"Mike Rivers" wrote in message
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Actually one assumes that paying the admission price is supporting the
band.

I wouldn't go that far, Mike. Most local bars have tons of groups come
through and often it's a $5 or $10 door charge which goes to the band.
Whether the person gives a **** about the band or not makes less difference
than whether the person simply goes to that bar because the bartender knows
him or he runs a tab (forget the gender specific here).

Not as a general case, but there are some people who are doing that.
The rare few make a real living at it (usually they have already done
the grunt work over the past 20 years to establish themselves and now
do a little touring) - Tom Rush is a good example, someone who went
the DIY route even before web sites were common.

The real point being that using the internet for the SOLE purpose of selling
product is probably a bad idea. If one can't support sales in Pittsburgh,
who cares if they live in Atlanta? So the web, even though it is a world
wide situation, can reasonably help support a group/artist if one is able
and willing to perform and has music worth the effort of the fans.

In the case of the original point of the thread, it's such an esoteric
concept to think that a composer/arranger would be able to perform live that
it's almost negligable. But for artists looking to work their way out of
the proverbial regional basement, a decent website with full contact
information and numerous other ways to encourage fans to pursue the act,
well, it's an open field.

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Roger W. Norman
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In article
writes:

One assumes that if you're at a concert listening to the band, you can
determine whether you want to support the band through a $15 purchase.


Obviously the point is that one simply can't make music and put it up on
the
net and make money.


But the chances of a total unknown putting music up on a web site and
making a living selling it are very tiny, no matter how good the music
is. But even the relatively small effort to send promo copies to
appropriate publishers who will give it a mention can help.


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