RTP-area local music and culture

[Bo Williams <bo AT mrboboto.com>]

Here's a somewhat related question- how much of a cut does the 
label/artist get from Apple Music Store purchases (indie labels, not 
majors)? I'd imagine it's a good bit better than the regular 
distribution route.

Bo

grady wrote:

> Ha! I will confess that on the day Ray Charles died (or the day they 
> announced his death, at least), on my way home from work I made the 
> snap-decision to get that 4-CD "Birth of Soul" box-set & pulled into the 
> Best Buy parking lot.
>
> Of the umpty-zillion Ray Charles releases, a relatively large number of 
> which are available on CD, Best Buy had exactly 2, both single-disc 
> best-ofs.
>
> If I bought more major-label pop, maybe I too would be lured by the 
> bright lights and sub-$10 prices, but generally speaking, when I have 
> occasionally misspent some time in the Best Buy CD racks, I haven't 
> really found that much I want, and my tastes aren't even that weird.
>
> So is there a happy feel-good ending to this story? Fuck no. I bought 
> the goddamn Ray Charles box set at Borders, and most of the music I buy 
> lately I order over the internet.
>
> Ross "at least I'm supporting an independent music retailer, albeit in 
> Chicago" Grady
>
> Bo Williams wrote:
>
> > For context:
> >
> > The "Why Best Buy Sucks" thread
> >
> > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&safe=off&threadm=Pine.A41.3.95.961217092609.32192A-100000%40login2.isis.unc.edu&rnum=3&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dbest%2Bbuy%2Bbo%2Balt.music.chapel-hill%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26c2coff%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26selm%3DPine.A41.3.95.961217092609.32192A-100000%2540login2.isis.unc.edu%26rnum%3D3 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Man, I was such a little polemic back then! Now I'm soft and squishy.
> >
> >
> > Bo
> >
> > grady wrote:
> >
> > > I actually wasn't making a stink, just tweaking Hepler, which is
> > > sort of de rigeur around here anyway.
> > >
> > > However, I have to say that if you got it for under $10, then you
> > > were paying very little over wholesale, and it's maybe a tiny bit 
> > > hypocritical for you to post a really long post admonishing local 
> > > clubgoers to be willing to pay more at the door of your club, *and*
> > >  pleading with them to occasionally drink something other than PBR,
> > > and then turn around & say "it's hard to continually over-pay to
> > > support the underdog."
> > >
> > > I mean, I can't believe you charge $1.50 or $2 for PBR when I can
> > > get that shit for fifty cents at the Teeter, and keep it in my car,
> > > and slip out the door between bands and drink outside. How much
> > > longer do you expect me to pay your ridiculous music-industry
> > > markups?
> > >
> > > xo
> > >
> > > Ross
> > >
> > > p.s. don't shell out for the PJ Harvey without listening to it
> > > first - "best album from her in a while" still doesn't mean it
> > > comes anywhere near "Rid of Me."
> > >
> > > Local 506 wrote:
> > >
> > > > But more importantly, I wanted to mention where I bought the
> > > > disc, since Ross made a stink about it.  I bought it at Best Buy
> > > > for under $10, along with 3 other albums I wouldn't have bought
> > > > except for the fact that they were also under ten dollars (Franz
> > > > Ferdinand, Modest Mouse, Coheed and Cambria.)
> > > >
> > > > I've said it before, and I'll say it again - when music falls
> > > > below the ten dollar mark, it becomes an impulse purchase.   I
> > > > can easily think of three records I'd rather have than the three
> > > > above (PJ Harvey, Mission of Burma, AC Newman come to mind) -
> > > > yet, there's something compelling about spending less.
> > > >
> > > > Nothing against CD Alley or any of the other indy shops, but 
> > > > eventually price does matter...and the music industry as a whole
> > > > will need to address this, because it's hard to continually
> > > > over-pay to support the underdog.
> > > >
> > > > glenn
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
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