Another case in point, I heard that Laurent Garnier's 'Unreasonable Behaviour' sold about 26,000 over two years or so. I think that's a creditable performance. But yeah, compare it to the so-called 'mainstream' and it is laughable.
All these are moot points of course. Apart from the fact that we don't want the artists who make the music we like to be broke (the advice to them is 'don't make techno!') I personally would still like this music if it sold 500 (not uncommon) or 50,000 (not common!). k >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 6:11 PM >To: Ken Odeluga >Cc: Martin; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] >Subject: RE: (313) first techno record - summary > > >from what i hear, 30,000 was fairly normal back then. Juan's told me that >they used to sell 50,000 copies of Cybotron records mostly in the Midwest >alone. > >Figure there were only very few electronic dance records back then, so >EVERYONE bought the same ones. > >It could also be a gross exageration. > > > > > >On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Ken Odeluga wrote: > >> >> >Can't remember the figures but they are a lot lower than you'd >> >think, well I >> >was shocked...30,000 seems to ring a bell... >> > >> In techno terms that's a blockbuster. But you're probably taking >the pish, >> right? ... >> >> k >> >
