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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Facebook, Web Updates, Dreamland Compilation
So I was trying to make it so the Silber Facebook Page (as opposed to just my personal page) has posts feed in from my Twitter. It seems like for the non-personal pages it can only go one way (Facebook …
One Response to Facebook, Web Updates, Dreamland Compilation
CD Case, Blogging, Norm MacDonald, Dream
So I did some work on the possible disc case thing. Here’s a video of me trying to assemble one while holding a camera in the other hand.
I talked to Shane Sauers a bit about the assembly thing (the …
5 Responses to CD Case, Blogging, Norm MacDonald, Dream
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well in order to even break even you’ve got to either price the CD’s high or sell a lot of copies so just relying on word of mouth or the multitude of blogs that nobody really reads unless they’re looking for their own reviews probably doesn’t help.
I’m doubtful ads even work in this day and age. I mean when was the last time you went to a website and saw an ad and was interested enough to click on it? Then again not everybody is me and i did run a couple of those cheap FBook ads as an experiment and while it was only 25$ the most that came out of it was 2 or 3 more FB likes.
Publicist, i’m weary of… on one hand they can do more for you than you can due to their established connections and ability to put the time in and the other, what they do is it really going to help you out enough or are you just paying money to see yourself in print etc. . . . . if you’re still only getting into the hands of people that aren’t going to like your music anyways, it’ll never translate to sells or more people at your shows despite more awareness. That’s why i dunno if that route would do Silber niche any justice. If we only played punk or metal this would be way easier to make connects.I still think the #1 way to increase exposure is through live performance and meeting people. I don’t know of a single artist that got popular any other way except for novelty acts like DieAntwoord or ones that had members of formerly successful artists.
That $10,000 might be better served sending people out on the road if the goal is to sell more music/CDs etc. . . -
i think in the chart on the page you linked Cold War Kids “A&R reps frustrated with blogs creating artificial fan following” is the most important statement on that page. Also that the internet is more or less marketing to people that don’t really like music, who i guess technically are the people you need to reach but being the internet and all these people no longer put worth on music and then how can you expect them to do anythign but download it for free or not at all.
Blogging, Short Runs, From Oceans to Autumn, Remora, Cerebus, Conspiracy Theories, The Outer Limits, Dream
So I just figured out how to get the blog to show comments on the front page instead of just individual entry pages. Starting to feel a little bit more comfortable with WordPress I suppose since I am going in …
Posted in comics, daily news, dreams, movies & television, music, video
Tagged Blogging, Cerebus, Conspiracy Theories, Dream, from oceans to autumn, jason young, remora, short runs, The Outer Limits
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Finally Checking It Out, Short Runs
I posted up a couple reviews on Finally Checking It Out of a couple proto-graphic novels by Lynd Ward & the ultra-early graphic novel It Rhymes with Lust. I saw Event Horizon while I was working on some things …
Posted in comics, daily news, movies & television, music
Tagged Finally Checking It Out, short runs
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13 Responses to Finally Checking It Out, Short Runs
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did you see Sunshine, which is basically the same type of movie?
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I like the letterpress style cases. You may consider also Arigato Pak – although I have no idea about which is the less expensive…
By the way, recently n5MD started a special repress series in Arigato Pak. I’m going to buy the SubtractiveLAD one which I missed and see how it is.-
nice post.
you should do this and then get a gocco kit (which we used on the guilty prize covers) which considering your fondness of crafts, i think you’d enjoy
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or Moon. which isn’t hte same type of movie but i think you may dig it. also i think Bowie’s son either directed or wrote this possibly both.
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I’m not one to be influenced by the “handmade” thing people tend to drop with limited releases. Cd sized objects – no matter how much love has went into them – don’t influence my decision to purchase an album.
However, I’d be naive to ignore that people really like these things.
Paper Jamz, Paper Dolls
My nephew has one of those Paper Jamz guitars & I thought it would be funny if I tried to do a show with it or something some time (they have an output jack on them). But even when I …
Paper Dolls, mwvm, Dream
So when I printed up the miniature paper dolls, the color prints looked all pixelated, so I had to print them in black & white & recolor them. Didn’t have a chance yet to start shooting the video. Maybe tomorrow?…
10 Responses to Paper Dolls, mwvm, Dream
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As for mwvm, any chance to have a limited run of physical copies (maybe CDRs)? : (
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I see your point, Brian. I don’t listen to music on a computer or MP3 player, either (only CDS). I was just thinking about a CDR thing with essential artwork like Plumerai “Res Cogitans” – although it wasn’t a limited edition, I suppose.
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how about this? i will burn a cd-r with artwork FREE of charge to anyone who pays for the album via silber?
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@Micheal, I remember when you sent me a CDR copy of your Demos in the past, but now I’m wondering if it would be convenient for you – considering also the shipping costs…
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hello nic,
yes, i remember, italy if i recall? i’ll probably ask the recipient to cover postage costs via paypal, a nominal £1.50 or something.
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Yes Italy, Michael. I live in the south – specifically in Sicily :)
Covering postage costs via PayPal is a good idea – just let us (followers) know if you decide to burn some CDR with artwork.
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Car, Paper Dolls, Dream
So my trickery worked & my car passed inspection. Pretty excited about that headache being gone for a year.
I finished drawing & coloring the original versions of the paper dolls for the Remora video. Just have to print up …
Spotify & Music Money Today
Ned Raggett asked me to move this into a blog post so he could refer people to it, so here it is from a Facebook discussion.
Brian John Mitchell
Anyone seen these press releases some indie labels are doing about
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missed this. I certainly have never seen a cent in any of my Carta ASCAP statements from any internet plays at all, though I know they happen. It’s a mystery to me. I’m fortunate (maybe) enough that I don’t count on music for any portion of my income and it provides a decent tax write off for me, but it would be nice to see, like, $5 at some point from one of these services.
Car, Wheelchair, Rollerball, Dream
I only got an hour of sleep last night, so my day was mostly a haze.
I got the follow-up emails on the new releases out. Just have to wait & see if anyone responds as far as getting on …
2 Responses to Car, Wheelchair, Rollerball, Dream
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are these pandas sitting at the table or are they doign normal panda activities?
Remora, Spotify, XO, Worms
So I did some more work on my paper dolls for the Remora video. Drew three out of five, still have to scan them in, color them, & cut them out & then find out if my camera can do …
8 Responses to Remora, Spotify, XO, Worms
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if it doesn’t cost the label/artist anything to be on it, i would see Spotify as free promo (i guess cdbaby puts you on there as part of their deal, not sure how working direct works out).
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also i gu ess i don’t know how spotify works either, is it just online radio like pandora? or do you get to download the songs for a subscription fee?
for the plumerai page, i update on reverbnation and it feeds FBpage, twitter, myspace.