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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Free Music...Shameless Plug... Rich Brown and the Hipwaders |
| Date | Sat, 26 Jun 2004 00:38:22 -0400 |
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At Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 22:34:54 Miguel wrote:
>Rich Brown deserves a big thank you from every auditeer for volunteering
>his
>album free of charge via internet download... Thanks, the band sounds great
>and the songs quite enjoyable... Once thought tho'... Would it have been
>possible to make a minimal investment of some $300 of burning, say 200 CD's
>at DiscMakers or Total Tape Services... and perhaps have someone like
>CDBaby
>( www.cdbaby.com )or maybe Bruce at NotLame ( www.notlame.com )put them up
>for sale (with audio samples) on their website... Just wanted to encourage
>you guys to do something like that instead of simply giving your hard
>worked
>on music and try to at least recoup the investments made... Keep it up
>guys,
>great job!
Not to rub salt here, but I'm astounded that anyone would record an album
and think that a record deal would be imminent.
Giving it away is certainly cheaper than pressing your own, but what was the
point of doing a record without at least a Phase 2 for your career plan?
Just some D-I-Y 101.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPages
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