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Re: What Indie Musicians Should Know About Physical Distribution

Jevohn310 — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:14:10 -0000

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Re: Record Label Recording Contracts: The Basics

Cliff — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:28:59 -0000

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Re: Music Biz MBA: A Physical Distribution Breakeven Analysis

Demarious — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:31:57 -0000

What a great breakdown of the biz. I have been in the biz for a few years in still don't fully understand all the behind the scene figues. "Good Job"

Re: Music Biz MBA: A Physical Distribution Breakeven Analysis

Chris Castle — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:38:43 -0000

Talk about doing your homework! This is great, David.

I have always personally felt that physical distribution (as an indie artist) is ridiculous. Amazon (while not a traditional physical distributor) is recognized by the Grammys and NARAS as one. And we make less than 50% when we sell a disc there. After paying to ship them to Amazon, we earn (on average) $2-4 per CD sold. Compare that to selling online (through our own sites), where we keep $12 (after shipping).

And I've heard it said, too, that radio will only play you if you've got local distribution. While I've found this may be true in some (very limited) cases, I will say that I self-promoted a (Top 10) charting record in the Americana world with no physical distribution at all. The radio one-sheet literally said "distributor: Amazon". And one of the strongest showings for the album happened to be at WDVX (which you mention above).

So if an indie artist/band is reading this, you may want to think twice about exerting your energy and resources toward landing a distribution deal. These companies will probably be extinct within the next half decade- at which point someone a lot like a radio promoter will "pitch" albums directly to record stores.

Thanks as always for the finely-tuned lesson here, David. Ever above and beyond.

Re: A Fan Found You on Facebook…What’s Next?

Abakuya — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:04:24 -0000

Thank you...
Just need to how to beneficiate...
Abakuya

Re: Twitter for Musicians and Artists

David Rose — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 09:21:19 -0000

Hey Chris,

Thanks as always for the comment Chris! The click through link is working for me.

Please let me know if you can get that link to work for you too.

Re: Twitter for Musicians and Artists

Guest — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:36:07 -0000

Can't get the "entire post" link to work for some reason. But this is something we all need to have a better grip on as musicians. Twitter seems one of the most-effective (if even most subtle) of the social networking sites. I'd be very interested in reading the article in its entirety. Thanks.

Re: 5 Fan List Best Practices for Indie Musicians

Chris Castle — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 12:32:20 -0000

Another great read, David. Even as an artist who follows most of these points, the concept of cross-promoting is one that many of us (self-included) might not consider. This is why I'm always coming back to this site. Thanks!

Re: A Few Reasons Indie Musicians Should Hope Spotify Succeeds

Bothfeet — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:33:49 -0000

Perhaps the "music industry's continued downward slide towards oblivion" is a very good thing.

Re: What Would John Doe Do? – Should I Keep My Manager?

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Re: MusicBiz MBA – Determining The Most Profitable Place to Sell Music Online

Fedor — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:38:24 -0000

Thank you David for this analysis

Re: MusicBiz MBA – Determining The Most Profitable Place to Sell Music Online

IChoose42 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:30:03 -0000

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Re: MusicBiz MBA – Determining The Most Profitable Place to Sell Music Online

Cameron Mizell — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:56:24 -0000

That's a good, thorough analysis, of a very complicated subject. Nice work, David!

Re: What Would John Doe Do? – Should I Keep My Manager?

jamest297 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:47:19 -0000

The person asking this question should leave the music biz - now! A few more years waiting tables is in order.

Re: Record Label Recording Contracts: The Basics

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Re: 10 Ways to Trade a Song for an Email Address

AJ — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:08:42 -0000

Awesome article. Thanks for the excellent info on how to grow the all important email list and build a fanbase. Definitely learned some things here, cheers

Re: The 21st Century Indie Band Manager

Herve Gaspard — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:53:19 -0000

This is very clear and well written. Thank You

Re: 10 Ways to Trade a Song for an Email Address

Anne — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:04:37 -0000

You FMBLed the spelling of FBML.

Re: A Fan Found You on Facebook…What’s Next?

Abakuya — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:47:42 -0000

Ok, thank you...
How to beneficiate it?

Re: Income Statements in the Music Business

Karl — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:04:50 -0000

Great article David. Your discusion explains the income statement very well.

Karl Johnston
www.businessplanhut.com

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Re: A Few Reasons Indie Musicians Should Hope Spotify Succeeds

Dyingofoverexposure — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:01:57 -0000

It's tough being asked to help subsidize Spotify at the expense of Rhapsody and Emusic who at least pay a reasonable fee for the streams. Why can't Spotify at least pay the same for streams as these other players and take the upfront loss like any other new business would until they have built up there subscribership. I've since taken a 40% hit in iTunes sales since being on Spotify. What is the upside - more exposure? I get all the free exposure I need on Youtube.

Re: A Fan Found You on Facebook…What’s Next?

Carlitosmas — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:51:31 -0000

Inspiring....motivating....brilliance. Cheers

Re: The Music Biz Has Gotten Bigger—Why You Should Get Smaller

Bennie Williams — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:12:55 -0000

This doesn't mean it isn't applicable or worth sharing. It isn't always easy to see the small things that lead to the larger goals, or to remember them as you see yourself progressing. It's nice when people share the good advice that helps to ground you.

Thank you Drew.
-Ben