Conventions & Awards

#NMSLA11 Overheard Today @ New Music Seminar

  • Tom Silverman's New Music Seminar keynote: Label role will split into investors who kick in $'s and business partners for marketing, sales, licensing etc.  – @alexpham
  • What's the value of a twitter, MySpace, Facebook fan? Answer: what is THAT fan doing for you! – @cramerbob
  • Facebook ads have been really good for The Roxy… only advertising in the LA Weekly when it makes sense.  – @l_ementary

  • "We don't do a marketing campaign without Facebook ads now," according to Dean from Raise Up Media – @l_ementary Andy
  • 74% of Americans still buy CDs. – @alexpham
  • ReverbNation: each name on email list is 8x more valuable than a Facebook fan. – @alexpham
  • US figures 2010: only 1215 albums who sold over 10000 copies in US. Damn, shocking…  – @femke_mussels
  • Andy from @jambase cites Umphrees McGee encouraging fans to text the band song requests during shows – @l_ementary

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