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Josh Steiner
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Wed, 12 Mar 2003 13:08:04 -0800
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Re: [idm] indie ethics
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philippe-petit wrote:
quoted 18 lines from an artist's persective, doesn't it make more sense> > > from an artist's persective, doesn't it make more sense > to not sell an > album and have a listener than to not sell an album and > not have a > listener? > > > > >I agree with this, my priority being that the music of the people I chose to work >with be heard, though it would be nice to sell enough copies to be able to pay them >royalties, and furthermore allow them to live off their music. for sure jeff is right >when he says that people should keep in mind the work of musicians and smaller >labels, and that none of us is getting paid for that. it is a labour of love so >hopefully we can go on though it be financially tough. >philippe >
hey phillipe, have you guys ever thought about using a donations model to suppliement cd sales? i'm certain that many people would happily donate direct to artist/label if they had the option... this model is starting to gather some steam, check out mozilazine.org and kuro5hin.org to see it in action. -josh PS, it's kind of funny, i was telling my brother about bip-hop when i was in Paris briefly last winter and he said "oh, i think that guy slept on my couch in NYC once" ... its a small world. -- ____________________________________________________ independent u.s. drum'n'bass -- http://vitriolix.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org