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| From | DanAbnrml9@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: Here's the Low Down on Owsley/Soundscan |
| Date | Wed, 19 Feb 2003 11:51:52 -0500 |
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In a message dated 2/19/2003 10:00:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, kremer@shore.net writes:
> (Actually, if you needed further evidence of the decline and fall of radio
> as a means of driving sales, there's one other new and surprising place
> to find new music: TV ads and shows. Anyone else noticed
> this?)
You betcha. Has anyone seen this new ad (I don't know what for) that features Papas Fritas' "Way You Walk"? When I saw it I freaked... I love when obscure stuff that I hold near and dear shows up in places like that. The problem of course is that while the band makes a fair amount of money from such licensing, it takes the most dilligent of music consumers to find *who* the band is. It takes lists like audities, really, where there's a massive bank of knowledge. So I doubt it drives sales all that much in the long run.
Also re: Soundscan, LOTS of places still don't report. Newbury only started doing it about a year ago, largely because of pressure by indie labels. And Newbury is a big enough chain--25 stores--that they are one of the primary movers in New England. Must've seemed for awhile there like no one in the northeast was buying CDs anymore! But still, the point is that even some seemingly *obvious* places still don't report to soundscan. --J
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