Saturday, July 18, 2009
Lamb of God In the Billboard charts
So this week in the US Lamb of God's new album "Wrath" charted at #2 in the Billboard Charts.
Great for them and great for exposing heavy music to more of the mainstream crowd.
To get to #2 in the Bilboard charts in Feb. of 2009 the band sold 68,000 copies in one week.
I have to say any hard rock or metal band in the 1970's who went to #2 in the charts would have have probably sold about 2,000,000 copies or so
So cd and lps sales are a fraction of of what they were 30 years ago.
So what does that mean to you? Does it mean shouldn't bother trying to do anything more with your band then a simple hobby for ya?
Nah I don't think so .....Every day now there are new bands getting signed to record labels, writing and recording albums and getting to tour the world - if its in your blood then you have to DO IT.
If these guys can do it so can YOU
In fact Lamb of God started off as a bunch of buddies at College jamming in their dorm room.
When they first started they had no idea that they would be headlining stadiums and have Top 10 hit albums. In fact one of their first Independent label bosses - told them they would be huge they didn't believe him! They couldn't even see how they would make one dime playing music.
So whats the bottom line here?
The bottom line is if ya want to play and make music just get on with it and make a start.
The rest will fall into place in due course!
If you haven't already, pick up a copy of my 2 dvd course Metal Label Secrets today
All for now
Al
http://www.metallabelsecrets.com
Great for them and great for exposing heavy music to more of the mainstream crowd.
To get to #2 in the Bilboard charts in Feb. of 2009 the band sold 68,000 copies in one week.
I have to say any hard rock or metal band in the 1970's who went to #2 in the charts would have have probably sold about 2,000,000 copies or so
So cd and lps sales are a fraction of of what they were 30 years ago.
So what does that mean to you? Does it mean shouldn't bother trying to do anything more with your band then a simple hobby for ya?
Nah I don't think so .....Every day now there are new bands getting signed to record labels, writing and recording albums and getting to tour the world - if its in your blood then you have to DO IT.
If these guys can do it so can YOU
In fact Lamb of God started off as a bunch of buddies at College jamming in their dorm room.
When they first started they had no idea that they would be headlining stadiums and have Top 10 hit albums. In fact one of their first Independent label bosses - told them they would be huge they didn't believe him! They couldn't even see how they would make one dime playing music.
So whats the bottom line here?
The bottom line is if ya want to play and make music just get on with it and make a start.
The rest will fall into place in due course!
If you haven't already, pick up a copy of my 2 dvd course Metal Label Secrets today
All for now
Al
http://www.metallabelsecrets.com
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Why Bands still need :Labels
These days we hear a lot about guys like Trent Reznor from Nine inch Nails and Radiohead , what visionaries they are and how in this day and age bands don't need labels anymore
Yesterday, I read that in 2008 in the USA alone there were over 100,000 self released albums, of these 100,000 albums less than 3% of them sold over 1000 copies!
To me that is pretty apparent that while if you have 20 years music business experience like Trent Reznor or the dudes from Radiohead then going it alone makes a lot of sense - even though I think from memory after Radiohead did their "pay what you want album" they still also did a deal with a record label to have them release it.
When you sign to a label you get all the benefits of that label, that means people who will champion your band to TV , to the web, to all the magazines, staff who will go to the few remaining record stores and tell the buyer there why your cd is the one they need to stock, people who can help you with your album art, your music video, touring plans etc
Seems pretty obvious to me that there is still a need for labels
So re-assess your bands game plan - set real goals for what you need to accomplish as a band for the next 6 months and even the next year, whether that is to record your first album , to book a weekend tour or even play your first gig
I talk further on my 2 dvd course Metal Label Secrets on what exactly labels are looking for as far as your band is concerned - you can check it out here if you have not yet done so Metal Label Secrets
Until next time!
\mm/
Al
Metal Label Secrets
Yesterday, I read that in 2008 in the USA alone there were over 100,000 self released albums, of these 100,000 albums less than 3% of them sold over 1000 copies!
To me that is pretty apparent that while if you have 20 years music business experience like Trent Reznor or the dudes from Radiohead then going it alone makes a lot of sense - even though I think from memory after Radiohead did their "pay what you want album" they still also did a deal with a record label to have them release it.
When you sign to a label you get all the benefits of that label, that means people who will champion your band to TV , to the web, to all the magazines, staff who will go to the few remaining record stores and tell the buyer there why your cd is the one they need to stock, people who can help you with your album art, your music video, touring plans etc
Seems pretty obvious to me that there is still a need for labels
So re-assess your bands game plan - set real goals for what you need to accomplish as a band for the next 6 months and even the next year, whether that is to record your first album , to book a weekend tour or even play your first gig
I talk further on my 2 dvd course Metal Label Secrets on what exactly labels are looking for as far as your band is concerned - you can check it out here if you have not yet done so Metal Label Secrets
Until next time!
\mm/
Al
Metal Label Secrets
Saturday, July 4, 2009
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