Dierks Bentley Won't Let Me Go
I quit the Dierks Bentley fan club -- not intentionally at all. But rather unintentionally, I quit out of sheer laziness. Just one of those things on your to-do list that gets pushed to the bottom. Renewing fan-club memberships is certainly above some things ("schedule dentist appointment" and "rotate tires"), but for sure below other things ("meet deadlines" and "feed family"). But God love him, Bentley really wants me back. I got this e-mail this morning: "Hey Alison. We realized that you haven't renewed your All Access membership, and we wanted to know if you could answer a quick, three-question survey to tell us why. One minute of your time will help us improve Dierks.com and keep fans like you happy." Isn't that nice? Soliciting feedback from fans instead of, say, record label committees? It's enough to make me re-up for another year at least.
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Carol says:
I don’t understand why Country Music Artists make you pay to be on their fan sight. They are all about the “Little Man” so I thought. If you go to MTV or VH1 you don’t pay to join an Artists web sites.
RedMaZ says:
You’ve got to be kiddin’. You have to pay to be his fan? I can’t believe that. That can’t be true can it? And Carol…don’t lump all Country music artists together with such a general overview. That’s not the way it works.
Kim says:
Dierks’ fanclub is definitely one worth the money. He does a lot of little things for his fans that make it worthwhile.
janet m says:
Think of fan clubs as a magazine subscription for Country Music Artists. Any fan of Dierks can get information about upcoming trips/shows and info which he posts on the site. But the subscription allows fans to post on the bulletin board, become a part on intra-club activities like: The DB Congress, be active in the club, and have access to pit tickets as well as Dierks himself at shows. It’s a good investment when you like the artist. With Dierks, he writes a personal blog to fans nearly on a bi-weekly basis. He knows the fan clubbers by name (nearly all or at least recognizes faces) and involves the fans in the ownership of the success of his music. Not bad for the sum of 3 coffee drinks.
hotelmotel says:
I don’t understand this - businesses send out surveys to their customers all the time, and so do websites. The Dierks fan club is a business-like organization. I’m not sure why its interesting.
Anonymous says:
You aren’t missing much by not renewing. No matter how many opinions the fans give, that place never seems to “improve” so don’t waste your time or money.
Twangtown7 says:
So they want more of your money, and you’re thrilled over this?
Classiccountryfan says:
With bluegrass music and the artists. where you won’t need to shell out big bucks to have access to the artists. You can usually walk up to them a concerts get a photo etc . At festivals the artists are at workshops about the instrument they play.
RedMaZ says:
You can explain it all you want, but it still boils down to an example of greed. Paying someone so you can be their fan? Anyone who pays for that needs their head examined.
You are exactly right Classicountryfan. For example…I spent over an hour with one of my favorite artist at a songwriting workshop. He was telling stories, singing songs, answering questions etc. Then after that we(him and I) walked around the festival grounds for at least another hour before his show even started. Then he just walked up on stage and started singing. I paid to enter the festival, but I certainly didn’t pay to be his fan. He was having just as much fun hanging out with me as I was with him. This is just one example of many I could give.
Twangtown7 says:
Aw, that sounds romantic Red. He told you a story and then took you on a walk? NIce…
RedMaZ says:
Brings a tear to my eye too. We were married 8 days later.
B.W. LaRoy says:
Go Dierks!