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patmandu
New member
It's easy- tell EVERYONE about my new CD "Pat Ortman" and my website (http://www.patortman.com) with free MP3 downloads, my Live365 FREE radio station... everything I can do to get the word out, I do!
A Reel Person
It's Too Funky in Here!!!
Pat,... Here's a BIGGER marketing secret:
Just GIVE IT AWAY, like I did, Dave Archuleta, of THE DAVEMANIA COLLECTION of Home Recording,... the FREE 4CD Set PHENOMENON of 2001, consisting of a 3CD DAVE ANTHOLOGY plus an all newly recorded SPECIAL BONUS DISC, all 100% covers. Still me, still free, still available.
Free 4CD set, 4 full length CDs. Get yours here, today, at d.archuleta@att.net ... still free to everybody, just for the asking.
DAVEMANIA has been a HUGE sucess, is on it's 2nd FREE Edition, and when all is said & done, I'll have shipped ~50 cd sets, to listeners WORLDWIDE.
It just goes to prove one thing about the American Capitalist system: that it's pretty hard to go wrong, when you're giving away free stuff. Haha.
I'm not making any money, no, in fact it costs me money, but my music's being heard, worldwide, by many real people,... no doubt, many satisfied listeners.
Email me with your name and address, and DAVEMANIA will be coming to your town, too!
Just GIVE IT AWAY, like I did, Dave Archuleta, of THE DAVEMANIA COLLECTION of Home Recording,... the FREE 4CD Set PHENOMENON of 2001, consisting of a 3CD DAVE ANTHOLOGY plus an all newly recorded SPECIAL BONUS DISC, all 100% covers. Still me, still free, still available.
Free 4CD set, 4 full length CDs. Get yours here, today, at d.archuleta@att.net ... still free to everybody, just for the asking.
DAVEMANIA has been a HUGE sucess, is on it's 2nd FREE Edition, and when all is said & done, I'll have shipped ~50 cd sets, to listeners WORLDWIDE.
It just goes to prove one thing about the American Capitalist system: that it's pretty hard to go wrong, when you're giving away free stuff. Haha.
I'm not making any money, no, in fact it costs me money, but my music's being heard, worldwide, by many real people,... no doubt, many satisfied listeners.
Email me with your name and address, and DAVEMANIA will be coming to your town, too!
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Royston
New member
Aren't you supposed to make money not lose it? If it's gonna cost me money, then I'd rather not bother. I have a family to feed. Davemania, how many cd's have you given away?
A Reel Person
It's Too Funky in Here!!!
In most cases, people want to make money.
I'm sure that's true, and typically the case. If it costs money, most people won't bother, just like you said.
I'm not typical, though.
The Davemania project is still in the fabrication phase of Edition 2, soon to be finished and posted, and when all is said & done, I'll have shipped approximately 50 4-cd sets, [appx 200 discs], full length, each complete with jewel case and cover art.
You're right, I'm not doing the typical thing people would do. That's part of what makes the DAVEMANIA project so different, and so successful.
BTW, I don't measure my musical or artistic success by dollars and cents. Others might, and that might be typical, but I don't, and I'm not typical.
Don't expect me to be average or typical, at least not in regards to this.
I think giving music away, even at my own expense, is a good thing, as long as people listen. I know that's not typical. You, and a lot of other people would not bother doing what I've done.
Again, as far as I'm concerned, being free to the listeners is part of what makes the DAVEMANIA project so different, and so successful.
I'm not in music to make money, but that's just personal preference. I can afford to give it away, but that's just me, and I know it's not typical. Most people wouldn't bother trying to give anything away, especially if it cost them money out of their own pocket, and I know that, and can accept it for what it is.
I think people who focus on their own home-recording music, as if there's any commercial, money making potential in it, are making a mistake, in general.
Royston, if it costs you money out of your own pocket to promote and spread your own music around to people, then you wouldn't bother, and that's realistic, and 'typical'. You wouldn't bother, doing what I'm doing, and that's ok.
On the other hand, if I saw the average home recordist, promoting his music, and asking me to buy it, then I wouldn't bother.
So, by definition, our attitudes on this subject are exact opposite,... and that's ok, too.
I'm sure that's true, and typically the case. If it costs money, most people won't bother, just like you said.
I'm not typical, though.
The Davemania project is still in the fabrication phase of Edition 2, soon to be finished and posted, and when all is said & done, I'll have shipped approximately 50 4-cd sets, [appx 200 discs], full length, each complete with jewel case and cover art.
You're right, I'm not doing the typical thing people would do. That's part of what makes the DAVEMANIA project so different, and so successful.
BTW, I don't measure my musical or artistic success by dollars and cents. Others might, and that might be typical, but I don't, and I'm not typical.
Don't expect me to be average or typical, at least not in regards to this.
I think giving music away, even at my own expense, is a good thing, as long as people listen. I know that's not typical. You, and a lot of other people would not bother doing what I've done.
Again, as far as I'm concerned, being free to the listeners is part of what makes the DAVEMANIA project so different, and so successful.
I'm not in music to make money, but that's just personal preference. I can afford to give it away, but that's just me, and I know it's not typical. Most people wouldn't bother trying to give anything away, especially if it cost them money out of their own pocket, and I know that, and can accept it for what it is.
I think people who focus on their own home-recording music, as if there's any commercial, money making potential in it, are making a mistake, in general.
Royston, if it costs you money out of your own pocket to promote and spread your own music around to people, then you wouldn't bother, and that's realistic, and 'typical'. You wouldn't bother, doing what I'm doing, and that's ok.
On the other hand, if I saw the average home recordist, promoting his music, and asking me to buy it, then I wouldn't bother.
So, by definition, our attitudes on this subject are exact opposite,... and that's ok, too.