[Dixielandjazz] The Downfall of the music industry.

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Hi guys:

This is indeed the newest form of GORILLA marketing and it does work, 
If they do it correctly they will garner a few million listeners around 
the world and if they like their music they can always buy the Second 
and subsequent CDs or pay to download them as the future will no doubt 
be.

Surprisingly enough so could any Dixieland Band that took the time to 
go out and do this same thing, at least they could garner a lot more 
fans and such if they at least tried and who knows where it might 
actually take them. Nothing ventured nothing gained and it is basically 
free to do this.   Beats dusting off those boxes of CD and cassettes in 
the garage every few months,  move em out, at least somebody will hear 
them at least one time, and heck they might like them enough to buy 
some more or recommend them to their friends.   Heck give em away at 
Flea markets if you have to, just make sure your name and phone number 
is on them so anybody who likes it can call you and book you to play 
live where you can sell the next CD.

Send them to radio stations too guys, if you don't you can bet they are 
never going to play them, many will not anyway, but some of them will, 
again nothing ventured nothing gained.   If at first you don't succeed  
Try Try again,  just like making Love, but not quite as much fun. :))

Now I believe I  just heard the name Robbers Dog Jazz Band in this 
email for the first time since I have known you :)) Just got to keep 
gettin' the name out there in front of folks some will like it some 
won't but if we don't get it out to them they are not likely to come 
looking for it or accidentally stumble across it. Sooner or later the 
kids we all keep talking about are going to discover this music again 
and in great numbers. History keeps repeating itself over and over. 
Fortunately it is a good thing for Timeless great music as well.


That band is on a band site full of wannabes and groups that are 
convinced that THEY are the Next Big Thing and the world is just 
waiting to make them superstars with their great songs:   there are 
82,000 + bands on that one site , and only one semi Dixieland band on 
the site
doing any marketing and it is constantly in the top fifty viewed bands 
on the site  can you guess which band it is ???    :))

They also have great respect from many of those kids on the site who 
post about them on the community forum often.


Cheers,

Tom Wiggins
St. Gabriel's Celestial Brass Band
   back to lurking , and marketing OKOM





>> This is hysterical.<
>
> Dear Steve,
> Mmmmmmmmmmm.
> Not really all that hysterical.
> Fact.
> I have been saying most of what is in that piece for years.
> But why should I care anyway, the Robbers Dogs Jazz Band will never be
> famous.
> I just hate paying the vultures royalties, for old songs, which will 
never
> get back to the authors (or their estates) when 'administration' 
costs are
> extracted.
> Not funny, nor hysterical either.
> More power to Yellow Thunder Woman and Robin Davey for saying it as 
it is.
> And advocating the new marketing tool to get the kids to their 
concerts -
> free downloads to show how good they are.
> It happened last year with an English 'rock' group, to the dismay of 
the
> record companies.
> (Mentioned at the time here on the DJML.)
> Over to you Mister Wiggins.

Dear Bill:

I agree with you about the premise of the article. The major labels are 
just
not interested in most bands/musicians. And so it is up to aspiring 
music
stars to make their own records, do their own download programs and 
figure
out how to get mass exposure without being controlled by philistines.

What is hysterical is how bad Yellow Thunder Woman's music is. When we 
add
that to the context of her rant, it is easy to see why they are trying 
to
give their music away free. Trouble is, like any "give away" marketing 
ploy,
giving away bad music free only hastens its demise.

Take a look at their web site and hear some of their "art".

Cheers,
Steve (Red Thunder Man) Barbone


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