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  • From: carlos <rocofresi AT gmail.com>
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: 1 Welshman's opinion on why trying to sell your music is futile
  • Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 07:17:55 -0700 (PDT)

On Sep 2, 12:42=A0pm, gr... AT ibiblio.org (grady) wrote:
> This is a really enjoyable read, and not just because of all the
> amusing-to-Yanks UK-speak in it:
>
> http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/please-buy-my-record-the-futility-...
>
> Most of the fun is in the reading, but if you're the type who requires
> an executive summary (Oh, so now we're an executive, are we?), here's one=
:
>
> Back before Teh Internets, the author's band(s) tried & tried & failed &
> failed to sell more than a handful of records. Now that we have Teh
> Internets, the author is acutely aware that hundreds, perhaps even
> thousands of people have listened to his music, but still nobody's
> buying. And after some small amount of reflection, he's concluded that
> it's OK, being a musician is still better than *not* being a musician.
>
> But imagine it in a Welsh accent.
>
> xo
>
> Ross
> -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors alt.music.chapel-hill --http://lists.i=
biblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene

Great article. Thanks for linking it.




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