Comments on: Can Country Music Artists Make A Living With 1,000 True Fans? http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/ The latest country music news and reviews. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:26:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chris N. http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63535 Chris N. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:56:24 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63535 "That video looks like it was edited at home by an amateur." Precisely -- it looks like she did it herself, and her fans can see that. It's the sort of personal touch that binds fans to an artist. “That video looks like it was edited at home by an amateur.”

Precisely — it looks like she did it herself, and her fans can see that. It’s the sort of personal touch that binds fans to an artist.

]]> By: Funk http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63530 Funk Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:44:25 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63530 Nicole, you have an excellent website. You sound great, keep at it! Nicole, you have an excellent website. You sound great, keep at it!

]]> By: Funk http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63500 Funk Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:05:10 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63500 That video looks like it was edited at home by an amateur. That doesn't mean it shouldn't be done but it doesn't make it good, either. I'm cheering for every single semi-pro and less artist out there doing everything they can to get the music out but quaint is a tough target. Hitting the quaint target takes a lot of talent. I think it's important to make sure the things surrounding the music are not so weak they distract from it. A strong song and a strong singer can carry a lot of ugly baggage but a weak song or a weak singer just gets loaded down with ugly bags. Less is more in that case. That video looks like it was edited at home by an amateur. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be done but it doesn’t make it good, either.

I’m cheering for every single semi-pro and less artist out there doing everything they can to get the music out but quaint is a tough target. Hitting the quaint target takes a lot of talent.

I think it’s important to make sure the things surrounding the music are not so weak they distract from it. A strong song and a strong singer can carry a lot of ugly baggage but a weak song or a weak singer just gets loaded down with ugly bags. Less is more in that case.

]]> By: Nicole Frechette http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63419 Nicole Frechette Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:42:06 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63419 I love what you blog about! For a start-up artist like myself, reading what you have to say and what other country music fans think is the best way to keep me motivated to MAKE MUSIC! Thanks for keeping the discussions interesting! Love, Nicole Frechette I love what you blog about! For a start-up artist like myself, reading what you have to say and what other country music fans think is the best way to keep me motivated to MAKE MUSIC! Thanks for keeping the discussions interesting!
Love,
Nicole Frechette

]]> By: Chris N. http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63294 Chris N. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:12:40 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63294 I haven't met a whole lot of country artists who were very comfortable with computers. Meanwhile, Taylor edited this video on her computer herself at a cost of approximately $0.00 and it got played on CMT: http://youtube.com/watch?v=RHA4nAD9VaI Pretty canny. I haven’t met a whole lot of country artists who were very comfortable with computers. Meanwhile, Taylor edited this video on her computer herself at a cost of approximately $0.00 and it got played on CMT:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RHA4nAD9VaI

Pretty canny.

]]> By: Funk http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63284 Funk Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:03:54 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63284 Is the 1000 fans concept knew? I think writers and book publishers have know this for a long time. It is certainly true for textbook writers - if a writer works at a large enough university and can guarantee purchase of books just for a single class over a certain size, that author can get anything published. Same would be true for singers but I think the number has to be much larger than 1000, MUCH larger. Is the 1000 fans concept knew? I think writers and book publishers have know this for a long time. It is certainly true for textbook writers – if a writer works at a large enough university and can guarantee purchase of books just for a single class over a certain size, that author can get anything published. Same would be true for singers but I think the number has to be much larger than 1000, MUCH larger.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63281 Kelly Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:50:05 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63281 I know the more famous an artist is, the more demanding their schedule. But isnt the lesson that Taylor provides here something that even the few current platinum-selling country artists could learn from? A couple of links here and couple of emails or blogs there. There is so much time spent on the bus, all it would take would be a laptop, a wireless card and a roadie who's a computer geek to get that done.... I know the more famous an artist is, the more demanding their schedule. But isnt the lesson that Taylor provides here something that even the few current platinum-selling country artists could learn from? A couple of links here and couple of emails or blogs there. There is so much time spent on the bus, all it would take would be a laptop, a wireless card and a roadie who’s a computer geek to get that done….

]]> By: Chris N. http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63276 Chris N. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:26:23 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63276 That's a very good point. One very smart thing Taylor Swift did was to legitimize the fan-built sites devoted to her by linking to them from her official site and MySpace page. I would think stuff like that really gives hardcore fans a lot of impetus to stick with an artist and help to promote them. That’s a very good point. One very smart thing Taylor Swift did was to legitimize the fan-built sites devoted to her by linking to them from her official site and MySpace page. I would think stuff like that really gives hardcore fans a lot of impetus to stick with an artist and help to promote them.

]]> By: Brody Vercher http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63217 Brody Vercher Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:24:06 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63217 Even though Dierks Bentley is too big to be a case study for the 1,000 True Fans model I think he does an excellent job creating True Fans. For example, having fans choose the songs on his greatest hits album and then naming the first 3,000 as producers in his liner notes helps insure that the majority of them will buy the album just so they can show their name off to anybody who will listen. That in turn causes the much ballyhooed word of mouth marketing. Even though Dierks Bentley is too big to be a case study for the 1,000 True Fans model I think he does an excellent job creating True Fans. For example, having fans choose the songs on his greatest hits album and then naming the first 3,000 as producers in his liner notes helps insure that the majority of them will buy the album just so they can show their name off to anybody who will listen. That in turn causes the much ballyhooed word of mouth marketing.

]]> By: Chris N. http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63212 Chris N. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:57:19 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/can-country-music-artists-make-a-living-with-1000-true-fans/#comment-63212 I'll see your 2,500 and raise you 500. I’ll see your 2,500 and raise you 500.

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