I don't know if it helps him get gigs (re: other musicians who want to play his music out, which in turn promotes him and helps get him gigs.)
I would say that he attracts bookings pretty easily these days. -----Original Message----- From: Grammenos, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 January 2004 4:42 To: 'atomly'; [email protected] Subject: RE: (313) axis Yes but the people buying his records, for the most part, are other musicians who want to play his music out, which in turn promotes him and helps get him gigs. Gigs are where he should concentrate on making most of his money, and that is where he probably does. Not many dj's can command 6-10K for a few hours of playing.. -----Original Message----- From: atomly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 12:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: (313) axis [Matt Chester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > At the moment, if I press up 800 copies of a release it costs about > ?1200 (less in N.America), and on a standard price to distributors > (which = about ?5.50 in the stores) it takes about 500 sales to break > even. So to double that price and claim it's to cover costs is > ridiculous. Whilst the figures for a small independant label are > tight as hell, I seriously doubt raising the prices will help - > distributors and stores would take an accordingly higher cut, and > sales would probably drop a bit as people find their addictions harder > and harder to sustain. But the man isn't trying to just break even. You're forgetting about packaging, press, etc. costs, overhead for the label (employees and such) and the fact that Jeff Mills actually wants to make a living off of this. If he sold them for cost, it wouldn't get him anywhere. That's one thing that always struck me as odd. I don't know how many times I've heard people grumble about labels or promoters making money off of music (not to say you were saying this or that Axis is charging any sort of a fair price, this is just a tangent)-- I know I even did as a punk teenager. After throwing shows and releasing records, I think it's absurd to ask people to put that much of their money at risk and to devote that much time and effort to something and only be able to barely break even, otherwise they're a sellout. -- :: atomly :: [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] : www.atomly.com ... [ atomiq records : po box 805319 chicago il 60680 : 312.804.5389 ... [ e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for atomly info and updates ... *************************************************************************************** Opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not Entergy-Koch Trading Limited or its affiliated companies. This email and any files transmitted with it, including replies and forwarded copies (which may contain alterations) subsequently transmitted from the Company, are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. It may contain material protected by attorney-client privilege. If you are not listed on the "To" or "Cc" lines of the original email (or are not the person responsible for delivering to an intended recipient), then you are not an intended recipient and have received this email in error. Any use by an unintended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the IT manager by telephone on +44 (0)20 7337 8300 or via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], attaching this message. Please then delete this email and all attachments, and destroy any copies thereof. Thank you. ***************************************************************************************
