[musictlk] for kevin reeves

[Kevin Reeves]

I think Sound Cloud is also a good place for people to preview your stuff as well. It's fully accessible, and even has apps for iPhone and android.
On Feb 29, 2012, at 10:51 AM, Joshua Lester wrote:

> Aaron, please E-mail me offlist.
> I'm having problems getting your songs to play, on Reverb Nation.
> Thanks, Joshua
> 
> On 2/29/12, Aaron Lane <ajbd777 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey Kevin,
>> Since you appear to know something about this, I thought I'd share my plan
>> of action, and get your thoughts. We are currently recording our CD. I'm
>> shopping around to get a good price for a logo and cover art. When recording
>> is complete, I was planning to use Reverb nation for digital distribution,
>> with them I can reach 40 plus outlets including the big ones for 59 dollars
>> a year subscription. I have a CD maker lined up, it's VSG in saint louis,
>> and I'm going to get a web site to sell hard copies of my CD. I'm going to
>> contact any online stations I can find to get my music out there. How does
>> this sound so far. Also here are some specific questions.
>> 
>> How do I approach regular radio stations? do I call them first or just mail
>> them a CD?
>> 
>> what's the best way to get my CDs into the few music stores around?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Aaron Pops Lane
>> http://www.reverbnation.com/ozarkrevival
>> http://www.facebook.com/pops.lane
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kevin Reeves" <lists at kevinreeves.net>
>> To: "Tyler" <programmer651 at comcast.net>; "NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List"
>> <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:32 AM
>> Subject: Re: [musictlk] planning to start a record label
>> 
>> 
>>> I hate to be a wet blanket on some of this, but allow me to speak candidly
>>> as a consumer and a musician who sells records.
>>> It is not the record label who ships CD's and processes payments. That is
>>> the distributer's job. With services like CD Baby and Tune core, musicians
>>> 
>>> already have a distributer at there fingertips. There is no advantage to
>>> shipping CD's yourself and processing credit cards. Yes, it may seem as
>>> though you keep all the profits, but online payment gateways are very
>>> expensive per month. Also, you would be unable to get your musicians into
>>> iTunes, Amazon, etc because of lack of track record. None of us can get
>>> our music there without the help of the above mentioned services. Also,
>>> you lose out on the discoverability of your musicians being listed with
>>> all of the digital delivery options that the above mentioned services
>>> provide. If no one can find you, no one will buy and 100 percent of 0 is
>>> still 0.
>>> Also,  a publisher does not sell CD's either. Publishers deal with the
>>> ownership of someone's catalog. They're the ones who get music cut by
>>> other artists, secure sync rights for television, etc.
>>> If you really want to set up a label and function as such, then you're
>>> object is to fund the making of records. In a sense, you loan money to an
>>> artist for them to make their album, which includes recording, mixing,
>>> mastering, artwork and layout, pressing if you so choose, and submitting
>>> to retailers. Then, you take a cut from those sales to pay yourself back.
>>> That's called recoupable income. Lastly, with the advent of streaming
>>> services like Spotify, RDO, Mog, Rhapsody, etc, the game is changing yet
>>> again. People are moving to a subscription model for their musical
>>> entertainment, which means that artists make about 4 cents per stream of a
>>> 
>>> song. In short, my advice, don't reinvent the wheel. It's way harder than
>>> it's worth and the return on investment isn't worth the effort. Again, I'm
>>> 
>>> not trying to be a wet blanket, but I'm telling you like it is. I deal
>>> with this stuff on a daily basis as a musician, producer, writer, etc.
>>> Good luck.
>>> 
>>> Kevin
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