http://blog.hecker.org/2007/04/18/labels-and-emusic-making-it-up-on-volume/ Mozilla, open source, and other random topics Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:07:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://blog.hecker.org/2007/04/18/labels-and-emusic-making-it-up-on-volume/#comment-1128 The letter Danny Stein didn’t write « Swindleeeee!!!!! Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:45:50 +0000 http://swindleeeee.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/labels-and-emusic-making-it-up-on-volume/#comment-1128 [...] that labels cannot profitably sell through eMusic. Thus per-track pricing has in the past been a point of contention between eMusic and various independent [...] [...] that labels cannot profitably sell through eMusic. Thus per-track pricing has in the past been a point of contention between eMusic and various independent [...]

]]> http://blog.hecker.org/2007/04/18/labels-and-emusic-making-it-up-on-volume/#comment-1126 Swindleeeee!!!!! › Goodbye labels? Sat, 05 May 2007 14:35:43 +0000 http://swindleeeee.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/labels-and-emusic-making-it-up-on-volume/#comment-1126 [...] I’ve previously made my own views clear on the labels’ complaints about eMusic pricing, so I won’t repeat my comments here. I’ll don’t want to denigrate the label’s concerns (now he says!), but I do think they’re trying to swim against the tide somewhat. Just a big-box retailers took music CDs and made them a loss leader, I think the long-term trend is for lower prices for digital music. As Amazon apparently prepares to enter the digital music market, we’ll see if I’m right. This was written by Frank Hecker. Posted on Saturday, May 5, 2007, at 14:35. Filed under emusic. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback. [...] [...] I’ve previously made my own views clear on the labels’ complaints about eMusic pricing, so I won’t repeat my comments here. I’ll don’t want to denigrate the label’s concerns (now he says!), but I do think they’re trying to swim against the tide somewhat. Just a big-box retailers took music CDs and made them a loss leader, I think the long-term trend is for lower prices for digital music. As Amazon apparently prepares to enter the digital music market, we’ll see if I’m right. This was written by Frank Hecker. Posted on Saturday, May 5, 2007, at 14:35. Filed under emusic. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback. [...]

]]> http://blog.hecker.org/2007/04/18/labels-and-emusic-making-it-up-on-volume/#comment-1127 Swindleeeee!!!!! › The business case for eMusic’s Connoisseur plans Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:26:12 +0000 http://swindleeeee.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/labels-and-emusic-making-it-up-on-volume/#comment-1127 [...] In a previous post I offered some pretty snarky advice for indie labels complaining about eMusic per-track payouts. For this post I ‘ll try to look at things in a more objective manner and consider why eMusic does business the way it does, and why eMusic’s approach is arguably better for labels than various alternatives. In particular I’ll address the business case for eMusic offering its new Connoisseur plans, since that was apparently one major bone of contention between eMusic and Victory Records. As Tony Brummel of Victory famously said with regard to the Connoisseur plans, I just don’t believe in what they’re doing. He may have lost his own faith in eMusic, but perhaps I can justify it to others. [...] [...] In a previous post I offered some pretty snarky advice for indie labels complaining about eMusic per-track payouts. For this post I ‘ll try to look at things in a more objective manner and consider why eMusic does business the way it does, and why eMusic’s approach is arguably better for labels than various alternatives. In particular I’ll address the business case for eMusic offering its new Connoisseur plans, since that was apparently one major bone of contention between eMusic and Victory Records. As Tony Brummel of Victory famously said with regard to the Connoisseur plans, I just don’t believe in what they’re doing. He may have lost his own faith in eMusic, but perhaps I can justify it to others. [...]

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