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I've been given an offer by a label that is no longer active. (not Merck. :D ) I can get 7 copies of my record from 2001, and 138 copies of my record from 2005 (both nice quality CDs, mastered work, decent artwork, everything), for a total of 485 EURO. I don't really sell many cds anymore, but I could list both of them up on CDBaby or something. I could list them up on Bandcamp. But since I'm not employed, raising 485 EURO is quite a lot. Should I go for it, and if yes, how?- --- http://twitter.com/esaruoho http://lackluster.bandcamp.com

you'd have to sell each copy for at least €5 to make any sort of profit, and it seems unlikely that you'd recoup your investment in the near future. say you sell for €6 ($7). you'd have to sell more than 81 CDs to make profit, and think of all that wrapping and adressing and going to the post office… 2014-12-31 21:21 GMT+01:00 Esa Ruoho <esaruoho@gmail.com>:

quoted 56 lines WATMM I do post my stuff on sometimes but there's only one guy who likes

> WATMM I do post my stuff on sometimes but there's only one guy who likes > stuff on there. > > Regards mini-kickstarter, there is such a place as > https://life.indiegogo.com for small projects. > > Craigslist doesn't operate in Finland, and I believe you're more talented > on the other offer. > > > On 31 December 2014 at 22:19, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: > >> i dunno >> ive sold like 5 songs in almost 20 years of producing and no one gives a >> shit about my music >> any answer i give you would be roughly the same value as a magic 8 ball, >> maybe less so >> >> >> >> is there some place like a mini kickstarter? >> maybe post on watmm.com? >> post on craigslist and offer handjobs for $5? >> >> >> Clint Anderson >> Systems Engineer >> >> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Esa Ruoho <esaruoho@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I've been given an offer by a label that is no longer active. (not >>> Merck. :D ) >>> >>> I can get 7 copies of my record from 2001, and 138 copies of my record >>> from 2005 (both nice quality CDs, mastered work, decent artwork, >>> everything), for a total of 485€. >>> >>> I don't really sell many cds anymore, but I could list both of them up >>> on CDBaby or something. I could list them up on Bandcamp. But since I'm not >>> employed, raising 485€ is quite a lot. >>> Should I go for it, and if yes, how?- >>> >>> --- >>> http://twitter.com/esaruoho >>> http://lackluster.bandcamp.com >>> >> >> > > > -- > > --- > http://twitter.com/esaruoho > http://lackluster.bandcamp.com >

-- constant shallowness leads to evil.

That's why postage is always an additional 3-4 EURO especially sending from finland.. that goes without sayin :) but yep, getting 8 EURO from a physical record is pretty rare nowadays, especially if it's an old one. On 1 January 2015 at 11:01, kawayama <kawayama@gmail.com> wrote:

quoted 72 lines you'd have to sell each copy for at least EURO 5 to make any sort of profit,

> you'd have to sell each copy for at least EURO 5 to make any sort of profit, > and it seems unlikely that you'd recoup your investment in the near future. > > say you sell for EURO 6 ($7). you'd have to sell more than 81 CDs to make > profit, and think of all that wrapping and adressing and going to the post > office... > > 2014-12-31 21:21 GMT+01:00 Esa Ruoho <esaruoho@gmail.com>: > >> WATMM I do post my stuff on sometimes but there's only one guy who likes >> stuff on there. >> >> Regards mini-kickstarter, there is such a place as >> https://life.indiegogo.com for small projects. >> >> Craigslist doesn't operate in Finland, and I believe you're more talented >> on the other offer. >> >> >> On 31 December 2014 at 22:19, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> i dunno >>> ive sold like 5 songs in almost 20 years of producing and no one gives a >>> shit about my music >>> any answer i give you would be roughly the same value as a magic 8 ball, >>> maybe less so >>> >>> >>> >>> is there some place like a mini kickstarter? >>> maybe post on watmm.com? >>> post on craigslist and offer handjobs for $5? >>> >>> >>> Clint Anderson >>> Systems Engineer >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Esa Ruoho <esaruoho@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I've been given an offer by a label that is no longer active. (not >>>> Merck. :D ) >>>> >>>> I can get 7 copies of my record from 2001, and 138 copies of my record >>>> from 2005 (both nice quality CDs, mastered work, decent artwork, >>>> everything), for a total of 485 EURO. >>>> >>>> I don't really sell many cds anymore, but I could list both of them up >>>> on CDBaby or something. I could list them up on Bandcamp. But since I'm not >>>> employed, raising 485 EURO is quite a lot. >>>> Should I go for it, and if yes, how?- >>>> >>>> --- >>>> http://twitter.com/esaruoho >>>> http://lackluster.bandcamp.com >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> --- >> http://twitter.com/esaruoho >> http://lackluster.bandcamp.com >> > > > > -- > > constant shallowness leads to evil. >

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