Posted on 05/30/2007 5:02:12 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Good for them. My wife and I were just talking about the same sort of thing, though about publishing.
If radio isn’t going to play new non-hip hop/dance music on the radio, then the majors’ weight won’t count for much.
And just because you are on a major doesn’t mean they will spend their resources on marketing your album.
Record stores are falling away so they can’t even guarantee you prime real estate/visibility in retail.
The RIAA says we are paying too little for CDs now (and the majors got caught a few years ago in a price fixing scheme trying to push the retail price of a CD up past $17). Do you think that the bands would see $5/disc profit that way?
The old guard killed what was once a lucrative business.
I'd like to write in retirement but I think I'd like to just work hard and go it alone with publishing and marketing. If I'm good, people will read it. If I suck, the people who watch a lot of TV might like it. Anyway, this is a business model I'll be watching as it spreads to other industries where a mediocre middleman controls the success of the artist.
www.lulu.com was founded by one of the co-founders of Red Had Linux, and offers an intriguing self-publishing print-on-demand solution. You can even sell your downloadable books from their site.
Ping
If instead of earning $1 for each album sold, they can earen $6, will they then LOWER the price of their album, and make it up on volume? That’s what is killing CD sales..IMHO. prices of$15-$20 for a CD, when most people onyl want one or two songs on any given album
What I’m learning about this upheaval in newspapers, television, hollywood, etc. is that its all about DISTRIBUTION. The content providers (newspapers, tv, etc) in order to maintain their monopoly and pricing power, had to also control distribution. All gone now...
Capitalism at it's best, learned first hand, at a young age. Love it.
Yup..and actually...I think that once the dust finally settles, there will be a way for a great many good journalists to earn a good living.. They’ll pick a particular field or area of expertise, follow it, and be able to sell their product...to a wide range of users..
FYI..related news..today’s NY POST reports that the best seats at MSG for the upcoming Police concert are going for $11,500@...
Even if I were a Police fan, I’d pass.
I’ve heard of them. There are a number of POD options out there now but some of them seem shady (although it’s possible some writers just don’t do their homework before going that route, get screwed and then complain loudly).
Or Realtors.
Good news! Thanks for posting.
Thanks very much for the ping.
Do you know of any specific problems that people have had with podcasting or other publishing/broadcasting sites?
I can’t think of anything specific, but I used to read some newsletter that had a warning section about shady publishing deals, both PODs and small mainstream publishers. I just recall people complaining about certain PODs (XLIBRIS or something).
Thanks. Beware vanity poetry publishers, I’ve heard! ;^)
Welcome to the world of de-massified media Alvin Toffler prophesized about way back in 1979 when he wrote The Third Wave. And that's EXACTLY what happened when you have 60+ channel analog cable TV, 100+ channel digital cable TV, 150+ channel small-dish satellite TV, 80+ channel satellite radio, home video devices such as VCR's and DVD players, and the public Internet.
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