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#78627
For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
 
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#78634
veritas

Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
amazing...by a remarkable co-incidence I was reading about this :

A Christmas Tale
www.thesocialshuttle.com/
 
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#78641
Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
Well done Mr King
 
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#78646
Publishers are Prats

Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
A bit lacking on the "How" but still a remarkable feat all the same. Well done Alex Day! Bring on the next single...
 
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#78655
Alex's Day

Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
All those downloads from iTunes et al, leads me me wonder who'll be handling the publishing and airplay royalties that PRS for Music are bound to be stacking-up?
Has Alex registered with them as a songwriter? If he has, then that's one in the eye for the big corporates!
Perhaps this could mark the beginning of a new era in the world of selling music?
 
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#78657
Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
Oh yes; all taken care of!
 
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#78659
Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
Well done JK
 
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#78661
robbiex

Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
the intro is a rip-off of forever and ever by Slik

 
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#78662
Alex's Day

Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
Come on Ken, spill the beans. Tell us who Alex's publisher is?

I can't see any airplay stats for Alex here. Am I looking in the wrong place, or will it only be a matter of time?
 
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#78663
andrew

Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
JK has done it again just like with Genesis. I think there were a little younger then Alex I think when they released Genesis To Revelations.
 
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#78664
Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
Sadly you won't find Alex's plays in the thousands yet.
Why not? Ask the programmers.
 
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Moi Moi

Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
Doesn't the lack of radio airtime make it even more of a mystery?
 
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#78669
Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
No; it explains why radio (and TV) are so bad in the area of music at the moment and why we desperately need a new model in music that starts finding and breaking new mass appeal hits again.
 
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#78676
Moi Moi

Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
It's still a mystery to me; a bit like squeezing blood out of a stone, trying to get straight answers out you...
 
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#78677
Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
Not at all; the article says it all; essentially three reasons why and how it happened; Alex finally wrote and recorded a hit; he devoted all his energy to breaking it; and he had the advice and friendship of someone experienced in the industry (me).

All the rest is the trivial specific detail - each individual track and artiste needs different methods and ways; if one route fails, you take another. Simples.
 
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#78678
Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
@Moi Moi

I really don't understand your post. JK has been very informative with how they
achieved what they did. The central premise is there and each of us have to apply
the techniques in accordance with our own goals.

The important detail is that for once the entire process is in your own hands.
In other words your own efforts, your own marketing plan can deliver the goods.
No more gatekeepers, no more greasing of pluggers and PR people who may or may NOT
do anything for your record. You are in control and it is a matter of time and with
the right record it can work.

Perhaps if you ask specific questions JK or Alex may be able to reply and answer them.
 
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#78683
Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
Moi Moi wrote:
It's still a mystery to me; a bit like squeezing blood out of a stone, trying to get straight answers out you...

You're a mystery to us
 
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#78688
Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
robbiex wrote:
the intro is a rip-off of forever and ever by Slik



Not at all. They both seem to have used the same bit of a classical tune which has been around for at least a couple of centuries (tho I can't for the life of me identify it).

I'd be surprised if Alex Day had even heard of Slik. I'd certainly forgotten them and I was alive at the time.
 
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#78691
Moi Moi et (you guessed it) Moi!

Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
Ah yes, it can all be explained by the genius of the internet (or rather the ingeniousness of those individuals who fully leverage its capabilities), by persuading your YouTube audience to buy all the digital re-mixes. The Official Charts Company (apparently) count them as one. So maybe Alex has a core fanbase of say 10,000, which was a big enough critical mass to propel him into the public eye, and which incidentally didn't cost him a penny!

P.S. Thanks for the link which went into greater detail.
 
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#78692
Re:For those interested; How we did it! 12 Years, 10 Months ago  
"It can ALL be explained"? Yes, indeed, that was one of the details we used - as does every single release on a major label. Come off it Moi. You weren't aware of that before now? You're clearly not completely informed about the music industry (like, sadly, most other casual observers - and key members of it!).
 
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