Our Cd Prices In Stores example essay topic

Our cd's are not 18 dollars... we still sell our cd's for pretty much the same price as when we started. I use the word pretty much only because most people don't realize that most clubs including the club you mentioned "the State Theatre" get a 30% average cut of a band's merch every time they play there, the reason is that the band is using the club to sell a product therefore they are giving you a retail space for the evening hence they get a 30% average cut. (One reason why Fugazi refuse to sell anything at shows), Anyways you figure we have to buy our cd's from our label out of our pocket to sell at shows then traveling expenses, having cd's often shipped to us while we are on the road and so on figured in, then subtract another 30% to pay the club for absolutely nothing and you will find we really only make around aprox. $2.35 a C.D. selling them for $13 bucks which is what we always do our best to sell them for. $13 bucks is still selling our cd for way less than most stores do, our cd prices in stores are the same as when we started, kung fu have not changed their prices. certi an major chain stores however make up their own prices by adding two sometimes even three dollars to the distributors average price of around $14 dollars, add on $3 dollars to that and you will have $17 dollars... me, I will have an excuse to shop at an indie store and avoid chain stores. although some chain stores actually undercut indie stores... they can afford to do this because they have more money and is why a corporation such as Wal-mart can move into a small town and shut down pretty much every small business in town, ever seen their adds saying "We match any competitors price" they " re not the #1 grossing multi-national corporation for nothing. They literally crush the competition.

Anyways, when our Columbia release does come out most major labels actually do a period (Usually the first 4 weeks or so.) where they have stores sell the band's C.D. for around $9 bucks or less. This is so you can get it for cheaper and people who haven't necessarily heard of us are more likely to check out something new if it is under ten bucks in comparison to $15. you will find that labels do this now for most new releases of newer artists. a few I have seen lately being Midtown, New Found Glory... etc. today I bought The Vines brand new record that came out today on Capitol at a very large store and it was on sale for eight bucks! This also helps younger bands sell really impressive amounts for the first week so they will chart easier. after this 4 week period most stores usually put the price back up to the normal major label list price which is around $15 bucks compared to the indie label's fourteen... if you want me to personally refund you this extra dollar I will have no problem doing so if you just e-mail with your address, if you think I am kidding just try me. the bottom line is if everyone would quit whining about how everyone is a sell out and how things aren't what they used to be for five seconds you will realize that we are and will always be the same band that we were when we started. the only difference is you. We care about our fans more that you will ever know... if we didn't give a shit I wouldn't be writing this. Think about it. we always go out of our way in every way possible to be on the most equal and personal down to earth level with our fans and some people still don't get it. we let kids play a song on guitar with us at every show, write people back personally, we even opened our own record store so kids could come by when they are in town and meet us personally when we " re not on tour. no one has any power to make us change anything or would ever want to, as far as you seeing us play for around 30 people or whatever... hey, I don't know about you but we started a band to try and gain as many fans as possible when we were playing for thirty people our hopes were that next time when we came back through that there would be way more people there.

I'm glad you had a good memory of seeing us when no one else was there and granted I have some great memories from playing those shows but I would still much rather play any club full than an empty one any day... If you like playing empty clubs so much, I suggest you get in the van and then write me back after you " ve been on the road on your self booked, self funded tour for three months with no money in your pocket then we will discuss how good it feels to finally make a living doing what you always put your heart to and how good it feels to finally not have to work at one of the many shit retail jobs you have had. We will always continue to play smaller venues, the ticket prices will still be whatever price we choose, the shows will always be all ages at venues that we choose to play at, we will still pick what bands we want to open for us and most of all we will continue to be on a personal level with our fans more than we ever have because we know what it's like to be that kid in the crowd singing along every single word, we know what it's like to write a band and have them personally write you back to say thanks for listening to their songs and that it really means alot to them, we know what it's like to drive five hours to see a show in a shitty car, wait in line three more and then wait in the freezing cold afterwords to meet the band you went to see. you know why? Cause we are those kids and that is why we care so much. And if you don't get it fine but alot of people do and that is why we are playing music. have a pleasant day. -your friends, the ataris.