[JPL] Jazz on eMusic
John Bishop
johnbishop at originarts.com
Sun Mar 23 17:49:55 EDT 2008
Flash,
Guilt always works for me! No, no....Mostly I think it's just all of us need
to have a handle on what we've been left to work with and know where to
guide our attentions so that we can keep the important pieces of the jazz
industry afloat.
Emusic and the other streaming and download sites, used as a tool to
audition new music, are great. Musicians and labels certainly want radio and
press people to have free or cheap ways to get hold of the music, so I'm all
for them going there. The tech industry's peddling of the idea though that
this is a workable retail model for our future should be nipped in the bud
FAST. Am I naïve in thinking it can be slowed? You bet your butt, I define
naive!
I think knowing the good independent stores and guiding civilians toward
them is a great first step. That unsigned artists now have CDBaby is
momentous and it should be wildly supported, along with the independent
stores that handle distributed labels. There are some great Public
Radio/community record store relationships out there now and we as a label
notice the difference in those towns. This is of course a very quaint way of
looking at all this, but quaint is what we'll be if we don't look
realistically at this hand we're being dealt by an industry that isn't
really all that concerned with our long-term health.
BTW, April 19th is "Record Store Day" where plans are afloat for events at
independents around the country - http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home.
Thanks!
John
John Bishop
OriginArts - music/design
Origin Records
OA2 Records
www.origin-records.com
johnbishop at originarts.com
206-781-2589
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John,
I would say that the business model of downloading songs & albums is at its
basis a great means of music distribution, but the major problem today seems
to be that the major labels are still the controling figures at the
bargaining table. Which as we know means they care more about their bottom
line than the income of their artist roster. I guess I thought that eMusic
was a little better towards the artist because it deals with the independent
labels that are run by folks like you that do care about the well-being of
your artists.
So where does that leave us who still want to get new music ?? Should I now
feel guilty about downloading off of eMusic ?? The last 2 independent
record stores up here in Fort Collins are both going out of business which
only leaves Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, and Circuit City (and Wal-Mart, of
course, but I rarely go there).
Any suggestions for a means of getting music that benefits the artists and
the labels ?? Is it going to come down to ordering directly from a label or
artist's website to ensure that everyone gets their fair share ??
- Flash
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "John Bishop" <johnbishop at originarts.com>
> This week's sponsor: THE PIERS LAWRENCE QUARTET - 'STOLEN MOMENTS'
>
> Features the exceptional musicality of guitarist, Piers Lawrence, bassist
Jim
> Hankins, Sir Earl Grice on drums and Chuk Fowler on piano.
>
> A return to classic sound - ''a warm slice of straight ahead Jazz'' ejazz
> online,
>
> The quality of emotion that first brought you into Jazz - ''Along with the
> excellent soloing, this quartet captures the character of a late night
jazz
> scene.''
> - All about Jazz LA.
>
> Well chosen songs - ''great standards such as ''Pent-up House,'' ''Stolen
> Moments,'' ''Donna Lee'' and the gem, ''Secret Love''
>
> ''Soulful, melodic guitar playing and prolific songwriting makes this CD a
> masterful offering''
> - All About Jazz
>
> Thanks to Jim Eigo at Jazz Promo Services &amp; Mike Hurzon at The
Tracking
> Station
>
> for interviews and additional info, www.JazzNetMedia.com or Tionna Smalls
-
> 917-583-4164
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Hey Flash,
>
> Looking at our sales statements as an example, emusic seems to do about a
> third the volume of what itunes does, which is pretty good considering the
> market share itunes has. To add to what Rick was saying though, the
reality
> for the artist is fairly bleak through emusic and barely better with any
of
> the other services.
>
> While the ease of accessibility and minimal cost is great for consumers,
it
> should be known, especially by all us jazz industry folk, what cost this
> little treat is to music makers.
>
> For emusic, the artist/label receives on average about .26 per tune. If
the
> record has non-original tunes on it, this can quickly turn into a NEGATIVE
> number for the artist. Paying licensing fees for titles can mean it takes
> 70-80 sales before you see your first $.26 "profit" and considering many
> titles might average 5-20 downloads in a month, musicians are PAYING for
> people to download their music. Three-hundred sales and you can buy a tank
> of gas!
>
> Sad thing is that every new retailing concept for music is making it even
> cheaper to buy and getting further from the realities of what it takes to
> make a recording and to feed and water a musician.
>
> John
>
> John Bishop
> Origin Records
> OA2 Records
> www.origin-records.com
> johnbishop at originarts.com
> 206-781-2589
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jazzproglist-bounces at jazzweek.com
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eflash17 at comcast.net
> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 1:02 PM
> To: jazzproglist at jazzweek.com
> Subject: Re: [JPL] Jazz on eMusic
>
>
> Rick,
>
> That makes sense, as iTunes became the 2nd largest retailer of music in
the
> US last year (behind Wal-Mart) so I am sure they can afford to pay much
> better than eMusic. However, I think it would be interesting to see how
> much jazz music (new and old) is downloaded off of each of the online
music
> services.
> I am sure iTunes would have the most downloads, but I bet eMusic is right
up
> there, as they are the only one I have seen that actually features Jazz
> albums prominently on their New Release pages.
>
> - Flash
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: RLeppjazz at aol.com
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> > There is a trade off with eMusic. The artist or artist's label
receives
> > less than half of what we receive on iTunes or Rhapsody. And we still
> pay
> > royalties out of that, if using a copyrighted tune (non-original)
> > itunes and Rhapsody pay about 70 cents per download, eMusic pays 26
> cents.
> >
> > Rick Leppanen
> > Modern Hot Records & Pearl Django
> > www.pearldjango.com
> >
> > 206-932-1448
> >
>
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