Can The Six Pack (Mini-Album) Help Save The Music Industry?…
Written by Free Audio Books - Free audiobooks on March 4, 2010 – 5:33 am -This mini-album experiment could help fix two problems. First, it could help keep record labels on the store shelves on retailers wary of falling CD sales. Second, cheaper albums will probably do more to lure buyers who would have otherwise bought a single track. The current gap between track and album is about $7.70 – a $9.99 digital album price minus $1.29 track price. At iTunes, Shelton’s Hillybilly Bone costs $5.99 while each track costs $1.29. That’s a difference of $4.70. If the price gap is reduced to the $4 to $5 range, labels may be better able to convert track buyers to album buyers. Bill Board
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By Jason Saulnier on Mar 4, 2010 | Reply
Interesting read thanks for posting.
By Rus Withers on Mar 4, 2010 | Reply
Mini Albums are a good idea, but I don’t believe that is the problem. Music is the community and needs a breath of fresh air with new talent and new distribution concepts. Global Journey is growing at 10-20% annually because of the way that we are marketing our music on interactive players….
By Bruce Maddocks on Mar 7, 2010 | Reply
I am mastering more 5,6,or 7 song EP’s for Indie artists. It has been only 3 or 4 times a month we are doing 12-14 song CD’s. Artists seem to know that short and sweet sells records.