Originally posted by random
Quote: | Originally posted by Barnesey
Cool, you're just promoting it. Make sure to hit as many messageboards as you can. I could care less at this point, too many shitheads do this to even
give a fuck anymore. |
Not to be the asshole here, but doesn't your website claim to re-release all this old stuff since it's too good to be forgotten? And how many people
on this board (aside from me) knew that you put out the ALD album? So aren't these links helping that when one of the few people mentioned as good
was ALD?
I realize that running a label takes money that I don't have to drop on production/promotion, especially in the age of downloading, so I definitely
don't mean to sound like a total dick here. But a lot of shit comes in and out of press, and you should keep in mind that not everybody knows that.
Hell, I plan on downloading the YDL stuff... it's semi-"in press", since Vulture Rock has the vinyl out, but I don't have a record player. And I'll
probably take the Uprise stuff up there, even though rumor has it that Rob Daly is putting out the whole discography soon... and I'll buy that, too.
Bottom line is that downloading is reality, and you don't need to call someone a dickhead for acknowledging it and posting some links. The real
question is how many sales you lost out due to downloading. You lost some, but you'll also gain some when someone who downloaded it goes and sings
the praises of the "awesome band ALD I just heard". Does it even out? Probably not, but you knew that when you decided to release the thing.
And I'm surprised that Andy and/or Mark wasn't the first to complain, since one of those links has a bunch of Thorp/SG albums, including at least one
Ducky Boys album... all of which I've bought. |