True Fans Seth Godin are best able to understand and value the event in advance, because they know the artist’s prior work better than day-trippers, who’ve only generic expectations.
True Fans provide the financial and artistic capital necessary for remarkable experiences.
(willingness to plan, payment in advance) and artistic capital (contextual knowledge, how to (re)act during the performance)
, whereas day-trippers are cannot be relied on for any of these.
Artists create a better experience for their fans by excluding day-trippers.
More patience, to develop an audience, and curate experiences for them.
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