Re: CD SALES DECLINING?

["Timothy Mungenast" <mungenast@earthlink.net>]

 "I think there is also a lot lower appreciation for the arts in general."

I'd concur.


 


> [Original Message]
> From: <phaslem@wightman.ca>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Date: 1/9/2006 6:38:18 PM
> Subject: Re: CD SALES DECLINING?
>
> My own experience has been much the same as the rest here.... Over the
past 10
> years I've witnessed a steady decline in sales, it used to make up most
of my
> income, but now is only a fraction. For instance; there is a very high
class
> art show in the summer that I would go to for no pay but in exchange for
booth
> space I'd play and demo the cds. 8 yrs ago I could count on selling 
>around
> $4,000.00 over the 3 days, Last summer I did that show again after taking
a
> break from it for a few years so I had new product, I still only sold
about
> $800.00. The only thing that kept me from feeling really bad about it is
that
> all the artisans are experiencing the same thing. A jeweler I know used 
> to make
> his entire income for the year at the One of a Kind show in Toronto, 
> that's a 10
> day Christmas show, he used to sell somewhere in the neighborhood of 
> $120,000.00
> at that one show, last year he sold about $18,000.00.
>
> I agree that there is a great deal less disposable income, but also I
think
> there is also a lot lower appreciation for the arts in general. A good
friend
> who is a fine artist had a show in one of the top galleries in Toronto 
> recently
> told me how this one woman came in with chips of paint and was only
concerned
> with what would go with her living room colours. Absolutely no
recognition for
> the art work and what was being communicated.
>
> So I just try and hang in there, do the music to please myself and pursue
the
> styles that interest me and hopefully when society at large rediscovers 
>an
> interest in the sorts of music that I do, I'll still be there playing 
> for them.
>
>
> I'd also like to mention that I recently got Bernhard's cds, purchased
and or
> traded for... Thanks!!!! there is so much there to explore and inspire 
>me!
>
> All the best from Ontario, Canada
>
>
> Paul Haslem
>
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> Quoting Travis Hartnett <travishartnett@gmail.com>:
>
> > That's good for people who enjoy gigging, live where there's
> > sufficient opportunities, and who offer a compelling performance
> > experience, but not so good for people in the sticks who don't shine
> > on stage, or whose music doesn't translate as well to the live
> > format...
> >
> > TravisH
> >
> > On 1/8/06, Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill <rs@moinlabs.de> 
>wrote:
> >>
> >> So for us non-signed artists, it's back to make money from performing
(just
> >> the way it was before the advent of CD recording technology at your
> >> fingertips).
> >>
> >
> >
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