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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Rooney, some more |
| Date | Thu, 29 Jul 2004 16:04:28 -0400 |
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At Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:21:40 Bruce wrote:
> > 4) Major labels still haven't figured out that albums has a 12 week life
> > span....which dates right back to the Beatles. Get a new album out
>BEFORE
> > the audience a) gets bored b) forgets about you c) forgets they're
>bored.
>
>Exactly what I'm saying Jaime.......dead on. Why can't they figure this
>out......they have the resources to address all this, too. But so many
>labels have convinced themselves this has worked in the past and it works
>now.
>
>And the bands..and their management buy into, as well. Letting the artists
>off the hook w/ writing and working hard on the next record.
>
>Why aren't musicians obsessed with getting their music out is beyond me.
>Bands like this are content to play the same 12 song for tour years on the
>road, night in, night out? Occasionally working a new one or two into
>things.....eventually?!
>
>Anyway, I brought all this up because, simply, bands like/love, I want to
>hear more from.
>
>And I'm tired of waiting YEARS for followups, instead of a year. I know
>all the excuses but I want to feel connected to the continual flow of
>bands'
>music I love.
>
>Bring the flow new music ON. Not put it off 'whenever'. Everyone involved
>in the process of creating, making and selling music needs to work harder,
>sorry. My opinion, but I'm sticking to it.
I'm right behind you, Bruce. My biggest problem in dealing with classic rock
acts who haven't had albums out in a very long time has been convincing them
that people still want to hear their output.
It took me 4 years to convince one of my acts to record a new
record....halfway through the album the lead singer got scared of the
committment or the potential fallout from the media/fans/whoeverand it was
shelved, reworked as a solo recording, scrapped, reworked, was released
under a pseudonym, deleted, reworked and has now been issued as the ORIGINAL
band's output as I had asked in the first place. They're getting critical
acclaim. In the end we paid for the album to be recorded three times. Sales
are steady, but we may never recover from the financial burden of the
project in the first place.
Meanwhile, I can't get Segarini OUT of the recording studio. He's a
recording madman and is the definition of the type of songwriter/performer
so many of us aspire to. My problem as an indie is that, again, financially
it's tough to release Bob's projects as frequently as ALL of us would like
to....there has to be a modicum of return on an album before you can green
light a follow-up. I can only imagine the major labels aren't looking to
straddle the profit margins, they want a windfall everytime they get to the
post. Me, I'm a little more foregiving, especially in the case of Bob or the
previously mentioned act. If the fanbase is still buying product, isn't it
everyone's job to fulfill that need. There is plenty of proof for this
supply and demand equation. It was the very essence of Prince's battle with
Warner Music....he wanted to put out two albums a year....they wanted one
every 18-24 months. It's not good enough. The public demands more input and
faster input.
I think recording studios should be equipped to start offering MP3 downloads
of songs the second the final mixes are done upon approval of the acts and
labels. You could theoretically keep an act in the recording studio
indefinitely, because the payback revenue stream would be INSTANT. Hook up a
webcam....follow your guys through the recording process and the prize at
the end of the session is the finished recording to purchase.....or offer
monitor mixes at a 1/4 the cost. Would fans be willing to pay $0.10 per day
to see their favourite bands' work-in progress? No mastering, no
manufacturing, no promotion, no marketing installation....just record and
release.
Jaimie Vernon,
Bullseye Records of Canada, Inc.
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
"RADIO killed the radio star"
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