 Thread: Mr. Amos & the "to do" list |
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speaking of Mr Amos' schedule and all that... is Terry still working on Catscratch? Is it still in production?
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| Thread: Mr. Amos & the "to do" list |
Ron E
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What about a mid point dvd, "making of" type thing, as a teaser along the way, to those who don't pre-order, but pre-support... or whatever it will be called.
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| Thread: It's All About YOU.... |
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careful... answers like "1, no 2" can have you flung into the abyss!
You got published??? Did I miss the press conference?
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| Thread: 2 questions you HAVE to ask on Terry's tour |
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Originally posted by tchandler
why, yes, as a matter of fact i did lay down some bass stuff for potential new choir songs very recently ... i'm curioius as to how the news traveled that fast ...
and of course i didn't write any music for "midget...
and berger played bass on it... 
and i can't tour because of my stupid job ... |
Derri and Facebook are not a good combination if you want to keep anything quiet... 
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| Thread: Happy Birthday, Terry! |
Ron E
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Originally posted by sondance
Isn't 2010 the big 60 for Uncle T alias Germane Jermaine Germain, Lord of the Yard Gnomes?
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great idea!
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| Thread: Would CDs on demand ever be considered? |
Ron E
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Originally posted by audiori
The hardcore diehard fans are a pretty small subset of the total fanbase actually - although, its a very important part that keeps things moving most of the time.
The fan base tends to break down by style or time period. We can see this primarily in how many names we add to our database from the sales of each type of release.. as an example, something like the DA30th release sold primarily to people that have not purchased any of the other titles. Some asked about SHotgun Angel.. some said they were old Calvary Chapel fans who had been looking for that album for a long time. We were concerned that it might not sell well since it was an unpopular album with most of our regular customers.. what ended up happening was that we added on a whole new group of folks that weren't there before.
It sort of breaks up like this..
Group A: Fans that like the early country stuff
Group B: Fans that like Shotgun Angel
Group C: Fans that like Horrendous Disc
Group D: Fans that like the 80s new wave/punk/rock stuff
Group E: Fans that like newer DA stuff
Group F: Fans that like the Swirling Eddies
Group G: Fans that like Terry Solo albums
Group H: Fans that like Lost Dogs albums
Group I: Fans that like the NEverhood stuff
Group J: The hardcore fan
They split up even more when you add in other variables like DVDs or concert discs... something like the Anaheim 85 DVD will only sell to a portion of groups A, B, C and D - plus a good part of Group J. Something like a Dogs DVD may sell to a portion of Group H, some of Group J, and a few random pieces of the other groups. Midget will sell to largely Groups F, E and J.
Group J is obviously the primary target audience for Deluxe Reissues. Those are the folks taht you see on the Damb, the DADL and at Cornerstone for the most part.. although it is larger than any of those groups. I guess my fear was that we may be leaving out some parts of the other groups who maybe don't care about the extras and just want the album they remember from years ago.
Thats why its difficult to try to bring each group what they're looking for. All we can really do most of the time is just bounce around from one group to another.. something Neverhood related, to something 80'sish, to somethign new, to something country, etc. Thats also why its hard to put a number on the entire size of the fanbase... any attempt to do so - especially based only on the sales of a single release - is overlooking a lot of data. We can put a number on the total number of customers we've had - but even that is only a portion of the fanbase, as some do not have the internet and only buy at live shows, etc.
Probably the best thing to do would be to go ahead and do the Deluxe thing and just try to keep the price as low as possible. That kind of kills two birds with one stone. |
That's a great concise summary. I never thought of some of those points before, from the band point of view. Thanks. Not that it affects us, but it makes things clear, at least for me.
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| Thread: Would CDs on demand ever be considered? |
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I guess, it depends on the situation, do you want something "available" or do you want to create a product. Both have merits, and if something like Live Bootleg 82 is basically all there is as it was, then that would be cool to just be "available". I think there is a great thing to hold onto things like say, Kalhoun, for the 30th anniversary edition
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| Thread: Would CDs on demand ever be considered? |
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I think, for something redone with liner notes and everything, I'd want the hard copy. For something like, say, Rapsures, which I've never heard, I'd be willing to pay for a download, but have no interest in the liner notes for that.
Maybe you can even offer the cover art/notes for download, even for a fee, I'd pay for that. I just find its too much of a hassle to pay shipping, customs,etc on things that I may not really want, such as live versions of things I already have or stuff that's going to be more novelty than good.
If say something like... Live 82 was to be rereleased with no new liner notes, then I'd likely download something like that. I have it on cassette only and if there were only new songs but no new packaging of significance, I'd lilke the songs digitized for iPod anyway, so that would be cool.
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| Thread: Roe Concert |
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sounds great though, how many were at the concert itself?
Any highlights for us?
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| Thread: Roe Concert |
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We're not avoiding you, we're just pretending we're not jealous.
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is more passive aggressive than