Something for nothing...

[silverskull]

I constantly watch the media looking for new ways to promote the band and sell the tracks. I watched this with immense interest to see the outcome.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7082627.stm

Most notible comments...

Nearly two-thirds of downloaders

Comments

[_pyromancer_]

Hi

[silverskull]

Ah you're probably a little out of touch with our opinions on MP3's and downloads. I think the correct conclusion to be drawn from my original post is that if you give people a chance to get something for nothing that's what most people will do

[_pyromancer_]

Aha - fair enough, I was going by the out of date main site.

Agree, if offered something for nothing, that's what people will pay for it.

Then again, of those who d/l the Radiohead album, how many would actually have bought it? I didn't d/l and wouldn't buy as they're not a band I'm interested in, but often I'll d/l stuff for free to have a listen, but if I really like what I hear I'll then but albums, have acquired a fair bit of Manowar, Hammerfall, and Rhapsody that way, and have subsequently bought 5 x Hammerfall, 4 x Rhapsody, and 1 x Manowar albums. I already had the music, but liked them enough to want to actually pay for it too.

And the other bits I missed...

[silverskull]

"24k samples"

For the people with dial up you mentioned.

"Love Like Broken Glass"

A big German favorite and we couldn't get Sigil repressed in time due to cash flow problems and lending the last bass player the cash to afford the flight to go to Germany. So saying we lost out big time in sales and I figured the best I could do was put it on the German zine with 20,000 circulation. Seemed sensible at the time.

I know you feel there's a difference between a signed band and an unsigned one, but in these times I'm not so sure

That's called money, investment and exposure. Signed bands have someone constantly working to get them this rather than a couple of people in the band.

Soundclick

I'll look into that.

[_pyromancer_]

PS: And put a link to that utterly brilliant "Carnival Noir" video on the front page!

Also, on the video page, put the high res version first and the low res one as "alternative version for dial-up users" or something similar. Else people will click on the first link they see and get the blurred one.

And put a link to that utterly brilliant "Carnival Noir" video on the front page!

[silverskull]

Oh and on a separate note we'll be looking out for video extras soon if all goes to plan.