wait a sec. am i reading this right? your saying you (as the online
reseller) are going to be keeping 60% to 70% of the sale of a song. i was
under the impression that a total of 70% would go to the label and the
artist to split and if NO label was involved then the artist gets all
70%. this means you would get 30%. which is a lot compared to other
companies. so i don't understand where it is you came up with this.
cdbaby pays out 91% BTW.
take a look at this link and start restructuring your business plan,
because your not going to be up very long without doing so.
http://cdbaby.net/dd?f=4
steve
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From: "Enaomi18"
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: [idm] about music and money
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:08:52 +0200
Thanks very much for your thoughts David. We share many of your
sentiments,
however I will explain our reasoning.
The second option you refer to is what we are planning. An
independant
artist would get 30 cents of each sale, while a sale through a label
would
get 40 cents to split between the artist and label. The reasoning for
this
is to try to give the artist as high of a percentage as possible in
either
case although it would give them a higher profit to sell
independantly than
through a label depending on their agreement with their label.
While it would seem most practical to just sell straight from the
artist, in
order to have a decently sized catalog and selection of already
existing
works, we still need to work with labels.
I don't know how iTunes works their percentages out although I have
heard
some people complaining that they don't give enough to the artists.
So,
basically, what we are trying to do is find a balance where everyone
is
happy; the artists, the labels, and ourselves. This is why I am
interested
in what everyone thinks of these percentages. While that may be
impossible
to do (making everyone happy), we are most interested in compensating
the
artist fairly first.
I'm hoping this makes sense!
Naomi
david@modernangel.org wrote:
>
> if i'm reading this right, it means 30c of each sale goes to the
artist,
and another 40c to the label. if i'm misreading it, it means an
independant
artist gets 30c, while an artist with a label gets 40c to split
between
them? i'm assuming it's the former, anyway...
>
> my first observation is that this is about the same as itunes,
except the
proportions are different. my primary question to this model, whether
through them or you, is... what exactly is the label doing to justify
getting the lion's share of the money?
>
> if you're distributing it, and this is for "independent"
artists/labels,
so it's not like people are picking up on any big corporate branding,
then
all i see the label doing is sitting in the middle soaking up money.
do
they give big advances to the artists to facilitate recording? no,
they're
a small independent label. do they give lots of marketing and
promotion?
no, they're a small independent label. do they distribute the
records?
well, maybe, by themselves, but under this model, you would be doing
the
distribution.
>
> this seems ridiculous to me, so much money is wasted on something
that as
far as i can see, has no relevance to creating the music, or getting
it to
people who will listen. fuck the label, contact artists directly
through
mediums like this, make sure they get the best return for their
creativity
that they can.
>
> as a sometime artist, i don't see the need for any intermediaries
anymore.
i can sell tracks myself with a website and paypal. i can get some
more
exposure by going on itunes, or another store. i see no need for a
label in
that scenario.
>
> as a consumer, i would rather know the artist is getting the bulk
of the
money, not that it's being decimated by a bunch of middlemen.
>
> david
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