Members S.L.B. Posted March 30, 2011 Members Share Posted March 30, 2011 So we saw a friend the other day we hadn't seen in awhile.... "Awesome job on your music! I LOVE your cd....." "Oh wow, you've heard it all ready?" "Yea, I have it right here....A friend lent it to me and I haven't had a chance to burn it yet and give it back to them." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted March 30, 2011 Moderators Share Posted March 30, 2011 yep...welcome to the digital age...but really, we used to do that with cassettes...nothing really new there... I think it was BlueStrat who had some guy ask him to autograph a ripped copy of his CD once... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members S.L.B. Posted March 30, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 30, 2011 I expected it, just not from this friend....and it only took 3 weeks for us to run into it......Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flatfinger Posted March 30, 2011 Members Share Posted March 30, 2011 Make up for it by becoming a person in a suitcase !! Hit the rrrrrrRoad Jack !!! Sell some schwag ( $50.00 T-shirts and what not ) See , all better now , and your buds don't have to have any guilt !!! Everything is perfect , look at all the opportunity and quit whining !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted March 30, 2011 Members Share Posted March 30, 2011 We sold already 7 million copies of you latest CD, digital download was 22 million today early mornin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted March 30, 2011 Moderators Share Posted March 30, 2011 in China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted March 30, 2011 Members Share Posted March 30, 2011 in China? No, not in China. I Brunei only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poker99 Posted March 31, 2011 Members Share Posted March 31, 2011 So we saw a friend the other day we hadn't seen in awhile.... "Awesome job on your music! I LOVE your cd....." "Oh wow, you've heard it all ready?" "Yea, I have it right here....A friend lent it to me and I haven't had a chance to burn it yet and give it back to them." I get these all the times, but not from friends. Kids talking about my music like its the best thing ever, but if I asked them to pay for it they would laugh at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matximus Posted March 31, 2011 Members Share Posted March 31, 2011 Well, I mean, the alternative is: I heard that CD you recorded. Didn't like it. Didn't burn it. And I mean, come on, right now you can go online and buy an entire record - a digital record - by Coldplay or Miles Davis for $3 from Amazon. Amateur or unkown musicians don't have a shot of hell at getting people to spend money on their offerings when the consumer choice today is: Spend $5 or more on something unknown of questionable quality, or $3 for something of unquestionably high quality that I know and like already. Forget about it. The correct response to the compliment from your friends: "Awesome - I'm thrilled you like it! Thank you so much - You should come and see me play this XX at XX. And do I have your e-mail? You should get on my gig list." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted March 31, 2011 Members Share Posted March 31, 2011 Music product trade show in Japan: CEO Spectrasonic: "This is Omnisphere, our new flagship VSTi synthesizer" Chinese ambassador: "This software is the most popular in China" CEO Spectrasonic: "Oh, very nice, but we never sold a single piece of this soft synth in China" Chinese ambassador: "That's why" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members S.L.B. Posted March 31, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 31, 2011 Well, I mean, the alternative is: I heard that CD you recorded. Didn't like it. Didn't burn it. And I mean, come on, right now you can go online and buy an entire record - a digital record - by Coldplay or Miles Davis for $3 from Amazon. Amateur or unkown musicians don't have a shot of hell at getting people to spend money on their offerings when the consumer choice today is: Spend $5 or more on something unknown of questionable quality, or $3 for something of unquestionably high quality that I know and like already. Forget about it. The correct response to the compliment from your friends: "Awesome - I'm thrilled you like it! Thank you so much - You should come and see me play this XX at XX. And do I have your e-mail? You should get on my gig list." Well, no that is not the only alternative actually. Oh, I handled it appropriately. Doesn't mean I have to enjoy it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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