Album related market research!! (cd, albums, review, tracks, quote)

Sound Devastation · 08-06-2006, 09:50 AM

Hey everyone, just wondering if you could help us out a bit!

We (Sound Devastation Records) are considering, online distribution. As we are both heavily against the whole system, we dont really want to do it out of choice... but we'd like to guage the advantage of it in the scenes we are targeting.

We'd also like to know the best way of letting people preview before they buy.

so chose your preference (imagine online and CD prices are the same - say £6), and tell us why!

Sound Devastation · 08-06-2006, 11:07 AM

cheers whoever fixed the poll!

right-track · 08-06-2006, 11:14 AM

Option 1.
It's basically what I do anyway.
Getting stuff off the net is great, but I like to own the cd.

Shouldn't this be in 'Promotion'.

swim · 08-06-2006, 11:41 AM

Half the times I buy albums I downloaded a while ago and all the other time it's just a blind I've heard these guys are good.

Sound Devastation · 08-06-2006, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by right-track

Shouldn't this be in 'Promotion'.

but im not promoting anything...

tdoc210 · 08-06-2006, 01:53 PM

I jsut illegally download, and if I like it, ill buy something different from the band.

Alo · 08-06-2006, 02:26 PM

3) Listen to one or two free downloads, buy as CD

The first part to check it out, and be able to let others check it out. And not the entire album, because that takes the surprise out of the album, making it less atractive to buy...

MoonlitSunshine · 08-06-2006, 02:50 PM

Yeah, me too^

Plus, having the CD is good, cause there's a certain novelty to it, and you get the album sleeve and stuff.

sleepy jack · 08-06-2006, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by right-track

Shouldn't this be in 'Promotion'.

Shes above promotion!
3, for one, I hate listening to a whole album off a website. Also if I have two downloaded tracks I can typically get into the band more that way, which leads to me buying the album.

beat yr own KID · 08-07-2006, 12:25 AM

I'll download it for free. If I like it I'll buy it maybe. Usually I don't buy cd's anyway unless it's from the bands at a show.

View Poll Results: If you were intested in an album, would you rather...
1) Listen to whole album streaming, buy as CD	6	40.00%
2) Listen to whole album streaming, buy as mp3	0	0%
3) Listen to one or two free downloads, buy as CD	4	26.67%
4) Listen to one or two free downlaods, buy as mp3	1	6.67%
5) Download for free and not buy anything	4	26.67%
Voters: 15. You may not vote on this poll

08-06-2006, 09:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sound Devastation Music Addict Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 728	Album related market research!! Hey everyone, just wondering if you could help us out a bit! We (Sound Devastation Records) are considering, online distribution. As we are both heavily against the whole system, we dont really want to do it out of choice... but we'd like to guage the advantage of it in the scenes we are targeting. We'd also like to know the best way of letting people preview before they buy. so chose your preference (imagine online and CD prices are the same - say £6), and tell us why! __________________ Out soon... AMENRA - Mass III 2xLP [stunning vinyl release of the belgian sludgecore giants epic 06 album] FALL OF EFRAFA - Owsla & Elil CD&LP [British crust/doom/post-metal band Fall of Efrafa deliver part two (Elil) on their dark conceptual trilogy. Part one (Owsla) will also be re-released for the first time in the UK] *** visit... Sound Devastation Records website**

08-06-2006, 11:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
Sound Devastation Music Addict Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 728	cheers whoever fixed the poll! __________________ Out soon... AMENRA - Mass III 2xLP [stunning vinyl release of the belgian sludgecore giants epic 06 album] FALL OF EFRAFA - Owsla & Elil CD&LP [British crust/doom/post-metal band Fall of Efrafa deliver part two (Elil) on their dark conceptual trilogy. Part one (Owsla) will also be re-released for the first time in the UK] *** visit... Sound Devastation Records website**

08-06-2006, 11:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	Half the times I buy albums I downloaded a while ago and all the other time it's just a blind I've heard these guys are good. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

08-06-2006, 01:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	I jsut illegally download, and if I like it, ill buy something different from the band. __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

08-06-2006, 11:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	Option 1. It's basically what I do anyway. Getting stuff off the net is great, but I like to own the cd. Shouldn't this be in 'Promotion'.

08-06-2006, 02:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
Alo Scarf Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 715	3) Listen to one or two free downloads, buy as CD The first part to check it out, and be able to let others check it out. And not the entire album, because that takes the surprise out of the album, making it less atractive to buy... __________________ I rocked my shoelaces untied

08-06-2006, 02:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
MoonlitSunshine Dat's Der Bunny! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,088	Yeah, me too^ Plus, having the CD is good, cause there's a certain novelty to it, and you get the album sleeve and stuff. __________________ "I found it eventually, at the bottom of a locker in a disused laboratory, with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard". Ever thought of going into Advertising?" - Arthur Dent

08-07-2006, 12:25 AM	#10 (permalink)
beat yr own KID Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fort Washington MD Posts: 923	I'll download it for free. If I like it I'll buy it maybe. Usually I don't buy cd's anyway unless it's from the bands at a show. __________________ I was dead. This was hell. There were no demons, no hellfire or brimstone, just a deep, complete feeling of darkness and hopelessness. This was the never-ending void. Not at all how I had imagined it, but worse than I thought that it could have been.