Bob Mould & Music Sales Models

[bryant]

Bob Mould is running a poll on possible models for sales of his music, prompted by Radiohead’s nifty “pay what you want” release. $40 for a yearly subscription to Mould’s music seems like a decent deal to me. Better if you also get access to his back catalog. A lot of people would pay the $40 once and get a massive deal on all the old music, sure, but that’s still sales you might not see otherwise.

Originally published at Imaginary Vestibule.

Comments

[head58.livejournal.com]

The only problem with the annual subscription would be 1) the value of it would entirely depend on his prolificness and 2) access to the back catalog is pretty meaningless to the person who is already a fan and has all his albums (well, except for that electronic experiment). Maybe somebody newly discovering the artist would plunk that kind of money down to scoop up the whole back catalog, but are there really NEW Bob Mould fans at this point?

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

$40 seems a tad steep, given that i already own most of his back catalog. $20/yr seems fair for an album-length release plus odds and ends.

[bryant]

He can be pretty prolific, though.

Hm. You know, I'm thinking of Richard Thompson here, who's been opening up the concert vaults over the last couple of years. I'd have to go count, but I think RT is releasing about one live CD a year, possibly more, alongside everything else.

And... yeah. That's how it works; if you're getting live music out of it.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if you're a fan of live music. I'm definitely not; i like going to concerts, but most live recordings bore me.