Local act CD sales

tonefight · Post by **tonefight** » Sunday May 21, 2006

I don't want to make a competion out of this but I'm curious how many CD's you guys are selling of your original material. Feel free to reply by PM also if you think it may get competetive.

rreihart · Post by **rreihart** » Sunday May 21, 2006

We released in January and we have moved just over 350 units.

oh, and our disc can be purchased here;

http://redletterband.info/store/store.html

nightcrawler_steve · Post by **nightcrawler_steve** » Monday May 22, 2006

We've nearly sold out our first 1000 released last May. We are not going to order more. Our next full-length will be out sometime around August.

ASB10 · Post by **ASB10** » Monday May 22, 2006

Third Standard sold around 1000 copies of our first album "Rabbit Run" since it's release in October 2003, and over 750 of our last album "Karma Clean since it's release last July.....

Takes a great deal of whoring and playing and pushing to move CD's in this area, but you can do it....

SpellboundByMetal · Post by **SpellboundByMetal** » Monday May 22, 2006

Condemned Existence will be recording in the studio in June. I expect to sell four or five copies.....maybe six.

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Monday May 22, 2006

After nearly a quarter century of playing, I have yet to actually sell a recording. Thin Ice had moderate success on radio statewide, but since we had no saleable product, it was 100% underground tape trading. A friend of ours did a video and sold 200 at 20 bucks a pop, though. I'm pretty proud of that.
I'm working on a bluegrass record right now that I hope to have available for sale around summer's end... it'll be the first thing I've ever sold.---->JMS

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Monday May 22, 2006

When I played with Lickety Split, we had a regional hit 45 record in 1978-1979 with a version of Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home". I would say we sold somewhere around 1,200 copies. When it hit the radio stations in October 1978, it became the most requested song up to that time on WJNL. It was also the most played song on many jukeboxes for a 10 year period.

AtoMikEnRtiA · Post by **AtoMikEnRtiA** » Monday May 22, 2006

SpellboundByMetal wrote:Condemned Existence will be recording in the studio in June. I expect to sell four or five copies.....maybe six.

dont hold your breath, keith..

i'll buy one and that's it.. you wont sell another one at all hahaha

DirtySanchez · Post by **DirtySanchez** » Monday May 22, 2006

Don't worry Gary. Just because you're the only guy that bought Vanilla Ice's Rap/Metal CD doesn't mean you'll give Condemned Existence the same curse.

AtoMikEnRtiA · Post by **AtoMikEnRtiA** » Monday May 22, 2006

DirtySanchez wrote:Don't worry Gary. Just because you're the only guy that bought Vanilla Ice's Rap/Metal CD doesn't mean you'll give Condemned Existence the same curse.

hey man, I am all about giving a guy a second chance..

Vanilla Ice rap/metal - yeah that was the last time I give ANYBODY a second chance..

Bloodsong · Post by **Bloodsong** » Monday May 22, 2006

we stopped counting after we went platnum...

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Monday May 22, 2006

We put them on Ebay as drink coasters, hot item!

AtoMikEnRtiA · Post by **AtoMikEnRtiA** » Monday May 22, 2006

Hurricane wrote:We put them on Ebay as drink coasters, hot item!

not bad, not bad. i know after we received the shit pile of cds that this so-called "producer" called "Dead Eyes and Rosaries" - we sold roughly 300 of them to the local chapter of the NRA in substitution of clay pidgeons..

they stopped using the cds after shards of cd started flying back and piercing shooters in the eyes.. apparently the same people who listened to the cd quality were the same people who shoot skeet without goggles..

SpellboundByMetal · Post by **SpellboundByMetal** » Monday May 22, 2006

we probably wont sell ours anyway, haha. Spread the music around !
Atomikenrtia has to BUY his though!

Maybe if youre good Gary, ill autograph it for you.

daveb · Post by **daveb** » Monday May 22, 2006

My Project Twelve(34) CD, Small Eternity was released in May of '04. It has sold right around 400 copies. Not bad for a studio/electronica CD with no live band to promote it.

The Ask a Stranger CD, Stranger Things Have Happened, sold over 2500 CDs and tapes in 91 and 92. We were retailed through National Record Mart. We were on their hot sheet for 3 months. We actually outsold Heart and GnR one month. Last year someone paid $68.00 for an Ask a Stranger CD on Ebay. I have been selling old copies (about 50) from the basement to a store in the Netherlands. He says they sell regularly. Also sold a few in Germany and Japan back in the day.

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Tuesday May 23, 2006

AtoMikEnRtiA wrote:
Hurricane wrote:We put them on Ebay as drink coasters, hot item!
not bad, not bad. i know after we received the shit pile of cds that this so-called "producer" called "Dead Eyes and Rosaries" - we sold roughly 300 of them to the local chapter of the NRA in substitution of clay pidgeons..

they stopped using the cds after shards of cd started flying back and piercing shooters in the eyes.. apparently the same people who listened to the cd quality were the same people who shoot skeet without goggles..

LOL, too bad there wasnt a song called "PULL" on it!!

AtoMikEnRtiA · Post by **AtoMikEnRtiA** » Tuesday May 23, 2006

Hurricane wrote:
AtoMikEnRtiA wrote:
Hurricane wrote:We put them on Ebay as drink coasters, hot item!
not bad, not bad. i know after we received the shit pile of cds that this so-called "producer" called "Dead Eyes and Rosaries" - we sold roughly 300 of them to the local chapter of the NRA in substitution of clay pidgeons..

they stopped using the cds after shards of cd started flying back and piercing shooters in the eyes.. apparently the same people who listened to the cd quality were the same people who shoot skeet without goggles..
LOL, too bad there wasnt a song called "PULL" on it!!

i believe there was, but that one got "pulled"

heh heh heh.. excuse me, i just made a 'pun'

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Tuesday May 23, 2006

ROFL!!

313 · Post by **313** » Wednesday May 24, 2006

songsmith wrote:After nearly a quarter century of playing, I have yet to actually sell a recording. Thin Ice had moderate success on radio statewide, but since we had no saleable product, it was 100% underground tape trading. A friend of ours did a video and sold 200 at 20 bucks a pop, though. I'm pretty proud of that.
I'm working on a bluegrass record right now that I hope to have available for sale around summer's end... it'll be the first thing I've ever sold.---->JMS

Songsmith - I have been trying to buy the Thin Ice demos from you for years now! Please allow me to be your first customer