hi alex,
i know from first hand experience from having been a dj and working at a
radio station that cd's are given away in large numbers and i have alot of
them. music companies send out anywhere from one to twenty cd's for
promotional purposes all with a hole punched in the cover and stating they
are not for sale. there was a big fuss when tape recording became
available with the same arguments as we are hearing now. at yard sales
there are lots of cd's for sale and the musicians get nothing from that.
but think of this; if a collector sells one of my paintings purchased some
time ago at a low price i don't get anything from them when it sells at
current prices which are higher.
if you are in the arts i think it terribly important to keep your eye on
the work rather than the marketing. i've seen so many artists loose their
edge bowing to king midas.
best regards, carol :)
carol starr
taos, new mexico, usa
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On Wed, 17 May 2000, Alex Cook wrote:
> With all the strong opinions being bandied about artist profits and so
> forth, is there anyone here who doesn't buy used CD's, especially ones that
> are labeled as promo cd's not for sale. I had never really thought about it
> before until I picked up a used Vic Chesnutt CD yesterday, trading in some
> stuff, most of which was also bought used. I mean, neither Vic Chesnutt nor
> Capitol records are seeing any profits from this transaction. The CD was a
> radio station promo, stamped that it is not for sale and can be recalled by
> the record company at any time, they didn't even see a profit from it being
> sold the first time around.
