[atlantaprog] Re: CD sales

My sense is that each band should handle their own online CD sales, and 
the ARIA site should merely link to them. Administering an e-commerce 
site for ARIA is beyond the scope of what anyone would do as a 
volunteer! We could also link to Genterine or some other distributor, 
and to mp3.com, where (I hope) each band has downloadable music 
available. The ARIA site would simply be a gateway to these locations.
AWG


On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 10:17 PM, Greg Stafford wrote:

> I believe that if you have a site setup for sales of your music it 
> would
> be much easier for those looking for music. Let's say on the ARIA
> website a single page of sales information could be setup. It would not
> take the place of your website if you have one, but to have a place to
> direct sales in one location other than your website or for those who
> don't offer CD sales on their site a new place for you. For those
> without a site it could be a single page the help promote your music as
> well.
>
> I also believe that if you were to also offer a download price as well.
> Some may not want to wait for shipment or pay for shipping, by offering
> a download of the same CD in MP3 format. It will also allow for singles
> to be released as well. This way if you are working on material and 
> have
> a single finished you can offer it as a download. Making your music
> available for downloading can save money too.
>
> You could take it even further and offer a membership to ARIA fan club
> and offer music download at a reduced rate or something, maybe a
> newsletter. Membership to any fan club is a small $20- 25 fee per year
> and given the fact that any ARIA fan member would have several bands as
> a member.
>
> They are just some ideas.
> Hope it helps.
>
> Greg Stafford
> The Prog Palace - Progressive Rock Radio
> http://theprogpalace.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlantaprog-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:atlantaprog-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Kargel
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 9:48 PM
> To: atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: CD sales
>
> I think that if we are going to go through the trouble
> of making our work available through the net, we
> should make the new ARIA website a starting point for
> all things promotional...they don't call it the "web"
> for nothing....!  ;-)
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
>
> --- Wade S <cobwebstrange@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I'm a graphic artist who can do anything they can
>> do for nada! I'm not
>>> sure the value of a high-end presentation for this
>> though. Sure, each
>>> band's OWN kit needs to look sharp, but this
>> prog-night concept...
>>> there either into it or they're not. What will
>> impress them is getting
>>> a lot of people to show up. -AWG
>>
>> I agree with AWG on these points.  There are at
>> least four graphic artists
>> in our group here and I suspect that anyone in the
>> group will have more of
>> an interest in putting something together than an
>> outside artist.  Plus,
>> that would give us a lot of opportunity to make
>> changes and updates to the
>> package on a regular basis.
>>
>> On a different note, I've been getting some interest
>> in the bands on the
>> "Paths Less Traveled" CD lately.  (for those of you
>> who are new here, we put
>> out a CD of 10 bands earlier this year which was
>> distributed with each copy
>> of issue #43 of Progression Magazine).  I've several
>> had letters and emails
>> requesting information about the bands, how to order
>> CD and catalogs from
>> our record company, etc.   I've decided to put
>> together a catalog (print and
>> online) for distribution so that these people can
>> order any combination of
>> our CDs at one time.  This would also provide one
>> central location to get
>> information about the bands.  Basically it would
>> just be set up as a
>> consignment and I would just add a section of "other
>> bands available through
>> Genterine Records".  I'll stock 5 copies of each CD,
>> sell them for $12 each
>> and pay the bands $10 for each CD that sells (the
>> other $2 will go towards
>> shipping, etc.)  I've already spoken with most of
>> the bands on "Paths Less
>> Traveled", but you don't have to have been on the
>> "Paths Less Traveled" CD
>> to be involved.  If anyone's interested, just let me
>> know.
>>
>> Veronica, I'm sorry I haven't sent a reply to your 2
>> emails.  Our email
>> correspondence was starting to get a bit long :-)  I
>> thought I'd talk to you
>> about that (and the distribution thing above) over
>> the phone, but I've just
>> gotten your machine.  I've about to leave for a show
>> up in Athens, but I'll
>> try to give you a call about everything tomorrow.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Wade
>>
>>
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