31 Mar
2017
31 Mar
'17
5:54 p.m.
On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 11:23:36 +0200
Louigi Verona <louigi.verona(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Things are not necessarily that bad. I can say, for
example, that my
experience with Bandcamp is extremely positive. Without being a known
musician I am generating some nice pocket money. My Paypal typically
has over 100-150 EUR, all thanks to purchases of my music by people on
Bandcamp. The stream of purchases is not too thick, but yet constant.
Now this is a good feedback.
The blurb from resonate is 20,000 sales = 356 EUR. By this, you would
have approx. 10,000 sales.
What was your (approx.) total sales so far ?
Here is an example of an established artist. Note the
endlessness of
purchases.
https://carbonbasedlifeforms.bandcamp.com/album/world-of-sleepers
Carbon Based Lifeforms are interesting. I've listen to them a few
times on youtube. Goes to show, people are still buying even if the
music is there for free on youtube. This is very good, as people show
appreciation.
However, nobody will do your promotion for you. So
just putting out
tracks and then doing nothing will not bring any audiences. This
latter point is key and I can talk a lot about that. Putting out your
music is just the beginning.
It would be nice to talk about this right here.
So, people complain about not being able to sell
anything, but it is
always more than just the music. It is about promotion, it is about
making your music bigger than just a bunch of tracks. Presentation
and promotion matter very-very much.
Yes. Coming up with a 'brand' so to speak. Something that's
identifiable. A direction. This is what it's about, that
artist/music/album is about that, at least at the moment.