[JPL] Jazz on eMusic

[John Bishop]

Hi Ed,

No, there's no fee to have music added to the main download sites. The cost
that would have an immediate impact comes in licensing the non-original
music. Licensing fees are always paid on that music but it's usually offset
by the profit made on a CD sale. With downloads, the initial administrative
costs associated with licensing on top of the licensing fee makes it
necessary to make quite a few sales. Depending on the number of non-original
tunes on a record, it can take several dozen downloads to several hundred
before you'd hit what could humbly be termed a "profit." Unfortunately, many
jazz albums miss out on that glory day.

Thanks,
John


John Bishop
Origin Records
OA2 Records
www.origin-records.com
johnbishop at originarts.com
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Subject: Re: [JPL] Jazz on eMusic

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In a message dated 3/22/2008 9:47:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
johnbishop at originarts.com writes:

<<..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..>>
 
Is there a cost of entry? That is, to have a recording listed? Or is it all

based on the number of downloads?
 
Ed
 



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