Post by vortek on Apr 30, 2010 15:31:50 GMT -5
This forum seems a little dead. Is there such a thing as an active YJM forum somewhere or is this it? Maybe his fan club has one but you have to pay to join and you have to use Paypal which is troublesome to fund if you don't have a credit card. You can use a bank account but that would entail a delay. Instadebit is fundable right away in Canada from a bank account, but YJM apparently hasn't heard of it.
I want to give him an idea for how to increase album sales in the face of file sharing, which I've heard him bemoan. Here's the idea. Take one of the guitars from that big pile of them he has leaning up against a wall in his house and put a certificate to win it in a random CD case. That way people have a motivation to actually buy a CD instead of downloading for free. He could also use one of those $13,000 Play Hard strats that Fender made in imitation of his "duck" guitar. That would be a prize worth buying a CD or two for. Right now there's no good reason to buy a CD instead of downloading. You'd pretty much have to be crazy or very generous. People see famous musicians like YJM driving Jags and building studios in their house and ask themselves if that person really needs their money on top of what they already have. Personally, I think I need that money more than them.
Another idea is just to put YJM guitar picks in every CD package. I wouldn't pay for a CD but I would pay for a YJM pick that happens to be inside a CD case. Anyway, you get the idea. To sell CDs today you have to put something more than a CD in the case to make it worthwhile. Justin Bieber put a certificate to have a date with him in a few CD cases. Bet he's selling more CDs than YJM.
I want to give him an idea for how to increase album sales in the face of file sharing, which I've heard him bemoan. Here's the idea. Take one of the guitars from that big pile of them he has leaning up against a wall in his house and put a certificate to win it in a random CD case. That way people have a motivation to actually buy a CD instead of downloading for free. He could also use one of those $13,000 Play Hard strats that Fender made in imitation of his "duck" guitar. That would be a prize worth buying a CD or two for. Right now there's no good reason to buy a CD instead of downloading. You'd pretty much have to be crazy or very generous. People see famous musicians like YJM driving Jags and building studios in their house and ask themselves if that person really needs their money on top of what they already have. Personally, I think I need that money more than them.
Another idea is just to put YJM guitar picks in every CD package. I wouldn't pay for a CD but I would pay for a YJM pick that happens to be inside a CD case. Anyway, you get the idea. To sell CDs today you have to put something more than a CD in the case to make it worthwhile. Justin Bieber put a certificate to have a date with him in a few CD cases. Bet he's selling more CDs than YJM.