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From:
Vets, Laurens
To:
IDM
Date:
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:49:25 -0700
Subject:
Re: Brainwaltzera - Alepoch EP
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I understand bringing out limited edition 'special' vinyls, but at least make a regular release available as well. There's absolutely no point to what's happening now. Neither the artist nor the label receive a share of the highly inflated prices... On 23-Jul-19 13:37, Clint Anderson wrote:
quoted 59 lines yeah i mean> yeah i mean > i assume it must be some strategy relating to sales metrics or something? > making the release sell out repeatedly by having very few copies? > > i dunno because you'd be making less money... and making it so that > less people can hear your music > i'm not clear what the goal is? > to create an artificial sense of scarcity to increase value?  possibly > but that to me implies that the label doesn't think the music is that > great by itself, and their creative marketing is the only thing > popularizing it? > i love brainwaltzera but i don't know how to feel when they do stuff > like this, it's like, i love you guys, why would you tease us with a > new album we can't even LISTEN to? > waa > > > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings > > > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 4:50 AM Zombiefly <zombiefly@gmail.com > <mailto:zombiefly@gmail.com>> wrote: > > This whole limited run thing got old, quickly > > On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, 19:29 Clint Anderson, <clinta@gmail.com > <mailto:clinta@gmail.com>> wrote: > > yep got there and it was still showing in stock > by the time the page refreshed it was gone > thinking of just selling the rest of my brainwaltzera vinyl as > it's probably at peak value now > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings > > > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:35 AM Connor Higgins > <connor1higgins@gmail.com <mailto:connor1higgins@gmail.com>> > wrote: > > Annnnnnd it's gone! Just happened a second ago. :( > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 9:33 AM Paul Lloyd > <aeonflow@gmail.com <mailto:aeonflow@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Bleep have an exclusive violet vinyl version available > if you're quick. > It's bloody pricey though! > https://bleep.com/release/138050-brainwaltzera-alepoch-ep > > P. >