re: lee's mail below: actually, the venture capitalist
mention was more of a joke than anything. the bottom
line obviously takes precedence over the bassline when
it comes to people like that - don't take me too
seriously! dublab does have a ton of hits (well over
a million a month, 30,000 plus dedicated listeners)
and indie cred (well known in the electronic music
community, national press from a feature in spin on
down...) which i'd think would translate as niche
marketing/youth culture bucks to some savvy business
types?
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:07:47 -0800
To: IDM <idm@hyperreal.org>
From: Lee Azzarello
<roswell@alumni.antioch-college.edu>
Subject: Re: [idm] dublab NEWS
Message-ID:
<B69D9473.4FED%roswell@alumni.antioch-college.edu>
I think VCs are pretty rare these days. Or if not
rare, ready to invest in things that have nothing to
do with e-commerce or dot-anything
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as far as david's reply below - the hosting/server
costs aren't really the problem. dublab actually
inked a deal with house of blues to host all their
live stream etc. expenses for naught. but in order to
make the whole thing work (you're talking about an
internet radio station that's broadcasting with live
dj's sixteen or so hours a day) you gotta have a
skeleton crew of at least six people or so for whom
dublab is a full time job and they've got to get paid.
1-2 people in the studio at all times to keep it
running, handle tech support, just hold the fort down.
1-2 people to handle web design and programming of
the site. and 1-2 people to handle
business/marketing/promotions. plus there's the basic
overhead of cheap rent for the studio and the gear
costs and upkeep for a coupla computers, studio setup,
etc...
which (albeit a small one!) still translates to an
operating budget that you've got to have funding for.
and that's what they're after.
regardless - i totally appreciate the advice from
david and others about all this. good to know that
somebody out there cares! all for now, brock
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:27:45 -0500
To: "Lee Azzarello"
<roswell@alumni.antioch-college.edu>,
"IDM" <idm@hyperreal.org>
From: "David Gee" <david@psysurgeons.com>
Subject: Re: [idm] dublab NEWS
Message-ID: <00d401c08bb3$823ee260$80fe46c0@maya.com>
when k10k.net started running out of bandwidth,
mediatemple(www.mediatemple.net ) bailed them out. it
might be a good idea to contact them, they seem to be
interested in sponsoring cool shit. with k10k, they
did it in exchange for promotion - no banner ads or
anything, just a link to the site and some info. they
also offered a special deal to anybody who signed up
for hosting services with them and mentioned k10k.
anyway, it might help...
david
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