Comments on: Everyone wants to be Radiohead

By: Freemium: Andrew Dubber

Freemium: Andrew Dubber — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:08:11 +0000

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By: tav

tav — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:42:49 +0000

almost a week on and the inevitable fallout has already started…..low quality mp3’s only announced 24 hrs before certain people (stupidly) paid Ã‚Â£40 or more on pre-order…..

one of our bands (the crimea) has had their album up as a free download since may. they have had 60,000 downloads so far and considering their last album (through warners)only sold 8,000, we are viewing it as a huge success. the album is also for sale in the shops here in the uk and has sold a couple of thousand so far. merch sales are up and the band are about to play their biggest headline gig thus far at bush hall, london.

BUT, i wouldn’t recommend this route for everybody. the crimea had nowhere else to go. the media were not interested in them and no label would touch them (8,000 sales). even if they had, i doubt very much that they would be able to get the album into 60,000 homes.

i think this model only works if you have no other options open to you. once you have done it, there’s no going back. i think radiohead fans will probably demand the same model for future albums, so any new label signing the band are going to struggle with that (unless they cut them in on the profits).

we also manage ash, watch this space for their new business model launching next year……

By: the langenfeld : Radiohead Have Made A Record

the langenfeld : Radiohead Have Made A Record — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:34:54 +0000

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By: JP

JP — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:22:59 +0000

I’d like to express that “Free music” may serve well for the wealthy musician who can afford to give away their music in exchange for massive concert turnout and merch sales$$$, but where does that leave the aspiring new artist?

Despite what some others in the industry believe, not all musicians dream of touring the road for 9 months out of the year to support a career as a glorified t-shirt salesman.

By: Ruben Keing

Ruben Keing — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:13:06 +0000

There are many reasons to allow “free” downloads of music. Most of them function as some kind of publicity generator for a further product.

Radiohead are giving away their downloads as 160kbps files. This is the really smart bit. That mp3 compression rate is fine to appraise the content, but many RH fans are audiophiles/audiosnobs and will want the album in it’s better CD and vinyl formats.

Oasis and JK may be hopping on the bandwagon but if they are serious about furthering their careers without the “protection” of a record company they had better have a sound business plan behind the giveaway.

By: Marco Raaphorst » Blog Archive » Wat Dubber over het hoofd ziet ivm Radiohead

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:12:27 +0000

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By: Vincent van Wylick

Vincent van Wylick — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:52:31 +0000

Why I don’t think this is the end of music:

Isn’t Radiohead also selling a shiny box with a cd in it? Frankly, if I had a choice between a piece of code, vs. a piece of plastic I could show off to my friends (and myself), I would choose the latter. Second, there’s a subtle psychological factor in asking people who want to download the album to at least register with a credit-card. It’s like hanging a sign up, saying “serious people only!”, meaning people who could afford to pay a few bucks. And, last but not least, concerts. I’m pretty sure that Radiohead is sold out, no matter where they go. Isn’t it time to decrease an artist’s reliance on the power of distributors?

And why it might be the end of music:

That said, I do have an alternative scenario. Radiohead’s system only works for established artists. New artists will incur significant recording and promotional costs and will be forced to look for sponsors, and sell their soul away. So yeah, it does feel like a bubble. I am however ignoring the myspace-factor.

By: Milton

Milton — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:14:01 +0000

Solid live shows will often define an artist and many of those mentioned above are renowned for their ability performing live. Prince, Radiohead and Jamiroquai each put on an exceptional show and write exceptional music. Those two combined are the best place for an artist to focus, and more often than not result in building a respectable fanbase and probable income.
Flash in the pan music will always exist but longevity is reserved for those with real talent. If the talent extends to the ability to create a marketable, collectible product as in the case of Radiohead; Bonus!

By: Felix

Felix — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:13:37 +0000

We shall observe the world of high-profile artists dividing, in the perception of much of the news media at least, into two camps – progressive, generous and sensible folk on one side, greedy corporate sellouts on the other.

We shall also observe many, many greedy sellouts clamboring to position themselves in the progressive camp.

It’s not that hard to tell the difference. So far.

By: Marius Bastiansen

Marius Bastiansen — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:01:02 +0000

The Radiohead thing is maybe a right direction when it comes to making music and gaining some profits of it, but for me thereÃ‚Â´s something strange with the Radiohead method as well. Radiohead have the money and the means to provide a shiny discbox deluxe thing to sell as a, have you got the real thing as suppose to the crappy download thing, but independent acts donÃ‚Â´t have the means to do this at all. They have the opportunity to do the same thing as Radiohead, but they “only” have a single cd or vinyl to sell as the “deluxe offering”. I think this is a severely difficult subject and I sometimes feel that we are on a totally wrong path when it comes to music and the whole “what is the music worth” bit. I buy books and most of the time they are more expensive than CDs, but I treasure a piece of music as much as a good book…