Tele295
Joined: Feb 16, 2012
Posts: 153
Rincon Beach, California, USA
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Posted on Jul 27 2021 08:54 AM
As we are mixing our next album right now, I can’t help but wonder if people (not us musician weirdos or vinyl collectors, but the average consumer) even purchases media on any physical format anymore. I don’t think packaging the music on a flash drive or usb format would be that different. They don’t need to own the format to listen to it anymore, with the advent of universal streaming (Spotify, Google Play, Apple Music, etc. - but not Pandora because they limit the number of tunes the artist can have).
It is causing me to take a hard look at how people consume music these days, as I don’t want to be stuck with product (eg, CD’s) I can’t move. Quite perplexing.
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da-ron
Joined: Jan 02, 2009
Posts: 1307
The original Plymouth, UK.
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Posted on Jul 27 2021 09:34 AM
Tele295 wrote:
As we are mixing our next album right now, I can’t help but wonder if people (not us musician weirdos or vinyl collectors, but the average consumer) even purchases media on any physical format anymore. I don’t think packaging the music on a flash drive or usb format would be that different. They don’t need to own the format to listen to it anymore, with the advent of universal streaming (Spotify, Google Play, Apple Music, etc. - but not Pandora because they limit the number of tunes the artist can have).
It is causing me to take a hard look at how people consume music these days, as I don’t want to be stuck with product (eg, CD’s) I can’t move. Quite perplexing.
It is a difficult situation, and I am of the opinion that it might not even be worth mixing an album, as streaming services focus on single tracks only. If you play live, it might be worth having a CD as a collection of songs available for people to take home. There is likely to be some people interested in a CD - CD retailers and radio stations, but it seems to me that the general public listen to tracks rather than albums.
It's an odd situation we're in, and have been for a while. Previous format changes have had a viable replacement ready, but that doesn't seem to be the case as CDs fall out of favour - there isn't really a definite replacement to invest in
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25697
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jul 27 2021 10:00 AM
I say press 200/250 cds,
If they sell well, then do another run.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
Last edited: Jul 27, 2021 10:00:29
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revmike
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 3859
North Atlantic
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Posted on Jul 27 2021 12:19 PM
bigtikidude wrote:
I say press 200/250 cds,
If they sell well, then do another run.
We've done 300 then repressed when needed (no repress for the last couple of releases. Everyone of our releases has broken even or more.
— Canadian Surf
http://www.urbansurfkings.com/
Last edited: Jul 27, 2021 15:00:09
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Double-Crown-Records
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1226
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Posted on Jul 27 2021 02:18 PM
I use Discmakers, who have always been great, and their minimum is 300 CDs. They cost about $2 each, maybe a little more, to manufacture if you go with a paper sleeve package with shrinkwrap. It may be kinda harsh to say, but If you're a 4 piece band and can't pay $600-700 to press up some CDs, I'd say hold off until you can afford it. There is just so much music out there, and just releasing to digital - it's easy for your music to get lost in the ether. A CD or LP shows you're serious about your music, and you really only need to sell 60-70 of them to break even on the cost of manufacturing. After that it's profit!
— Sean
Double Crown Records
www.doublecrownrecords.com
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Tele295
Joined: Feb 16, 2012
Posts: 153
Rincon Beach, California, USA
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Posted on Jul 27 2021 08:21 PM
With our last album, we were able to get a run of 100 from Diskmakers
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25697
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jul 27 2021 11:19 PM
I agree with Sean, if you are digital only, it’s easily forgettable.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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