Re: Seeking input concerning labels

[Jon Hain <jon...>]

All the artists that we work with have songs on mp3.com.

We consider this to be a very small component of our marketing. While it is
true that you can earn money there, I wouldn't suggest that you go into it
with an expectation of making anything. You only get payed for plays if you
sign up for their preminum artist service (19.95 per month!) or if someone
buys your CD (which is lower quality than anyting you would normally release
because it is created from mp3s that are converted back to AIFFs) or if
someone subscribes to your 'channel.'

That said, the reason we keep our stuff up there is that it drives quite a
bit of traffic to our main web pages, which in turn, does help sell CDs. We
also have found mp3.com to be a good resource for networking. Especially
helpful for finding bands to work with when setting up a tour.

I would not substitute mp3.com for a label or, at the minimum, someone in
the band being willing and able to spend time doing the promotion. There is
very little as sad as working hard on an album and then not having it
promoted. 

For the curious, here are a few of the artists' pages at mp3.com that we
maintain:

Yid Vicious
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/47/yid_vicious.html

Andy Ewen
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/90/andy_ewen.html

Stephanie Rearick
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/58/stephanie_rearick.html

MiLkBabY
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/279/milkbaby.html

Best to everyone,

Jon Hain
Uvulittle Records
http://www.uvulittle.com






> From: Yakov Chodosh <ync8 (at) softhome(dot)net>
> Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 19:59:38 -0500
> To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Subject: Re: Seeking input concerning labels
> 
> 
> What about MP3.com? A lot of bands are on there. You can put up free samples
> and make people pay to hear or download other songs. I don't think it costs
> very much at all (compared with the costs of a label) and you get a
> recognizable link you can give to everybody. You still own all your stuff,
> you're free to do what you want, etc.
> 
> Of course never having had a band on mp3.com, I don't really know what it's
> like. But maybe you can look in to it.
> 
> yakov chodosh, citizen of the future.
> 
> "An old theory teacher was once married to a perfect pitcher--this is more
> commonly called 'relative pitch.'" -Steve Barnett
> 
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