In theory - you're right. In practice - totally off. MP3.com promised to
offer something similar to what you speak of ("...think of what it will do
to artist exposure as well as profit margins..." with "...the
potential to sell hundreds of thousands or copies of a given track
worldwide
in digital format..." ) . Some have made a nice amount of change on MP3.com
and even got signed to record companies, etc. However, the remainder of
artists end up buried under the thousands of others. Cost to get started
with MP3.com is $0, cost to maintain your site and administer on MP3.com is
$0, and your chances of making a dime on MP3.com is about 0 as well.
jonathan morse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 08/15/2001 10:40:55 AM
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kevin Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<313@hyperreal.org>
cc:
Subject: Re: QRe: [313] ANyone know about Finalscratch (maybe OT)
indeed...imagine when you can downlaod a track for say $.50 or $1.00
directly from a labels web site rather than pay $6 - $10 or more for the
12"
which both the distributor and the shop have added their cost to. granted
it
puts the middlemen out of business but thats the breaks i guess.
just think of what it will do to artist exposure as well as profit margins.
the up front cost of maintaining an FTP server is nothing compared to those
of pressing and distributing vinyl let alone the fact that there's the
potential to sell hundreds of thousands or copies of a given track
worldwide
in digital format rather than tens of thousands on vinyl.
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