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This is an interesting discussion (and one that didn't turn onto one liners
exchange like a lot of the long ones do).
About the cd-r version in the vinyl, that's what we did in the Astroglides
for the first album, and for the second one the vinyl version had a real cd
in it. For the 3rd one we ran out of money to make vinyl... I guess it helps
attract another small precentage of people, but it seems to me, the more
time passes, the less people appreciate the big artwork format of vinyl.
Sean, I suggest you press smaller numbers, but only if it's cheaper.
Sometimes doing 500 cds is the same cost as doing a 1000. I think potential
sales figure right now is no more than 300 copies.
I'm not an iTunes user (I think mp3s sound bad and I can't bring myself to
pay for them), but since I'm in a minority, maybe that's the way to go.
I also noticed that a lot of newer stuff that I buy just doesn't blow my
mind. I did dig the latest Continental compilation, some great stuff there.
Phantom Frank is someting I would buy...
I think this is all reflected in the number of fans that go to shows. If you
see 15 people that actually come to most shows, maybe 5 or 7 would buy an
album, and that's about it. The exposure you get here on the surf music
lists is not enough to generate a good income. Cross marketing in other
internet forums is good, but as an extension of that I think you should
invest in bands that not only play regularly, but also don't limit
themselves to playing just with surf bands. Then maybe you'll be able to get
the gig sales of garage punk or rockabilly fans that saw this ONE surf band
at a gig and were impressed enough to buy the cd.
Not to be anti-social here, but these 3-4 surf band gigs are fun for us surf
bands, for the 10-20 hardcore fans, and that's about it.
Also, try to invest in the bands that go to Europe. They usually have a
success there in gig attendance, that might translate into cd sales.
Yes, the present is grim, we could only pray for another "Pulp Fiction"...
Ran
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From: "contrec" <>
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Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 2:21 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: The Future Of Surf / Instro Music & CD Releases
> I dig vinyl too, but it just doesn't sell in the US anymore. I'm
> really surprised when I hear that bands/labels sell 300-500 7"s - you
> could do that in the 90's, but it's hard to do that now. I've toyed
> with the idea of offering a free CD-R with each Double Crown 7"
> purchase that would have the songs on there. So you'd get the vinyl,
> the artwork and a CD that you could play in your CD player or put on
> your Ipod. I might also look into adding our vinyl releases to Itunes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sean
> Double Crown Records / The Continental Magazine
> P.O. Box 4336 - Bellingham, WA 98227-4336
> www.dblcrown.com
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