Screw sales... do what you want....

[MARK ANXIOUS]

Of coarse, should go without saying.
However, when you put out a BOA record
I`m sure you don`t want it lying around gathering dust in your distrib

well that's exactly why suf handle the complete business side of boa vinyl. if i get a cheque from them after 6 months, great. if i don't, great. the guys will tell you, trying to get an invoice from me for any amount they have for me is like getting blood out of a stone :cheese:

i know for sure this would be very, very different if i didn't have my djing...

[dirty_bass]

well that's exactly why suf handle the complete business side of boa vinyl. if i get a cheque from them after 6 months, great. if i don't, great. the guys will tell you, trying to get an invoice from me for any amount they have for me is like getting blood out of a stone :cheese:

i know for sure this would be very, very different if i didn't have my djing...

Ah but then why release a record at all.
We don`t do it just for the knowledge that music can be made into plastic do we?
Regardless of money I`m sure you want people to buy the records, if it was just for the love then why not just give it all away.

I`m not even slightly saying that money should be a motivator for releasing, however, all this altruistic stuff we get on here can be a little turgid.

We put out records because we want people to hear it and play it.
Not for some higher cayse of a messiaanic "gift" to the fans.

Otherwise, we would give it all away.

[MARK ANXIOUS]

Ah but then why release a record at all.
We don`t do it just for the knowledge that music can be made into plastic do we?
Regardless of money I`m sure you want people to buy the records, if it was just for the love then why not just give it all away.

I`m not even slightly saying that money should be a motivator for releasing, however, all this altruistic stuff we get on here can be a little turgid.

We put out records because we want people to hear it and play it.
Not for some higher cayse of a messiaanic "gift" to the fans.

Otherwise, we would give it all away.

i suppose i wanted to release so i could play my trax out at first - just like any other dj would. it was a natural progression. i respected artists and labels hugely, and wanted to do that shit! but nothing could prepare you for that first vinyl that came in the post with our names on. you know, i still get such a massive buzz from getting the vinyl back, touching it, playing it and thinking 'shit man, i did that'. that was enough for me, i didn't need paying for it. also listening to the difference in cut from the original, how it was mastered and how to improve your sound. plus when someone else comes up and says 'wow mark and chrissi i got your release on blah blah and it rocks!' - what an incredible high that is - that someone else digs your sound. you don't quite get that intense satisfaction from making a piece of music on CD as you do on vinyl. sure it's still massive, but until the CD becomes a standard format in the techno/dj world, it just wont be the same....

onto the record/cd debate again. anyone? hehe :briggin:

[dirty_bass]

plus when someone else comes up and says 'wow mark and chrissi i got your release on blah blah and it rocks!'

That`s what I was waiting for.
Sometimes it gets so odd in here that it seems like you are not allowed to talk about shifting records.

We want em shifted, and when we find out that a lot of them have shifted, it`s great, it means people dig it, and have actually put the effort in to hand over some cash for it.

And I`ll be the first to stand up and say, there is nothing wrong with getting paid for something you enjoy.
there, I said it.
In fact, in terms of money, there is nothing better than getting payed for doing something you enjoy.
Cos then it doesn`t feel like you are giving your time away to someone to make them richer, ie the shareholders, the boss etc.

Now when the money becomes your only motivation in art of any kind, that can be a problem.
But still, there is nothing wrong and nothing bad about being paid for doing something you love.

And before anyone decides to jump on me as the bad guy, like I`m some money motivated ****er.

Everything I release (on my label anyway), has been available online for free before it was released.
Usually available right here on BOA, so no, I`m not motivated by cashola.

But anyone with a release, wants to know it is selling well, rather than sitting on a shelf. As it means it is being appreciated.