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| From | "Michael Curry" <mikecurry@hotmail.co.uk> |
| Subject | Re: for Stewart and the subscribers to eMusic |
| Date | Tue, 08 May 2007 21:15:49 +0100 |
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Jaimie you clearly have the advantage over me on the view of e-music from a
label owner's perspective, and I respect this. However, from my
purchase/download perspective, I'm with Stewart. My monthly download level
is modest in comparison - 65, with the occasional booster pack, but if I'm
particularly struck by an album, I will then buy the CD.
Some examples have been The Format, Midlake, Junior Boys, The National, Cold
War Kids, Cracker, Hail Social, Neko Case, The Hold Steady.
I consider e-music to be a key part of my "new discovery" music purchase
decision making, along with this discussion list, Uncut, Mojo, All Music,
mySpace, etc. I use iTunes for the very occasional purchase of single
tracks, where I really would not consider an album purchase. I would rarely
think to consult iTunes on what was new and cutting edge, rather what was
being pushed by the major labels.
In fact, it's great to read a glowing review of an indie act in Uncut, and
find that e-music has it.
Any decline or demise in e-music will be sorely felt by me.
Mike.
>From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: for Stewart and the subscribers to eMusic
>Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 14:38:39 -0400
>
>
>
>At Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 14:05:27 Stewart wrote:
>
>>>That leaves $0.125 per song for the artist/label to share....remove the
>>>mandatory $0.085 for the mechanical royalty to the songwriter and you're
>>>left rubbing four pennies together.
>>>
>>>The iTunes model is $0.99 per download. iTunes' fee is $0.18 per track
>>>leaving $0.81 to be divvied up. Subtract the mechanical royalty and that
>>>leaves a healthy $0.725 between artist/label.
>>>
>>>THIS is why the indie labels are pulling out of eMusic.
>>
>>It's still kinda shortsighted.
>>
>>The number of whole albums I have downloaded via eMusic in the last six
>>years undoubtedly numbers in the low four figures by now. However, because
>>I consider eMusic downloads the rough equivalent of those cassettes I used
>>to make of my friends' albums in high school, I've since purchased "real"
>>CDs of a huge number of those downloads, and usually, if I like an artist
>>I took a flyer on via eMusic, I purchase the proper CD of their later
>>albums. The labels and artists may not make much money out of the
>>downloads themselves, but the PR value is inestimable.
>>
>>Number of whole albums I've purchased through iTunes since 2003: big fat
>>goose egg.
>>
>>In fact, total number of single songs I've purchased through iTunes since
>>2003: 79.
>>
>>I hope the labels and artists aren't spending that $57.27 all in one
>>place.
>
>Did I mention the digitizing fee to get the songs ONTO eMusic in the first
>place? It's $50.00 USD per album (whether it's 6 songs or 17 songs per
>disc)...versus $0.08 per song on iTunes (that's part of the $0.18 they take
>off the top).
>
>That means we need 1250 downloads from any given album just to break even.
>Promo tool or not, we're losing money just being ON eMusic (never mind
>giving away the songs dirt cheap)....which is why Bullseye never signed up.
>Or to Puretracks in Canada where the digitizing fee is $100 CDN per CD.
>
>You're in the minority in your buying habits, Stewart. Most of the people
>I've sold downloads to on the cheap or I've given stuff away to have NOT
>gone back to purchase full CDs. They've gladly taken the material and run
>off with it....gratis. You really want to test-drive songs before a full CD
>purchase? We offer plenty of streaming material at Yahoo, MusicNet and our
>own Live365 radio station.
>
>
>
>Jaimie Vernon,
>President, Bullseye Records
>http://www.bullseyecanada.com
>
>SWAG:
>http://www.cafepress.com/bullseyecanada
>BULLSEYE LIVE 365 RADIO:
>http://www.live365.com/stations/bullseyerecords
>
>Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
>http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/
>
>http://www.myspace.com/jaimievernonsmovingtargetz
>
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