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Dear Artist, how many copies of your album were sold?
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Elad
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Posted : Nov 16, 2009 01:33
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Basilisk
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Posted : Nov 16, 2009 01:51
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On 2009-11-16 00:58, demoniac wrote:
you mean from ektoplazm shop 200 copies?
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Mostly in person. The shop does not sell too many copies of anything. This makes sense: free digital media is optimal online. By-donation physical media works best in the real world. Why have the shop then? Well, why not? Doesn't hurt. It's the same service that I use to print up physical copies for sale at parties or for promotion.
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Basilisk
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Posted : Jan 5, 2010 01:45
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Basilisk
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Posted : Apr 14, 2010 08:15
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Basilisk
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Posted : Apr 14, 2010 08:30
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Beat Agency
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Posted : Apr 14, 2010 12:33
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On 2009-11-16 01:33, Elad wrote:
about 350 for my second album.. expected abit more but i guess from numbers i hear around its allright
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May I ask why you even bother to release a physical CD that barely break even?
Don't take me wrong I like CD's but I dont see the benefit in releasing CD's anymore when you can release digital and probably sell just as much or even more this way without the heavy production costs and not to forget in an environmental friendly way 
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supergroover
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Posted : Apr 15, 2010 23:55
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A physical cd still has more impact I think. A digital release is easier than a real cd. If a label has enough faith in you to release a physical cd it's better for your 'artistic cv' than a digital release i'd say.
And if the label makes sure not to have too much spendings you could break even quite quickly. And still have loads of promo copies for handing out, sending out to promote your live/ dj set.
So from a promotion perspective it could still be worthwhile the effort.
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supergroover
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Posted : Apr 15, 2010 23:56
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Now what i would like to know is how much people actually make from digital releases...
10 bucks? 100 bucks?
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MARGHERITA
Master Margherita
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Posted : Apr 16, 2010 10:35
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this info is not correct ...
if an artist work with a label and a distrib ,
he will touch from a cd selled max 20% , much depend of your contract with the label , could be more than 20% , or even less....
itune same story ,, from 1 dollar track ,
working with label + digital distrib , selled in a shop, an artist will touch (if is lucky) 12.5% of the 1 dollar ....
the only way to get more money from selling , is to own your label and distribute direct on shops, witouth using any distributors in betwen you (artist) and the shops ...
i checked out this http://www.informationisbeautiful.net
look a bit rubish info ....
anyway, have a nice day everyone !!!
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papay
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Posted : Apr 18, 2010 14:07
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On 2009-05-07 14:16, Elad wrote:
so if it sells less then 700 copies dont expect me ever to realese another cd
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are you keeping this promise
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TranceVisuals
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Posted : Apr 23, 2010 11:21
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On 2010-04-18 14:07, papay wrote:
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On 2009-05-07 14:16, Elad wrote:
so if it sells less then 700 copies dont expect me ever to realese another cd
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are you keeping this promise
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Interesting? Well Mr Elad?
www.youtube.com/trancevisuals
2,000,000+ views and counting. |
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JohnTaramas
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Posted : Apr 23, 2010 13:30
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All three posts were very interesting, thanks for sharing. Regarding music something else probably. What happens is that with piracy people 'react' to the prices that music Used to have. With all the music sharing web spaces people will pay a few per month to those, or telecom companies and have what they need. Also 9.90 for an ulbum can be ok for most people. It's not really killing the music industry as said,the are big sales in the digital sector from many different sides and the costs of the productions in general are much smaller than 10 or 20 years earlier, so maybe it's not the big time anymore for the music industry. As in every other industry except quite few.. all three links should be read to answer your question |
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CosmoNaughty
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Posted : Apr 23, 2010 13:55
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On 2007-08-17 22:31, jivamukti wrote:
I read somewhere Hallucinogen's first album has sold over 10 000 copies over the years.
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I find that an amazing fact, for the last 10 years you haven't even been able to find HAllucinogen stocked in any uk record stores. I think downloaders are quick to face the blame for poor sales of Psy CD'd but (I can only speak about the uk scene I know here) the distribution of the music was a joke no magazines have given this music any space at all and there has never been a uk psy trance magazine that's been worth reading. |
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Xolvexs
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Posted : Apr 23, 2010 14:54
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i know for a fact that the total annual sales of all psytrance together, is probably less than one day sale of Lady Gaga's album
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JohnTaramas
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Posted : Apr 23, 2010 16:22
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other solutions must be found these days. have to look towards many directions in the same time for dignified income. |
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