Comments on Codex Reperio: Copy, write II

heard that some artists are voluntarily releasing ...

2005-03-13T07:09:00.000+01:00

heard that some artists are voluntarily releasing their first couple of tracks for free on kazaa / napster etc in order to build early name recognition with a view to making money later. Seems related.

Good thoughts man. Maybe its closer than I thought...

2005-03-11T10:17:00.000+01:00

Good thoughts man. Maybe its closer than I thought.

If people aren't buying music anymore than dynamic of marketing will change. The ambition is to get as much music out there to as many people and thus create demand to see the live shows. It would seem that blogs, e-zines, or their evolution can play this role.

Here's my observation by living in probably the mo...

2005-03-10T19:39:00.000+01:00

Here's my observation by living in probably the most diverse and exciting indie music scene in the US, Chicago.

There are about 10x more unsigned independent musicians than sign ones.

They make money not from selling records, but by selling concerts, making 300 or 500 dollars per show.

Broadband are cheaper, mixing tools are cheaper and selling digital musics are easier. You can setup a paypal account and start selling your CDs and T-Shirts. For promotions, you can get weblogs and pay your broke (cheap) artist friend to design you the template.

Bang. You got your own distribution.

What you don't have is the marketing power, although that doesn't really matter for the majority of musicians . They want to be signed but that's not the no.1 priority.