I fully agree with this post. One thing that shows the quality of Ninja
Tune is the way they always manage to find new bands/projects, like last
year's Homelife, and their support to non-British acts like Jaga Jazzist ("A
livingroom hush" is a great album). It's always a pleasure when a new Ninja
Tune release comes out.
An example to other "big" independent labels.
----- Original Message -----
From: Parker Posey Rules <mybadelf@yahoo.com>
To: Jeff/Ninja Tune <jeff@ninjatune.net>; <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [idm] 2003: The Year the Music Industry Dies - Wired Magazine,
2/2003
quoted 79 lines I haven't been reading this thread too closely so
>
> I haven't been reading this thread too closely so
> excuse if I miss some things (i'm lazy tonight sorry).
>
>
> I just wanted to say that Ninja Tune has always been
> of the coolest and most honorable labels in my
> opinion. I remember way back before they had a North
> American branch, their prices were always lower than
> other imports. The quality of the tunes were always
> solid and the prices were very fair.
>
> When they released Coldcut "Let Us Play!", they had
> videos and all kinds of extras, with no extra charge.
> "Xen Cuts" was also a great release with 3 cds for
> $16.
>
> They definitely don't seem like other labels that are
> just about pushing units. They seem like music lovers
> themselves and they stick to their vision. And who can
> really complain about their output and prices...or
> tours!
>
>
> --- Jeff/Ninja Tune <jeff@ninjatune.net> wrote:
> > I could be wrong but I'd be surprised if E-Music was
> > actually making money
> > off what they're doing. I would be willing to bet
> > they're operating on an
> > aim for eventual profit model but that it probably
> > still needs a fair amount
> > of underwriting at this point. I could be wrong.
> >
> > Our split from E-Music wasn't in order to do this
> > kind of thing ourselves.
> > We didn't see eye to eye on some issues. Don't read
> > to much into that
> > comment. They're a decent company with a decent
> > model, it's just one of
> > those things.
> >
> > So here's the question. Can subscription be a
> > profitable model? For instance
> > if we put some rare out of print stuff on our site,
> > some things that were
> > previously only on vinyl, exclusive stuff, etc...
> > would any of you pay a fee
> > per track. Say $1 per track or something? I'm of the
> > opinion that what
> > attracts most people about downloading is the free
> > part. I'm very much on
> > the fence with all this downloading business. We're
> > actually still doing
> > quite well as a label even amongst all the doom and
> > gloom predictions, but I
> > can see where the trickle down will start to hurt us
> > in the next few years
> > as retailers and distributors take more and more
> > bumps. Of course there's a
> > lot of things hurting the industry outside of just
> > downloading. Same stuff
> > that's fucking all the other industries by plunging
> > the US economy to shit.
> > His first name is George...
> >
> > Jeff
>
>
>
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