From Greg Clow Sent Wed, Jan 14th 1998, 19:39
From Greg Clow Sent Wed, Jan 14th 1998, 19:39
On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Steve /k/./F/ wrote: > please everyone remember that > often when small labels release records they do it through bank loans, > or just > dont eat very well for a few years. Even though they may be able to sell > any > records they produce, its usually the question of getting the capital > together > to actually set it going, and then theres the fact that even if you do > sell them all > you may not end up in profit. If i ran a small record label my priority > would > be the next record not represses of older titles.... so those older > titles often suffer. Don't worry, Steve, I can dig that. I have friends who run indie labels, and I've seen them eating Ramen noodles and mac&cheese for weeks on end so they can afford to put out the next record. My little tirade in the earlier message about "sad, ignorant labels" wasn't meant to belittle the financial situations of said labels, I was just playing devil's advocate to the man from Moo's message. I still maintain, though, that those labels shouldn't be getting so uptight about fans trading tapes/CD-Rs/MP3s/etc. of those out of print releases. After all, most anyone who's fan enough to go to the bother of tracking down the material in trade will be happy to drop the cash for a reissue should it ever surface. And hell, having MP3s floating about of early, out of print releases on a label may very well *help* sales on future releases as people discover the label through the soundfiles. Greg