Tech N9ne - K.O.D.
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It's not good for people who are impatient, but sales never lack because they don't whore the music out a few weeks away from the drop.
You probably will never hear "Aww fuck, if we had only released seven tracks from this album to all those die hard internet fans, maybe we coulda had better sales."
You probably will never hear "Aww fuck, if we had only released seven tracks from this album to all those die hard internet fans, maybe we coulda had better sales."
Yes, because only die-hard Tech N9ne fans are on the internet. :dead:
One of the functions of a single is to promote the album, and not necessarily to the die-hard fans. True, this theory is more effective with radio or video play since it's then in the company of things non-fans want to hear and thus are almost "forced" to give it a chance, but "singles/leaks" still have their place on the internet.
Showing people the cover and asking them to pre-order will certainly work on people who were already planning on buying the album, but it's not going to be effective in pulling in new customers. Someone stumbles upon the "single/leak" when it makes it's rounds on some of the internet music hotspots like HipHopDX, and you have the potential of someone who had no plans of buying the album to hear the material and sway them in the other direction.
But why rely on that when you can just wait until the albums release week is almost over, and release a video on the internet asking your fans to buy multiple copies of your album because you want to "bumrush the charts."
One of the functions of a single is to promote the album, and not necessarily to the die-hard fans. True, this theory is more effective with radio or video play since it's then in the company of things non-fans want to hear and thus are almost "forced" to give it a chance, but "singles/leaks" still have their place on the internet.
Showing people the cover and asking them to pre-order will certainly work on people who were already planning on buying the album, but it's not going to be effective in pulling in new customers. Someone stumbles upon the "single/leak" when it makes it's rounds on some of the internet music hotspots like HipHopDX, and you have the potential of someone who had no plans of buying the album to hear the material and sway them in the other direction.
But why rely on that when you can just wait until the albums release week is almost over, and release a video on the internet asking your fans to buy multiple copies of your album because you want to "bumrush the charts."
No, it's not. I never said that singles were the only form of promotion, but it still is a form a promotion and one that isn't being taken advantage of as well as it could be. The We Got This sampler is upwards of seven months old however. An actual K.O.D. sampler would be beneficial about this time, and would likely negate the whole "single" argument to some degree, as I would expect there to at least be part of it on it if one is/was done.
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