From Dominick Winters Sent Thu, Sep 30th 1999, 09:22
From Dominick Winters Sent Thu, Sep 30th 1999, 09:22
I have known a few label owners over the years of varying success and I can see Skam's point of view. You may THINK that Skam could sell 100,000 copies of whatever but are they confident? They are never going to press too many just so that everyone who wants one gets one, and then have some leftover and make a loss. Before you interject, the Mask series is different, for very obvious reasons. Yeh? Many people I know are paranoid about pressing too many and maybe they think that, for now, pressing up a limited amount that will definitely sell is a financially sound tactic. This of course applies to a proper label, not a homemade batch of 50 tapes. That is different issue. This not a flame by the way, just another angle on the story! >From: xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx >To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx >Subject: Re: (idm) An announcement from the BOC website Administrator >Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 13:11:34 EDT > >Please: I don't have any objection to people not releasing every recorded >sound they make (I have stuff myself that I wouldn't let anyone hear, let >alone release). Ever wondered why 'previously unheard' Beatles tracks are >always crap? >That's fine. >I'm only questioning the reasons behind people like Skam never releasing >anywhere near the number of copies that people want to buy, and then >complaining when pirate copies go around. Either one of these taken alone >would be sensible: I can understand an artist, or company, not wanting to >become too commercial; they would want to remain underground by never >selling >any records. At the same time, I can understand why artists would object to >illegal copies of their work. But it seems to me to be at best misguided to >release minute quantities of records, which you then violently object to >people copying. > >Now, can people _please_ stop flaming me over this one. I never suggested >sending cat burglars to their studio to search their archives for 'four 30 >minute BASF tapes of the two singing after coming home from the pub pissed, >a >home video of one of their weddings, and their recording of a few songs >that >they made for their mother 15 years ago, playing a penny whistle and a >dustbin.' > >Thank you > >Jorkens ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com