At 2:40 AM -0500 on 1/23/99, Budrocket wrote:
>>Danny Barnes' profile has nothing to do with the point that a label's
>>completely unnecessary to disseminate your music on CD anymore.
>
>Sure it does. How do you think he was able to book said mini-tour, &
>got those folks to come out to his gigs & buy those CDs in the first
>place? Why, NAME RECOGNITION, not to mention a little extra
>investment capital. Sure, anyone who can afford to buy, rent, or
>borrow a burner can disseminate their music on CD. You can give 'em
>away, leave a pile on the counter at the 7-11, or next to the
>cigarette machine at your local club. Doesn't mean you can get
>anyone to shell out the bucks though, and you cannot force people to
>care.
You're missing my point, Buddy. If you're getting 100 people at your
gigs, you've got 100 people who care. You don't need to force them.
Your other points are relevant in that they make it *easier* for
someone at Barnes' level to sell out of 100 copies that much more
quickly, but that's about it.
Bob
