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I just thought I'd throw this out. We all know that the music industry is
hurting these days, due to file sharing, CD piracy, online radio and podcasting.
While people are still listening to music as much as they did before, people
just aren't buying it. I just read about how the owner of Crypt Records has
stopped releasing CD's. Estrus no longer puts out stuff the way they used to.
Same with Norton and other similar labels. What's the future? I know Double
Crown's not doing as good as it used to, although I have no plans of shutting
down. Is the future online downloads? What's also curious to me is the fact that
there are hundreds of people on the Cowabunga, Reverborama and Surf Guitar 101
lists that dig surf/instro music, yet only a small percentage actually buys our
releases. Do our releases suck? Do you already have enough surf/instro in your
collection? What should we be releasing? Our sales are good enough to keep
going, definitely, but not enough to release more that 3 or 4 CD's per year. I'm
interested in hearing feedback on all this, either on the lists, or via e-mail
to:
Thanks,
Sean
Double Crown Records / The Continental Magazine
P.O. Box 4336 - Bellingham, WA 98227-4336
www.dblcrown.com
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