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Re: [microsound] is the problem distributors... or record stores?



How about a collaboration with Boyd Rice and Britney Spears? I know he has a
thing for disposable female pop stars.

I really guess it depends on the market the store is going for. Chain stores
will be selling pop big time, you have to expect that, they are in part
floated by the major record labels. Say a place like Other Music, probably
isn't going be selling loads of Britney either.

Have knowledgable staff is a *big* bonus... i'm amazed how consistantly
staff in little independent record stores simply don't know their music.
Having ten buyers for different genres is a bit of a luxury I guess,
coverage must be amazing.

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>
> I used to work at a place called Aron's Records in Los Angeles, perhaps
the
> best indie store on the west coast next to Amoeba in SF.  The store had
> about 10 buyers for different genres, free to purchase what they wished
> without restrictions.  We had a very knowledgeable staff (apparently,
> Gregor, my replacement, is still there and doing a pretty admirable job),
> and I thought I was pretty fair with my clients.  However, one does have
to
> understand that a store exists for profit, not for artistic gratification.
> I wish some zillionaire would be willing to fund something like that (or
> hell, for my little label, for what it's worth!), but the reality is that
> the owner, the employees, the tax collector, the city, PG&E, and whatever
> else all have to be paid, so Britney in, Boyd Rice out.  It sucks, but
> that's the bottom line.