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I just don't have the money to buy much. I also do not pirate. I also
listen to a lot of different genres and I cannot focus all my
resources into surf music or the related genres. Something I have
been getting into a lot these days are indie bands. They tend to all
put LPs out so I buy the LP and download the MP3s so I can have a CD
and large LP to display and collect. Indie LPs and CDs tend to be $10
so the price is quite welcoming. I also tend to try to buy a lot of
the older surf releases. Again most of those are on LPs. There is
something special about have LPs. My favs are Jim Messina and the
Jesters and my Jon and the Nightriders Liveat the Whiskey. Also I like
to buy modern 7"s.
--- In , "Double Crown Records"
<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
>
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