[NewMusic] record stores

[Cypod]

In the current fake science podcast they have an interview with Booka
Shade, who talk about their great relationship with record stores.
Record store ownership is a tough business to make it in, and the only
way to succeed is to have awsome unique content, think Aquarius
records in the mission. So your indie cd wont ever be on the shelves
at tower, go down to your local shops, press the flesh and try to get
your cd's on consignment. Where better to start than your own
neighborhood.





On 4/10/07, Matt Davignon <mattdavignon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/10/07, Cypod <cypod25 at gmail.com> was like:
>
> > Take those cd's over to your local music store, get them on the shelves, do
> > an in store performance, promote the heck out of it, get people to show up
> > and buy it. But don't tell them that you also have some digital distribution
> > thats selling it out as singles.
>
> That's funny you should mention that - I think I've sold a single cd
> from a record store in the past 3 years, even with my promotional
> stickers! (They included a description of the music and a blurb from
> the Wire review.)
>
> Strangely, about 1/2 of my cd sales have been mail-order to Europe
> (says Rent, who sells them on Edgetone). Still fairly modest, but hard
> to predict.
>
> Matt
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