esa ruoho wrote:
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>
> //
> Seriously...
> If I make $3 off Jeff buying my record I'm happy. If Jeff then sells
> it on E-Bay to somebody else, and the bidder likes the record enough
> to buy a copy of my *next* record, that's another $3 for me.
> Hopefully Jeff buys a copy of that one too. //
>
> could you spill the beans on how one could make 3$ off a record?
> as a matter of fact, would you have any knowledge as to how
> to make even a dollar out of a record? are you directly
> selling your stuff to people, pressed with your own start-fund?
yeah, i was being way overly optimistic. i've never made $3 off a single
sale actually ... that was just a hypothetical margin, because i don't
know how much we make off our records (i'm a nerdy musician, not an
accountant) ... we've actually only ever been paid at all for one record
because only one record sold enough to make a profit. or actually only
one record label had enough clout with distributors for them to actually
pay the label for it. i won't name names, but i think anybody who has
actually tried to distribute an electronic album in the USA knows who
the rip-off artists are (or were).
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> //(ebay)//
> It's better than just having the record disappear, //
>
> you must have a very positive angle on things. i always
> thought if people list it up on ebay it means that they
> are extremely disappointed with the record, and do not
> want it to clutter their home. last i checked, people
> kept the buds and sold the duds.
yeah, that may often be the case ... but my point is that if somebody
doesn't like it, i'd rather have them sell the record to somebody else
who does enjoy it than have it gather dust in their stacks.
josh
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