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Topic History of: Selling your music on ebay
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Kev |
Napster>Itunes>myspace>youtube> and so on. We all saw it coming.Did we?! Napster blew me away but I could see it paving the way for a paid for version. Myspace I wouldn't have expected to work after the demise of Mp3.com, Besonic etc. YouTube is an obvious progression from Myspace.
YOU cannot break hits on the net... You sound very sure. Marketing and exposure breaks hits, why not do it on the net?
The problem as far as a new kid on the block is concerned is that if they ever went to the majors with their savvy ideas, they would be laughed out of the building or bogged down in copyright red tape that it is not worth their while to bother to set this up legally. So they set renegade illegal or semi legal sites.Agreed.
A transparent sales system that you can operate in your sleep. It already exists in other industries and the only reason the music industry cannot do it is because of the over dependence on the antiquated chart system tied in to certain retailers, radio stations and so on. Isn't this I-Tunes etc? They're tied into the charts aren't they? |
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DJKZ |
Thats the problem JK the creative person to sell the music has left the building. Why would they work in an industry where the main players have no vision.
Napster>Itunes>myspace>youtube> and so on. We all saw it coming. I did anyway and im sure many on here did too.
These sites proving that there are humans in cyberspace, making money for those with vision and the drive to create new ideas.
YOU cannot break hits on the net... Maybe but you can make a lot of money trying. As myspace has proven.
The problem as far as a new kid on the block is concerned is that if they ever went to the majors with their savvy ideas, they would be laughed out of the building or bogged down in copyright red tape that it is not worth their while to bother to set this up legally. So they set renegade illegal or semi legal sites.
By the time there is money to be made, the creative person with the savvy knowledge has (quite rightly) flogged the shell to a corporate entity who then goes out of their way to screw it up (myspace ??).
The solution lies in those of us in the industry who cannot afford for some other person to screw our product up.
The future is automation, automation, automation.
A transparent sales system that you can operate in your sleep. It already exists in other industries and the only reason the music industry cannot do it is because of the over dependence on the antiquated chart system tied in to certain retailers, radio stations and so on.
Once we wean ourselves off this old system can we move into a new era where new rules, new charts and a new system can be born and developed.
To illustrate my point picture this.
Ok im in good old Australia, i want to listen to music that i love (80s synth pop and anything from the uk in this decade). I turn on the tv ?? Nothing
I go to cable TV ?? nothing. I search on the net for legal Australia sites endorsed by all the majors and indies ?? Nothing.
I come on tipsheet and find out about a possibly legal/semi legal site but it does not have all the videos i want or the music i want to listen to. Nevertheless it has a simple interface, some dodgy adult ads which i ignore (at least for now) and a text link to all the songs, half of which dont work because of, i suspect, cease and desist emails.
Result: Frustration !!!!!!!!!!!!
Major labels take note. Own goal of Massimo Taibi proportions scored. I spent a good hour watching videos on this site and not yours why ??? |
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Tony Bear |
You mean you need a good manager then! |
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Kev |
I believe the Artic Monkeys did the North East circuit building up their support in the good old fashioned way. The Myspace thing was marketing/publicity and not their breakthrough. It was hype after the event.Myspace was a fabrication, or mis-understanding but I thought there was more to it than gigging. Viral marketing, whether the company initiated it or not came from sources such as Email, Mobile Phones, YouSendIt etc. etc. Sources that cannot (easily?) be tracked.
Gnarls is an interesting one. I remember hearing it on Zanes show in November and there was an Mp3 knocking around at the time. The rumour is that there was never an official mail-out to radio, just this one Mp3 Emailed, not sure how true that is.
Of course it could be the case that the song was great and didn't get over played/over distributed and so the demand was high when it eventually came out. Hard to believe though isn't it? |
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zooloo |
I believe the Artic Monkeys did the North East circuit building up their support in the good old fashioned way.
The Myspace thing was marketing/publicity and not their breakthrough. It was hype after the event.
Sandi Thorn got her viewers after an article in the Observer. Again slick marketing but still after going along traditional lines.
Gnarls... no idea. |
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