From: "Glenn Meadows" 

True to a point.

A following at venues does NOT necessarily translate into sales of CD's.

A 50-100,000 fan base is NOT huge.

There are plenty of artists signed with far smaller following based on what
someone thinks their potential might be.  If we waited for every
group/singer to be a success prior to releasing a CD on them, there would
be nothing out.

I've heard many an act have a CD finished that's excellent music, be pushed
in marketing to get it known/heard/available, and go nowhere.

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Glenn M.
"Geo"  wrote in message
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> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
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>> Why release those you say?  If you could be more accurate in predicting
> the
>> hits, you'd be able to write your own ticket in this industry.
>
> Nobody gets to sign a contract unless they have a following, if music
> that's
> been signed doesn't sell it's because it's being marketed to the wrong
> crowd.
>
> So if the music industry worked by not "pushing" music but by just
> offering
> as wide a range as possible and letting the music sell itself perhaps the
> mechanics you describe would be forever changed. The web makes this
> possible
> but the industry continues to resist any change because it's not about
> just
> selling music, it's about control. Nobody in the music business asks the
> customers what they want, they tell the customers what they want.
>
> Geo.
>
>

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