Klarinet Archive - Posting 000062.txt from 2000/06

From: "Doug Sears" <dsears@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Does On-line Music make any money?
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 17:15:31 -0400

>Total: $75,000+
>
>CDs are sold to retailers for about $13.00/each. So to break even, you need
>to hope for at least 6,000 CDs sold.

$13? I'm surprised retailers pay that much. It doesn't allow much of a markup.

>The average classical release sells
>about 3000-4000.

You're comparing apples and oranges -- how many CDs does the average newly
recorded _orchestral_ release sell?

There's an interesting article by Alex Ross in the current New Yorker (June 5,
p.94). "The well-publicized ills of the classical-recording industry are a
matter of corporate mismanagement. Major companies, such as Universal and BMG,
may be gutting their classical divisions, but independent labels like Chandos,
Arabesque, Harmonia Mundi, ASV, and Hyperion are filling the shelves with
riveting oddities."

--Doug

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