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<records@...> wrote:
>
> 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: records@...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sean
> Double Crown Records / The Continental Magazine
> P.O. Box 4336 - Bellingham, WA 98227-4336
> www.dblcrown.com
>
>
SEAN
stay the course
you and your label release some totally adveturous stuff
and the quality is top shelf
my Program Director Dan Coleman and I are gonna jump in the mix soon
with a COMPILATION to kick-start a label I am calling LIFEGUARD
RECORDS
will be reaching out to artists soon to lauch this
and will be contacting you for your input and guidance
analysis....yes, sales are down across-the-board in the industry,
especially to younger music buyers; but there is still an audience
for CD's
for instance, after a strong gig, bands get approached by audience
members to buy merchandise; I don't think of 'podcasts' as 'merch',
though in a sense, they are
but bands that play live raise some extra $$$ doing this, gas and
tolls, meals to/from the gigs, etc
most surf musicians I suspect will agree that if you are doing this
to make a living (and not doing anything else)...well, unless you are
Dick Dale, Los St-Jax, and a not-that-large list of other artists --
well, you better have a 'day job' to cover your ass, your rent, your
family, etc
I havent made a red cent for the radio side of what I do (but that's
not gonna be forever....some exciting things are brewing), but the
live shows are starting to bring in some $$, and more than the usual
pocket change it used to be....each gig at OTTO's has been more $$$
rewarding....I'm on to something there
but the costs of touring today are killer; the merch can help defray
a little of the expense, no?
bottom line: the surf genre, the fans here and other yahoo groups,
and MySpace, etc., still dig their CDs
now me, I love my vinyl tool nothing like holding a full sized record
album abd its jacket/sleeve, if you ask me!!
don't abandon ship Sean, hold on, keep at it
we luv U for it
Unsteady Freddie
