Collaborative Releases / Physical Media

I'd tend to agree that the download approach will usually be a LOT easier to get off the ground, but I would still think that a download wouldn't get the potential kudos that a professional CD used as a promotion item could...

Another aspect is that given the numbers of people involved in making music these days, it naturally would be difficult to pinpoint those individuals who have the motivation and business mentality to see a full on collab release through... still doable, but difficult I'd guess.

I blame the *insert blamable item here* ;)

Dam apathetic generation - if I could be bothered I'd do something about it!!! ;)

Guys, I gotta disagree. I 've been reading only a little on it but my understanding is that Physical media still holds 85% of all music purchased. That;s tough to compete with...Yes The marketing has much to do with it. Most def. But I think People like to have a physical item they can touch to associate their purchase and money spent. I don't know about you guys But I love my shelf. Even Though I rarely touch it ,but to put something new on it. Just having it there Ya know.I love making music,but when I burn that homemade and print the label, It's whole other feeling in my hand

I believe we'll all have to remember to approach this part of music from a listeners perspective. That's the key.(what would 50 Cent Do???)

Creative approaches are the best ones, anyway. There are some really impressive things going in the world of viral marketing (there are also some really mediocre/bad/boring/weak efforts, too).

Most of the work that I've released as brokenkites so far is connected to a work of metafiction; the two are intended to be able to stand alone, but also supplement each other. A couple of the videos that I put together are kind of like bridges for the two different works.

I'd like to see more stuff showing up where video directors/producers use thematic music from independent artists, and tie it in with story from indie authors. A series of short films/videos that are thematically arranged to tell a bigger story would be really cool. Anyone know of anything like that going on?

And, of course, if the site collectively decides to release a physical CD, I'd want to sign up for that. haha

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I believe We could release something Of impact if we market it correctly. BUZZ is vital. You kind of have to be a snake oil salesman to in a way.I've been Play with a few ideas and it's not easy alone But better in a Group. I believe our individual chances at success are are greater if we bring the worlds attention to this community,but how is the question.
I long for the days When elite level mebers of maketunes.com collaborate over the Net on the new Tom Cruise film And the only issues are weekly newsletters.

We need a project that will band these 'islands' together to create our own 'water world'(sorry for the pun...