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In the strictest definition of what people mean when they say "vanity publishing" then you are completely wrong. Every band, artist, musician who is "publishing" their music on Myspace. Yourspace, Everyone-elsesspace is doing vanity publishing.I'm afraid it is part of the new model and is the future. Get over it. Now some people shouldn't but the internet has made all kinds of things possible. Also every indie does it for the love of music which in many eyes = vanity. They do it for love not money.
What people think they mean when they say "vanity publishing" is "self-publishing".
In the vast majority of cases they have the right phrase but the wrong meaning.
DJKZ
GW you are spot on. Youtube is very good though not necessarily for making money but hopefully Youtube will change that soon. I really enjoyed your tour video. Though I think you could do with a lot more edits but that's my preference. On a wider note, how many have heard about the new trend of online magazines ?
The perfect skin to embed videos into. I am more convinced that releasing digital magazines or fanzines with videos embedded into them is better than giving mp3s away. This way you have more branding, more advertising or plugging opportunities and if people want to pirate the damn thing, they will but you will still have the option of selling.
We can learn a lot from certain websites with underclad models who manage to "extort" subscription fees from their fans. It's all about the artist and their song of course. No need for fancy expensive videos. A simple performance video will do with photos, photoshoots and anything with your gorgeous looking or not so gorgeous looking star in it.
Hey if JK can get people interested in him then anyone can. Lol.
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