As well as special information regarding, "E-stonia" (Estonia), the Baltic state that is making the internet an integral part of its politics, culture, and way of life.
We've had great success, however, on our websites selling CDs and pulling in new fans, and would like to push online music marketing further.
Sounds like you already are successful. What else do you want? You want to be "mainstream" in a music market that values style over substance? Good luck.
Enjoy the success you have, build a label with other good bands, and spread out. Success in an art form does not (and should not) guarantee financial windfalls.
I just tried to get information from SprintPCS about my bill. When I pressed 0 enough times to bypass Clair, I was told I was going to be CHARGED $3 for speaking to a service representative.
This should be illegal. (As soon as my 10 year contract runs out, I'm switching.)
"So what if we're controlling all the oil, is it worth a child dying for?" -- Prince (1991)
A web site that allow users to donate money to marketing initiatives would be cool.
I could envision a system to allow people to donate towards something they wanted to see happen... such as a targeted USPS mass-mailing of open source advertisements. Or, you could donate to the distribution of Linux CDs to high schools, etc... (it would never work because no one would agree on the distribution;)
Although he has not been mainstream since the mid-eighties, Prince has embraced the internet and music distribution quite well.
His music club (www.npgmusicclub.com) allows fans to subscribe for $100 a year to receive monthly downloads of new and old songs, live recordings, and videos.
Definitely aimed at fans, the songs are mostly unreleased and quite good. They can be downloaded in low (128) or high (256) MP3 formats. From there, I burn CDs, put them on my MP3 player, or whatever else I want to do with them... And its cool because Prince (the artist) gets the lionshare of the profits.
If all musicians did this when their contracts ran out, the RIAA would evaporate into thin air!
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Yeah, check it out. It's this crazy thing invented in 1893: "a voltaic cell whose contents are not spillable -- called also dry battery"
Seriously, I see long lasting batteries powering computing appliances in the future--As soon as recharging is made to be infrequent and convenient.
As well as special information regarding, "E-stonia" (Estonia), the Baltic state that is making the internet an integral part of its politics, culture, and way of life.
Sounds like you already are successful. What else do you want? You want to be "mainstream" in a music market that values style over substance? Good luck.
Enjoy the success you have, build a label with other good bands, and spread out. Success in an art form does not (and should not) guarantee financial windfalls.
This should be illegal. (As soon as my 10 year contract runs out, I'm switching.)
"So what if we're controlling all the oil, is it worth a child dying for?" -- Prince (1991)
Is there a Linux marketing initiative?
;)
A web site that allow users to donate money to marketing initiatives would be cool.
I could envision a system to allow people to donate towards something they wanted to see happen... such as a targeted USPS mass-mailing of open source advertisements. Or, you could donate to the distribution of Linux CDs to high schools, etc... (it would never work because no one would agree on the distribution
Although he has not been mainstream since the mid-eighties, Prince has embraced the internet and music distribution quite well. His music club (www.npgmusicclub.com) allows fans to subscribe for $100 a year to receive monthly downloads of new and old songs, live recordings, and videos. Definitely aimed at fans, the songs are mostly unreleased and quite good. They can be downloaded in low (128) or high (256) MP3 formats. From there, I burn CDs, put them on my MP3 player, or whatever else I want to do with them... And its cool because Prince (the artist) gets the lionshare of the profits. If all musicians did this when their contracts ran out, the RIAA would evaporate into thin air!