hey all,
So, i guess that Warp US tour that was just announced isn't going to a whole
bunch of places, for sure, but it's no wonder, if the replies on the list
are anything to go by.
There's been, like, eight people loudly proclaiming 'i hate you why aren't
you coming here by the way you were crap last time you came anyhow why do
you bother?' How about 'thanks for bothering to put together a tour at all,
Warp. we don't get many good European artist concerts in the States.'? And
no, I'm not in one of the cities it's going to.
On a slightly different note, here's a paste of Mike Paradinas (Planet Mu
label-boss)'s planet-mu.com messageboard post about how well Planet Mu CDs
sell.
--
It's up to the artists, I don't want to publish exact sales figures if
they'd rather keep it secret.
But on average this year (last 12 months) cd albums have sold 800 copies.
Our best seller in last 12 months was The Cosmic Forces Of Mu which sold
2217 copies worldwide. just over 12 months ago the Slag Boom remixes cd did
very well at almost 3000 copies.
The average earnings of a Planet Mu artist (from sales royalties, not their
real jobs obviously) is ?800 per album ($1190) which is the royalties on
1000 sales. But I usually give them an advance of more than that.
--
[end of paste]
Quite honestly, since I'd consider Mu to be in the top three most well-known
'idm'-ish labels in the world right now, it's pretty tragic.
Internet piracy to blame? Well, there was an interesting article by Moby (of
all people!) on his personal site which talked about his views on that type
of thing (not Planet Mu specifically - just piracy!.)
It basically went - even if there _are_ a lot of people who don't pirate
music, sales will be depressed in any genre which has a lot of tech-savvy
listeners, simply because a certain percentage of people who understand how
to pirate will pirate.
I know the idm-scene right now is thriving on the Net and collaboration -
just seems a shame that the best artists on Planet Mu like Venetian Snares
sell about a fifth as many as some below-average skanky SoCal punk band, or
what have you (pick another example if you're offended by that one!)
ohwell, there's a solutionless rant if ever i saw one :)
regards,
h0l!
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http://www.monotonik.com]
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