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:
quoted 41 lines I could be wrong but I'd be surprised if E-Music was
> 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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