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Re: [microsound] cdr labels



and dont for get piehead.... :)
www.pieheadrecords.com
neil..
aka naw

On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, peewee wrote:

> -well there r a couple of great cdr labels around. as u mentioned alku, sagita, fancing flatworm, pale_mother, synthetic waste
> or maybe staalplaat, touch and also raster noton have cdr series.
> some realy great mp3 labels are also working: thinner (they have also one cdr release), autoplate (sublabel of thinner), stasisfield (also have 1 cdr release)
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> -the reason why im releasing on cdr (www.acidfake.tk): yes it is price of printing regular cds and quantity that can be minimum 500. from this perspective i can not sell so much and if i get enought money out of cdrs i wound definitely continue in relesing regular cds with same music. cause it is choosen careffuly
> that means that i ilke to release this music on regular cds now.
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> -also im carrying much about design of the releases cause thats the second important thing after music.
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> -and about the price it is the lowest price so i can just cover money spent on material (from 5 to 7 eur).
> if the cover is coloured itll be more expencive casue colour print is more expencive and im not printing myself.
> and as i can see on what price other labels sell their releases they r like 8 or more eur
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> -why not buy music on cdr. same as to buy on cd. also u can not find it on regular. that is reason more.
> and yes, it is a new way of releasing and colecting music. just like tapes, 7"s, cds, now mp3s... new culture
> also there r some releases that are mp3 releases on cdr.. thats is one dimension higher. some combination between cdr and mp3 label
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> -the other reason is distribution. if u sell all copies u can make more.
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> -there r some regular labels releasing realy stupid music so medium is not the measure
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> -and at last music we release is not so comercial so u can sell 500 copies with price of 25 euros
> if not other it is a good start in checking out audience and market
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> > So, I'd be interested in hearing what the list thinks. Is CDR publishing a
> > waste of time? Do some labels invest as heavily in the design and content of
> > their CDR releases as their 'real' releases, thereby making the CDRs equally
> > desirable (Alku, definitely). Would you buy music on CDR? If so, should it
> > be priced at a lower price point? If so, what do you think is a fair price
> > to pay for an album on CDR?
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