[NewMusic] record stores and the wave of the future (sucks)

[Damon Smith]

Cds are just kind of a crappy fetish item, and no match for an LP or a   
full ipod. I have found myself listening to more lps since I got my  
ipod, they sound better and look better than cds. I have to say I like  
reading a review on bagatellen and then downloading the album from  
emusic right after. It really beats waiting for Amoeba to MAYBE get the  
cd in stock or ordering it online and waiting weeks for it.

Damon




On Apr 11, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Jacob Lindsay wrote:

>
> Wake me up when everyone has left their physical
> bodies and have downloaded themselves onto software.
>
>
>
> --- Praemedia <praemedia at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Especially considering that Edgetone no longer uses
>> a
>> distributer, Matt is ONLY talking about local and
>> indie record stores.
>>
>> I am going to fetishize compact discs for the rest
>> of
>> my born days, but people really need to face the
>> fact
>> that online sales are going to the primary force in
>> the near future. compact discs will continue as a
>> specialty market, just as vinyl has, but that old
>> "pressing the flesh" routine is going to work less
>> and
>> less as time goes on. I would venture to say that
>> there is a possibilty that online marketing is
>> already
>> a better way to get the word out (in my recent
>> experiences) than stuffint he car full of cds and
>> making the weekend rounds to the indie shops....
>>
>> My only sales these days come from my own online
>> record shop and from Amazon. Eventually we'll be
>> moving to more digital sales and I'll see how that
>> goes, but most artists i know are more likely to see
>> a
>> check from emusic and a bunch of returns of physical
>> product from retail/wholesale outlets.
>>
>> lance
>>
>> --- Cypod <cypod25 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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>>>
>>>
>>> --  
>>> B~
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>>
>>
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