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casperog

casperog

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whoever runs the blog/social sites for strange keeps repeating "remember its for US" or "Lets do it together"... like we gain a share of the money or something... than u cant help but think damn theres actually fools who think there doing all that work for themselves :p and running out and buying 3 copies of the same cd... its turning into one of those late nite infomercials when they try to convince you really doing this for yourself and try make u forget there not making tons of money of it :p

tech big enuff

 
L.D.S.

L.D.S.

The Bakersman
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Well, it's making your audience believe in a sense of community, which in turn makes them believe their contributions will somehow trickle down and everyone will benefit from helping(buying albums, etc).

Pretend Tech and Travis are the king's of a castle and township. They have to pay for their living expenses and military's, right, so they go to their townspeople aka the peasants for money to survive on. They give them a big speech about how helping out the community will turn a new leaf in the towns history and how everyone can be a part of it, and it sells.

They offer them a product of no physical benefit, more so a product of false security and of no real face value in the grand scheme of life. They're offering a "feel good" product that lasts only as long as the consumer is interested in it.

Through the use of brevity, however, it seems that what they are saying will actually sustain each and every individual until their life's end.

Now, back to relating this to reality, that community "helping out" are the consumers purchasing and spreading word of the albums, and the kings get the money sitting high atop their thrown while delegating the peasants and their next moves.

With that said, I'm not taking shots at Travis or Tech as that's the nature of all consumer-based-product businesses. You have to first have consumers that believe in your product, then you have to convince them throughout the span of your product's existence that they are a relevant need.
 
Asmodeus

Asmodeus

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L.D.S. said:
That buddy buddy "let's help each other" shit has been happening long before the blog started doing it.

Nobody's seeing pay out of it, not even most street teams.
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Im sorry, and Im sure ill catch shit for this too...

But FUCK that talk if I'm not getting payed in some way. Its also the same exact reason I urged some of the people that have been putting in work for years to figure out why they arent seeing anything from it (besides tickets), since love for the label ONLY GOES SO FAR. Strange was starting to get better at showing love to the bigger markets when I stepped down, but I'm not sure where it stands now.
 
Asmodeus

Asmodeus

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L.D.S. said:
Well, it's making your audience believe in a sense of community, which in turn makes them believe their contributions will somehow trickle down and everyone will benefit from helping(buying albums, etc).

Pretend Tech and Travis are the king's of a castle and township. They have to pay for their living expenses and military's, right, so they go to their townspeople aka the peasants for money to survive on. They give them a big speech about how helping out the community will turn a new leaf in the towns history and how everyone can be a part of it, and it sells.

They offer them a product of no physical benefit, more so a product of false security and of no real face value in the grand scheme of life. They're offering a "feel good" product that lasts only as long as the consumer is interested in it.

Through the use of brevity, however, it seems that what they are saying will actually sustain each and every individual until their life's end.

Now, back to relating this to reality, that community "helping out" are the consumers purchasing and spreading word of the albums, and the kings get the money sitting high atop their thrown while delegating the peasants and their next moves.

With that said, I'm not taking shots at Travis or Tech as that's the nature of all consumer-based-product businesses. You have to first have consumers that believe in your product, then you have to convince them throughout the span of your product's existence that they are a relevant need.
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My post articulated.
 
L.D.S.

L.D.S.

The Bakersman
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Mizzourah
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It is what it is, though. There's no need in anyone becoming offended by this notion. The only reason they'd feel angry about me speaking about this is if they felt guilt in some way over the actions of their business practices or the nature of their free labor trade.

That's why you hardly see me react to the negative things I've been subjected to in the past. The mere mention of my wrong doing for speaking out is nullified by the tone of guilt in the message of my dissenters.
 
casperog

casperog

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so all those souljahs running around putting up promo stuff and handing out samplers through rain hail or shine basically donated all there time under a promises but they never gained anything other than boasting rights "im on the strange team look at my shiny samplers"..

thats kinda sad poor guys theres probably a few of them that put off doing something useful(working/studying) to spread the promo stuff..

they should get sumthin :(
 
Asmodeus

Asmodeus

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You get tickets to the show... AND depending on what market your in, and what size the projects were they WERE paying for some of those. Again, I handed my team down a little while ago, so I'm not sure what they are currently receiving.
 
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