Distribution...

[ethos]

what do yall do for distribution?
do you work a deal out with a company, do you sell it out of your trunk/at live shows/online etc...

[Fieva]

Originally Posted by ethos

what do yall do for distribution?
do you work a deal out with a company, do you sell it out of your trunk/at live shows/online etc...

I step it a little bit above out of the trunk. I network with people in other industries that might relate to the music I make and work out deals with them (kind of like, you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours type deals).

For instance, one of my artists is starting a lowrider car club with her man. Since me and them are cool, they're going to help me get into the lowrider community there to help push units when the album drops. In exchange, I toss their name around here and there and post an advert on my site. Depending on the results, I'd be willing to help them out more like help them set up a site or something like that.

[Murdock Jones]

You Fie that's a good idea, with that lowrider thing and all. Come to find out you do got some smarts about you. Look out world

Ethos, when I was selling independent, I got some vinyl pressed up about 1000 peices at first, gave some to prominent local DJ, and mailed to the national one's. Then I was able to find about 3 small time distributors, who like my product, they would order 300 to 500 at a time, and pay me net 30. It worked really well at the time. I ended up moving 7500 pieces. But now that I'm a little wiser I want ot focus my distruibution to a more locallized area, that my artist can support with shows, and retail appearances. I would advise to see if you find a small distributor that likes your product, and that distibutes locally, not more that 2 states away, so that you can support the areas they distibute to. Where ya from?

[ethos]

I'm In Madison Wisconsin, so distribution through out Wisconsin and the Midwest would be great.

[Murdock Jones]

Ask your local retailer who the small indy distribution companies are, and try to get them interested in your music.

[bknot1]

you can also look in you phone book for local/regional music distributors...

also check with you local record store about puttin cds in their store on a cosignment agreement to see if anyone will buy it or have them give them away as free cd with a purchase of 2-3 or more cds..if you have a little buzz in your city..people will listen and come back to find out if you have more

[Fieva]

Originally Posted by Murdock Jones

You Fie that's a good idea, with that lowrider thing and all. Come to find out you do got some smarts about you. Look out world

Sometimes you gotta be aware of your surroundings and use them the best way you know how man. The lowrider hook up just hopped in my lap, so I couldn't let it pass me by. I've been on grind making connects from everything to selling beats, to looking for local folks to spread word about the album and label, to the lowrider circuit, and to top it off, I might find myself designing clothes with an upstart clothing label this year. Kind of like a Phat Farm thing but who knows where that could go....all I know is if the product is good I can link my music to it.

That's how you make it in this world these days.

Fie.

[Murdock Jones]

Originally Posted by Fieva

Sometimes you gotta be aware of your surroundings and use them the best way you know how man. The lowrider hook up just hopped in my lap, so I couldn't let it pass me by. I've been on grind making connects from everything to selling beats, to looking for local folks to spread word about the album and label, to the lowrider circuit, and to top it off, I might find myself designing clothes with an upstart clothing label this year. Kind of like a Phat Farm thing but who knows where that could go....all I know is if the product is good I can link my music to it.

That's how you make it in this world these days.

Fie.

I hear you brother