----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 5:36 AM Subject: Re: (313) dying business? [was: RE: Nu Era on Twisted Funk]
> perhaps their approach is to just put out music that they know has a > certain base audience to recoup their cost, but if the artist wants more > than that, they're on their own to promote. seems like a sensible business > strategy. Unfortunately- that just leaves room for established artists. > DOn't see anythign new and exciting coming from Peacefrog. Just the old > stand-bys. Notgood for the long run. Absolutely right, in one sense, but then that's their role, innit? It's great that someone has been able to leverage that power and do whatever they want with it, as Peacefrog has been doing for the last 9 years or so. I don't think it should be their job to introduce new artists. If they get them, that's great, but why f*ck with the formula if it works? There is no shortage of labels pushing new artists. If anything there's an overload. And it seems to me that people generally ignore Peacefrog's new artists these days whenever they introduce them. How many people bought that Pimordial Evolution album? Or Jello? How many people are going to rush to buy the Marco Pazzarani album when it comes out? That should be obvious by name/stature, but I'd be surprised if it clears the shelves. The Charles Webster album is quite an anomoly in the sense that it's their biggest selling album ever, but in my mind that's more of a sylistic difference than marketing. Tristan ======= http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
