, Allan was distressed by the lack of speed at which Ticketmaster is doing something about those ticket concerns.

And let's face it, I would be at a ton of shows if it wasn't for the fact that most shows cost enough money at face value -- but then you add service charge, tax, printing charges, shipping charges, computer is on charge, you are in your seat charge, blinking charges and the all-important 'hitting the keyboard' tax you end up with a ticket that costs the same price as two or three face-value tickets. Allan Stackhouse makes the great point that it's things like this that cause people to second-guess if they want to attend shows and, by extension, miss out on many once-in-a-lifetime opportunities or the chance to expand their musical palate.

For me, I know artists aren't making enough from CD sales, so they're becoming more dependent on concerts and merchandise, but if I get turned off from attending a show because the price is way too much to even consider that bodes well for no one.

Here, I invite you to read Allan Stackhouse's open letter and then report back here and discuss your thoughts. Or if you want to use this opportunity to go off on Ticketmaster, be my guest.

Sound off!