and this brings up a very interesting point...
why then are independent CDs just as much? TroubleManUnlimited and
Dischord's discs always seem to be a couple dollars cheaper where i shop,
which is rad... but why aren't the indies releasing cds at $7 (tops)?
i've been wondering this for a while, can someone tell me?
i mean, it would even be a brilliant publicity/marketing stunt to release
all of your cds at $6... you would help bring to light the grotesque
overpricing by others, and maybe make more money in the long run for
yourself...
i work in the publishing industry... we make, like, $1 off a $25 hardcover
book...
quoted 27 lines From: "Sean Horton" <sean_horton@hotmail.com>
>From: "Sean Horton" <sean_horton@hotmail.com>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: Re: [idm] 2003: The Year the Music Industry Dies - Wired Magazine,
>2/2003
>Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:30:50 -0800
>
>I am the only one that primarily buys vinyl on this list. Vinyl sales have
>been going up over the past five years. Independent record stores have been
>sprouting up all over the place that deal strickly with new and used vinyl.
>Fuck that digital shit :) Vinyl will sustain that careers of independent
>electronic music and hip hop as long as there's DJs and I don't see that
>going away any time soon.
>
>I realise you make a killing a CDs (cheap production cost and high mark up)
>which is why MP3 and pirating CDs took off in the first place. Fucking $18
>for a CD that cost 25 cents to produce in mass quantities? I hope the CD
>industry dies or at least gets realistic about the ridiculous cost of
>CDs...the greedy bastards!!!!!!
>
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