A funny thing happened last week with the new Tool album" says Coalition Independent Music Stores (CIMS) executive director Michael Bunnell, "indie retail had an old-school moment." "Several stores had well-attended midnight sales on Thursday (it was my store’s first midnight sale in 10 years)," continues Bunnel. "When we returned…
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Why Are Vinyl Records So Expensive?
Vinyl records have become a fan favorite as well as a significant income stream for many artists. But vinyl records are expensive and can take many weeks to produce. Discmakers CEO Tony Van Veen explains why in this short video.
Discogs Mid-Year Survey Shows Surprising Surge In CD Sales
Music marketplace Discogs has released its Marketplace Analysis & Database report for the first half of 2019 and it revealed some surprising data about online music retail. The report showed the continued popularity of the vinyl format with consumers, with sales rising 3.03% year-over-year with over 4.3 million records purchased….
Insiders Guide To Pressing Vinyl with CEO Of Disc Makers
Tony van Veen, the CEO of DIY Media joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Biz Weekly podcast. DIY Media is home to Disc Makers, BookBaby and Merchly. At a time when the industry is focused on streaming, Disc Makers has become the top provider of physical goods…
Music Physical Product Issues Signals Upheaval Ahead
Although the sale of physical music is still a large part of the revenue pulled in by major labels, their whole-hearted embrace of streaming has caused them to neglect traditional retail sales, with some fairly disastrous results. ____________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 The U.S. recorded music…
Why Physical Promotion, Release Formats Are Still Important
Living in the age we are, many musicians may be tempted to invest their time and money solely in digital promotion, but eschewing more archaic forms of promotion like vinyls, shirts, and stickers in favor of targeted social media ads and playlist promotion can sometimes backfire. Here we look at…
Why Buy Disc Makers When CD Sales Are In Free Fall?
[UPDATED] While CD Baby and related digital properties were bought last week by Downtown Music for a reported $200 million, its physical good companies Disc Makers, BookBaby and Merchly were not a part of the deal. Now a newly created entity led by company executives, DIY Media Group, has acquired…
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Classical Music Listeners Still Favor CDs
While CDs are certainly in decline, they haven’t vanished from shelves quite as quickly as anticipated. Indeed, when it comes to consumers of classical music, there remains a good deal of interest in this physical music format. ________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Sales for CDs keep…
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
This week on Hypebot, some of our most popular articles covered hotly debated issue of whether physical CDs are still worth the manufacturing cost, PledgeMusic’s game of fastball as others exit the platform, ways in which music videos will dramatically shift in 2019, and more! Is Printing, Selling Physical CDs…