“I’m back to where I started from.
Taking names, making mailing lists…
It’s a relief not to have to deal with a record company,
and their A.D.D. attention spans.”
- Suzanne Vega in the New Yorker
AND:
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones move to subscription based fan marketing – and it works!
Two major artists, both trying innovative marketing moves to have more control of how they communicate with their fans…. Question is: How will you, the small unsigned artist view this? Do you carry on looking for that elusive record deal, or do you take a leaf out of the above mentioned artists book and talk WITH your fans and control your own destiny?
More later….
