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| From | "MTN HIGH" <mtn-high@msn.com> |
| Subject | Direct marketing and sales? was Re: Owsley |
| Date | Tue, 18 Feb 2003 14:18:54 +0000 |
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>From: "Robert Berry" <rberry@nc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Owsley
>Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 22:54:09 -0500
>
>OK, I don't get it ... like everyone else, I am angry and frustrated and
>disappointed that Will Owsley's career has been sabotaged by a
>short-sighted
>music industry. But what I don't understand is why that means he has to
>stop
>recording and releasing CDs.
>
>How many of the musicians on this list make a living at it? How many have
>day jobs to pay the bills and keep doing music mainly because they love it?
>
>Maybe there are legal issues here I don't understand -- I realize that
>Owsley may be subject to contractual obligations that limit his options.
>But
>if he's got 30 songs in the can, it sure seems kind of silly to me for them
>to sit on a shelf somewhere. I'm sure glad Jamie Hoover hasn't decided to
>quit singing just because the Spongetones gig hasn't made him rich.
>
>Robert Berry
I was about to say basically the same thing, Robert, but held back because I
also don't know anything about the legal end of this picture.
Owsley's predicament aside, it seems that the majority of those power
poppers who traverse into "major label land" find the same dead end street.
In a niche' market like we have here, I'm amazed that more artist don't just
go it alone/don't take matters into their own hands and make/distribute
CD-rs/Cd's on their own. Again, maybe I'm missing something/making this too
simple, but surely someone like Owsley (whose CD's are easily found the used
bins, often in the form of "promo" copies) could make at least a little cash
selling direct to his loyal legion of fans instead of being tied up/left in
the corner to rot by corporate policy...etc.??
What am I missing here? Wouldn't an artist like this/in a small niche'
market/small fan base like this have a better chance making CD's/selling
direct via a website to his fans rather than letting someone else steer the
boat? (i, e. tie it up in the harbor and forget about it)
I don't see much, if any support coming to these artists from the "labels"
(big or small). The *big* labels forget 'em...and the small labels don't
seem to be able to haul in enough sales to support them in the capacity that
it takes to spread the word about their music.
so again, just what *is* the point in signing on the dotted line anyway?
Wouldn't an artist make as much/more $$ selling 5K copies direct to his fans
rather than having 20K copies of his music end up as promo throaways in the
used bins?
no offense meant to anyone who owns a label, BTW.
P
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