I agree with most people here that it's the quality of the albums that are affecting the sales, not the technical awareness of the fans. Moby points out Weezer, but there's no real merit there. Maladroit sold way better than Green, with only a year difference in releases, and most of Maladroit was posted on their own website. The fans understood the need to support the band, and that combined with the selling tactic Weezer did of numbering the first 60,000 presses for collecting purposes, triggered the high sales of initial release. However, they are not the Weezer of old, and the fans and masses are readjusting, which explains the trail off after the rabid fans got their "collectible" copies. Yes it was a marketing ploy, but it worked.
BTW, I thought real bands made their money from touring. And I've never heard Weezer worry about their record sales.
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I agree with most people here that it's the quality of the albums that are affecting the sales, not the technical awareness of the fans. Moby points out Weezer, but there's no real merit there. Maladroit sold way better than Green, with only a year difference in releases, and most of Maladroit was posted on their own website. The fans understood the need to support the band, and that combined with the selling tactic Weezer did of numbering the first 60,000 presses for collecting purposes, triggered the high sales of initial release. However, they are not the Weezer of old, and the fans and masses are readjusting, which explains the trail off after the rabid fans got their "collectible" copies. Yes it was a marketing ploy, but it worked.
BTW, I thought real bands made their money from touring. And I've never heard Weezer worry about their record sales.
Which history are we speaking of? Remember, history is written by the winners....