Members ratthedd Posted August 9, 2005 Members Share Posted August 9, 2005 Are any of you who are in cover bands selling merchandise at shows? T-Shirts? CDs? Whatever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fastplant Posted August 9, 2005 Members Share Posted August 9, 2005 Shirts, stickers, etc. are cool. CDs are tricky though because you're selling someone else's songs. You may have to go through licensing issues first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted August 10, 2005 Members Share Posted August 10, 2005 I sell CDs ($10), cassettes ($7), bumper stickers ($2), hat/lapel pins and magnets ($1)...the CDs/cassettes are original tunes, though. Looking into T-shirts at the moment. Merchandise can sure make a difference in how well you do, financially! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JBJ Posted August 10, 2005 Members Share Posted August 10, 2005 yeah although it's probably the biggest money spinner if you're good. don't {censored} around with cd's that isn't your stuff. You don't want the respective publishers and organisations coming down and your ass and don't think they won't just because you're playing dives and selling 2 cd's a show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ratthedd Posted August 10, 2005 Author Members Share Posted August 10, 2005 Originally posted by Terry Allan Hall I sell CDs ($10), cassettes ($7), bumper stickers ($2), hat/lapel pins and magnets ($1)...the CDs/cassettes are original tunes, though. Looking into T-shirts at the moment.Merchandise can sure make a difference in how well you do, financially! Who's making your mechendise? I've currently got a store on Cafepress, but the quality of T-shirts is only so-so. I'd like to get some decent screen printing done, but I'm not sure I'd get the investment back out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted August 10, 2005 Members Share Posted August 10, 2005 Originally posted by ratthedd Who's making your mechendise? I've currently got a store on Cafepress, but the quality of T-shirts is only so-so. I'd like to get some decent screen printing done, but I'm not sure I'd get the investment back out. I'm still investigating T-shirt manufacturers, so I don't yet know who to suggest. Bumperstickers are from http://stickerjunkie.com (they also make t-shirts, so I may end up having them made here, too). Buttons, magnets and pins are made at a local place a old highschool buddy has recently opened...no website yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitar Centaur Posted August 10, 2005 Members Share Posted August 10, 2005 Originally posted by Terry Allan Hall I sell CDs ($10), cassettes ($7), bumper stickers ($2), hat/lapel pins and magnets ($1)...the CDs/cassettes are original tunes, though. Looking into T-shirts at the moment. Merchandise can sure make a difference in how well you do, financially! You should give the bumper stickers away. Charging someone to advertise for you has a very Republican feel about it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted August 11, 2005 Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 Originally posted by Crustycabs You should give the bumper stickers away. Charging someone to advertise for you has a very Republican feel about it.... And T-shirts don't advertise for me, as well? Actually, I do give away one bumper-sticker, hat/lapel pin or magnet to everyone who signs up on my mailing list, but I sell the rest. Might try key-rings w/ my logo on 'em, next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fastplant Posted August 11, 2005 Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 I've never sold anything (other than on cafepress where that's the only way to get it out). I usually give away everything. We have stickers that I think I'm just about run out of that I give out. And in other bands we always gave out t-shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Badside Posted August 11, 2005 Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 Who would want to wear a cover band's t-shirt??!?! Although I WOULD gladly take the profit home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitar Centaur Posted August 11, 2005 Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 Originally posted by Hardtailed Who would want to wear a cover band's t-shirt??!?! Exactly why I want to take a very "tongue in cheek" approach to this. Here's my idea I threw out in another thread: I wanna find an artist I can collab with to do a "tour" type T shirt to sell at gigs. It'll have our name on the front with an evil clown face, then on the back a cartoon image of some guy face down in the road with tire tracks across his back and the "Fall Tour '04" lineup superimposed over it listing gigs at nursing homes and hardware store grand openings and silly {censored} like that. Somewhere on it, we'll also put our website address.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted August 11, 2005 Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 Originally posted by Hardtailed Who would want to wear a cover band's t-shirt??!?! Although I WOULD gladly take the profit home I spent the $$$ having a local place silkscreen 100 and was able to able sell about 80 or so to pay for all 100 (I gave away the other 20 or so to friends and as promotial "swag" at my last CD release party, and have been asked by a lot of folks about when I'll have more...which is why I'm looking into who has the best deals. Of course, I'm not totally a "cover" act, but at most gigs, they make up 50 to 75% of the evening's repertoire... BTW, ever see a Linda Ronstadt, Elvis Presley, George Strait, or Tom Jones T-shirt? They do pretty much entirely "cover" shows! Originally posted by Crustycabs Exactly why I want to take a very "tongue in cheek" approach to this. Here's my idea I threw out in another thread: I wanna find an artist I can collab with to do a "tour" type T shirt to sell at gigs. It'll have our name on the front with an evil clown face, then on the back a cartoon image of some guy face down in the road with tire tracks across his back and the "Fall Tour '04" lineup superimposed over it listing gigs at nursing homes and hardware store grand openings and silly {censored} like that. Somewhere on it, we'll also put our website address.... I love this idea! Hope you actually do it, because you'll probably sell a {censored}-load! Be sure and list service stations, massage parlors, veterinary hospitals, "free clinics", fruit stands, etc...too cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitar Centaur Posted August 12, 2005 Members Share Posted August 12, 2005 Originally posted by Terry Allan Hall Be sure and list service stations, massage parlors, veterinary hospitals, "free clinics", fruit stands, etc...too cool! (Crusty hurriedly scribbles down TAH's MOST EXCELLENT suggestions....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted August 12, 2005 Members Share Posted August 12, 2005 Originally posted by Crustycabs (Crusty hurriedly scribbles down TAH's MOST EXCELLENT suggestions....) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ratkent Posted August 14, 2005 Members Share Posted August 14, 2005 Originally posted by Hardtailed Who would want to wear a cover band's t-shirt??!?! Although I WOULD gladly take the profit home Even though my band has put out 3 orginal CDs, our show is a cover/dance band and we make a considerable amount of money every year on T-shirt and CD (originals) sales. CDs are much more profitable because they are so cheap to produce. Another cover band that makes a good chunk of change on t-shirts is the Velcro Pygmies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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