> >>Why do you think he wants to sell the maximum number of CDs?
> >
> >Um, for the fame? You know, being number 1, etc. Of course, it's just a
> >guess, but it wouldn't surprise me if running reasonable numbers
> showed him
> >making more money at $24 a copy of Double Live, and $50 or more for the
> >boxed set. And consider the discussed-at-length things like the
> Soundscan
> >reporting week shift when Double Live debuted, or whether to
> count the CDs
> >in the boxed set as separate units; those things don't make any
> difference
> >as far as the money in his pocket goes, but they do make a difference as
> far
> >as fame does.
>
> Oh come on. Soundscan numbers "don't make any difference as far as the
> money in his pocket goes??" You can't be so naive not to know the
> connection between publicity, marketing, record sales and money??
> All those
> things listed above DO make a difference as far as sales go. All of those
> things are fed into the PR machine for a label. Garth's main publicity
> stance these days is how he just does "it" for the fans, etc etc.
> No, let's
> be truthful here. He does it for himself, in other words, the paycheck.
>
> Heck, even tiny Sugar Hill keeps an eye on soundscan numbers and
> reports all
> this info back to our sales force. We surely don't do it to boost our
> ego....or to boost our fame.
>
> Puh-leeeze.
Puh-leeze, indeed; note that I'm not the only one pointing out that there
are other motives in life besides money, and not all of them necessarily
more commendable. "For himself" and "for the paycheck" aren't synonymous,
and "for the bragging rights" is, taking everything into account, at least
as valid an explanation, and probably more so. Plus which, as I suggested,
I'll bet that a dollar more per boxed set wouldn't have affected more than a
dozen buyers - or, for that matter, 5 more per set.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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