Breaking Decency Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 And where?Do you just go for iTunes and Spotify, keep it little on Bandcamp or go the whole hog on CD And Vinyl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I usually hire someone to do an interpretive dance of my music in shopping centres up and down the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdrockfromtheSon Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I pay AC/DC to play live music in my living room once a week. Also, I get my music from CDs, Isohunt when it was around, and I have vinyl all the way back to 1972 - Deep Purple - Black Night/strange kind of woman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking Decency Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 It really is quite odd how an innocuous thread where I enquire about possible better distribution deals still turns into a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdrockfromtheSon Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 It really is quite odd how an innocuous thread where I enquire about possible better distribution deals still turns into a mess.OK. Forget the Isohunt, CDs and vinyl. AC/DC play live for me once a week.C'mon, it's Saturday night and I'm having a wee beer or two, and a bit of fun. I'll get serious on Monday, OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking Decency Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 OK. Forget the Isohunt, CDs and vinyl. AC/DC play live for me once a week. C'mon, it's Saturday night and I'm having a wee beer or two, and a bit of fun. I'll get serious on Monday, OK? You distribute your music via isohunt? I considered going down the road of seeding torrents just for promotion but decided against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdrockfromtheSon Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 You distribute your music via isohunt? I considered going down the road of seeding torrents just for promotion but decided against it.Sorry, I'm reading this all wrong.I don't distribute music. I download it, buy it on CD or vinyl, and do anything imaginable to watch live music. I take all my tongue in cheek stuff back, as I read your initial post wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking Decency Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Sorry, I'm reading this all wrong. I don't distribute music. I download it, buy it on CD or vinyl, and do anything imaginable to watch live music. I take all my tongue in cheek stuff back, as I read your initial post wrong. No problem, bit of a specialist area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I stand by what i said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I wish I knew, mate. See if you listen to Vic Galloway's BBC Radio Scotland show, you'll hear all these Scottish bands who have their music out there - f**k knows how they do it. It's damn near impossible to get radio airplay as well, as Sandi Thom will tell you. Good luck with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking Decency Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 I wish I knew, mate. See if you listen to Vic Galloway's BBC Radio Scotland show, you'll hear all these Scottish bands who have their music out there - f**k knows how they do it. It's damn near impossible to get radio airplay as well, as Sandi Thom will tell you. Good luck with it. Its remarkably easy to get the distro deal - i can think of about 20 companies right now. Radio play however is indeed a little more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Its remarkably easy to get the distro deal - i can think of about 20 companies right now. Radio play however is indeed a little more difficult. Tell us MOAR about theses companies that do distribution deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Malkmus Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 What are you aiming to achieve? If you're going for superstardom, write better songs, learn how to put on a good live show and attract people who will handle the distribution side for you. If you're wanting to build up a small fanbase, play live often, hope word spreads via word of mouth and set up a Bandcamp or something to start with. If you're just doing it for fun, distribute it however you like but don't expect anyone to care. Putting your music on Itunes or Spotify means f**k all if nobody knows that it exists in order to look it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking Decency Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 What are you aiming to achieve? If you're going for superstardom, write better songs, learn how to put on a good live show and attract people who will handle the distribution side for you. If you're wanting to build up a small fanbase, play live often, hope word spreads via word of mouth and set up a Bandcamp or something to start with. If you're just doing it for fun, distribute it however you like but don't expect anyone to care. Putting your music on Itunes or Spotify means f**k all if nobody knows that it exists in order to look it up. I've already achieved what I needed to achieve, just wondered how or if anyone else was going about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I've already achieved what I needed to achieve, just wondered how or if anyone else was going about it. Are you going to tell us about these distribution deals that are remarkably easy to arrange? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Didn't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 BE A WEAR of the pitfalls of the music business, folks. Personally, I'm similar to Itzdrk, but where he relies on the medium of interpretative dance, I prefer the medium of mime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychedelic Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 We've always recored 4-5 tracks, had 100 cds printed to sell at gigs, which normally tides us over til we get the money together to do the next recording session - we're not aiming for superstardom, but it's a good way of generating a bit of extra income. The tracks might be on iTunes as well, but I don't handle that sort of stuff, so I've no idea how well things sell on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I leave a USB stick at parties and rely on people to do the legwork. I've got 143 Soundcloud plays so you tell me if it working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidger Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 used to be a big Soundcloud person, but it turned to shit, think only place is youtube now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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