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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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Probably some shock value, since Canada seems like a pretty mellow non-warish Country. Or expatriate guilt.
Yup. Daisy dukes and boots that were made for walkin...
Damn that sentence makes me miss living in Kentucky, oh there was some tasty Betties there!!!
Tight!!! They aren't officially cut-offs if the front pocket liners aren't showing and at a least a pinch of cheek in the back...
If you have the money to front the vinyl production, you can get away with having the records made for as little as $8 per record cost. Sell em for $15 and you can make some money. It's not that simple though. Most places the minimum order is going to be at least 250 units, which is really hard for a little known band to sell enough of those to even come close to breaking even. I'll modestly say I think Supervoid has had great success for a hobby band that can't tour and who's main exposure has been internet word of mouth. If we had Filaments vinyls to sell at release, I'd be extremely shocked if we would have sold more than 50 copies independently without the promotional support of a label or marketing agency, leaving us with 200+ units sitting in a closet forever
But take a band like Bongripper who has established themselves pretty well, and charges an extremely low/reasonable price for their albums ($22 for a 2xLP). Their profit margin probably isn't that big, but they make sure they only order units they can successfully move.
I did this in Billows, mainly because we had absolutely zero merch. People would ask us for CDs after the show and I'd just hand em a card and tell them they can go download it for free on bandcamp. It's also good that you're giving the person something physical, so they're more likely to remember you/look you up online the next day instead of just forgetting about you.
See, then $8 x 250 is at least $2,000. Idk I'd put that into more promotion and other merch. Unless vinyl was label provided or consumer demanded or you're "bongripper lucky". Vinyls cool but I just don't see it as an efficient medium for profit or promotional gains. Cool to have but I'd just be thinking hard before I made the decision to get it.
God forbid they blew up a maple syrup depot and had to face the wrath of the great white.
If they are that short and tight, I'd call them butt_muenchers to give it more of a personal touch.
Wear them with caution Max, god forbid you got stoned and drunk and frostbit your bits in the Wisconsin winter.
Lucky us were doing a double LP so that 250 is actually 500 that were ordering...
Haha butt_muenchies
Haha butt_muenchies
Them: "Hey The_Janitor, what's your opinion of this work-related thing? It's your call, we'll do what you think we should do."
Me: "Well, I think we should ______________."
Two weeks later... "Hey we're going to do the opposite of what you suggested, even though it's costly and will probably have zero positive results. Help us figure out how to do it."
Head + Desk.
Me: "Well, I think we should ______________."
Two weeks later... "Hey we're going to do the opposite of what you suggested, even though it's costly and will probably have zero positive results. Help us figure out how to do it."
Head + Desk.
i get that too, it's like they are trying to be creative by going in the face of experience and common sense i guess
