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News Radiohead allows you to pick album price

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Da Dego, 3 Oct 2007.

  1. fini

    fini What's a Dremel?

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    It has to be said though, that as a form of advertising this has been spotless. Imagine how much it would have cost them to get this much tv coverage via paid adverts? In addition to that they get a nice sheen of 'we love our fans and hate the record industry' cool to help propel their sales.

    I know a lot of people who are not fans (me included) have checked out the site off the back of tv reports so I can see this going very well for them. Even if people download it for 1p, if it increases the chances of them going to a concert then it'll be worth it - because there are ridiculous levels of profit in tours.
     
  2. E.E.L. Ambiense

    E.E.L. Ambiense Acrylic Heretic

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    The only one I can think of off the top of my head that's similar to this is perhaps eMusic.com.
     
  3. completemadness

    completemadness What's a Dremel?

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    I do agree with impar record companies have their place, however GuitarBizarre's quote says it all, the record industry guys are greedy b*******
    It costs them 83c more to change the album cover, and they charge $10 for that .... that's over 10x markup on cost - its insanity

    If i liked radiohead, i think £4-7 is pretty reasonable, however they have shot themselves in the foot imo, buy not not telling you the actual cost
    IE, if there is 43p added on, fine, but i want to pay £4-7 not £4-7 + 43p

    P.s. as to record companies weeding out crappy bands, bu******* - look at all the cr** we have been subjected to
     
  4. impar

    impar Minimodder

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    Greetings!
    If the band sells the companies will keep it, if not they will dismiss it.
     
  5. knowyourenemy

    knowyourenemy Professional Winner

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    90$ USD going in. <3 Radiohead.
     
  6. devdevil85

    devdevil85 What's a Dremel?

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    If the album is something I would really like, I would be willing to spend $5 on the album. Why not drop the price to $5 and grab twice as many people than if you had it at $10, y'know what I mean? Word-of-mouth is the best/fastest form of advertising......and it works almost 100% of the time.....F**k the middle-man!
     
  7. ReelFiles

    ReelFiles What's a Dremel?

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    I'd drop $5 on an album, just not that one, hehe.
     
  8. knowyourenemy

    knowyourenemy Professional Winner

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    You know what I'm more stoked about? Tour date announcements for the US.
     
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