catherine Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 if you could start up a project or business to do with the music industries what would it be???ive got to do a project for uni and we have to have 5 ideas for monday and im struggling so wanted to see what others come up with. ive got a few ideas which i may go with but as ive got to present 5 im stumped. this has to be something viable because i have actually got to do this and go apply for grants and stuff if i need the cashit can be anything from starting a record company to setting up a company who does merch for bands.but it has to have a unique selling proposition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 what share of the company would we get for providing the idea it's founded on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catherine Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 for only the basic idea and not work input?ill give you £40 if i make any profitcause id then have to go off and do weeks or research into it and do all the essays to say why its commerciall viable. do the proposal to industry proffessionals myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 what share of the company would we get for providing the idea it's founded on?There's no profit to made from ideas Dave, only from a viable commercial expression of them...or so the textbook in front of me says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catherine Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 yip. plus an idea isnt copyrightable.... unless you right it all down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 set up a company that advances shows for promoters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 yip. plus an idea isnt copyrightable.... unless you right it all downWhy that's exactly the whole jist of the article i was reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neubeatz Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 if you could start up a project or business to do with the music industries what would it be???ive got to do a project for uni and we have to have 5 ideas for monday and im struggling so wanted to see what others come up with. ive got a few ideas which i may go with but as ive got to present 5 im stumped. this has to be something viable because i have actually got to do this and go apply for grants and stuff if i need the cashit can be anything from starting a record company to setting up a company who does merch for bands.but it has to have a unique selling propositionYou could kidnap the next Mcfly boyband, and hold them to ransom. Payable by their record co, but before you hand them back, Behead the band Nick Berg stylee, Film the whole thing and sell the movie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catherine Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 set up a company that advances shows for promoters...i tried sending you a message but have no idea if it sent. my computer went all weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catherine Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Why that's exactly the whole jist of the article i was reading.i was learning abiout it in class the other day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 1) Small label2)Promotion company3)Band managing - would that count?4)Merchandise company5)Club night at a venue - would that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catherine Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 club night would countsomeone from my course a few years back thought up of the idea for a night called Your Sound, it then led on to her being employed by DF concerts and now king tuts run Your Sound on the first sunday of every monthsee thing is, everyone and anyone can start up a small label or a promotions company. but its not unique. it needs to have something special about it. or ill fail.its stressing me out already. i keep coming up with ideas like a gig guide for ayrshire. but it has to be something that id make money from. and i cant see people paying for a gig guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FezMonkey Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 i keep coming up with ideas like a gig guide for ayrshire. but it has to be something that id make money from. and i cant see people paying for a gig guide.True, but companies may pay to advertise in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HateEvent Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Supplying equipment for hire. (P.A, guitars etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_inthehills Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 I don't know if this is relevant or has been done yet, but how about blue tooth for your ipod. Maybe a small earphone that isn't obvious and then you could sit in lectures or boring meetings and listen to your ipod without anyone knowing.or a beamer thingy that allows all the ipods in the same room to listen to the same tracks. It could either be a gig recording so that everyone is "the audience" or everyone chooses 5 tracks and then we can all listen to each others music.or what about a dodgy rewards card. This would have to be country wide, the more gigs you go to, the more points you get, then when someone popular comes in to town (like the kooks or the automatic) those regular gig goers have special reward tickets so that they can get tickets if a gig sells out really quickly to johnny come latelys. Thinking about it, the pilot scheme could be in aberdeen and if you go to 50 gigs in a year, you are guarenteed one free ticket to any gig. It might increase attendance to smaller gigs and reward us loyal gig going folk.sometimes I'm amazed at my own brilliance. All you need now is a name for the card....gigtar... and it could be shaped like a guitar. gigtar/guitar. My humour is lost on you folks.peteinthehills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 that gig card thing is quite a good idea but rather than a free ticket it could be used to combat touts. some kind of gig membership card could give you access to pre-release tickets for major tours, perhaps at a discounted rate depending on other tickets purchased. i'm sure touts would still use this to their own ends but it would cut down on it a bit and hopefully get more tickets to those that deserve them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 How about you become a ticket tout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 it needs to have something special about it. or ill fail.. How, with all the people that are already involved and trying to make money in the music industry, is ANYONE expected to come up with 5 commercially viable ideas that haven't been tried before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catherine Posted September 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 i dont mean i fail this week for not having 5 ideas that aint been done beforebut ill fail if my final business isnt anything differentone of the main critera is that it has to have a USPthis has been stressing me out sooo muchapparently there is no music scene in ayr. everyone plays glasgow. and ive got no clue about glasgows music scene at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_inthehills Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 one of the main critera is that it has to have a USPUSP? unique selling point?Peteinthehills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catherine Posted September 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 unique selling proposition. apparently. my lecturer told us we'd get shot if we said pointeven though he told us last year it was point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 unique selling proposition. apparently. my lecturer told us we'd get shot if we said pointeven though he told us last year it was pointSo not only do you want us to do your homework for you, but you want to make money out of it aswell? Bloody kids these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stax Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 i dont mean i fail this week for not having 5 ideas that aint been done beforebut ill fail if my final business isnt anything differentone of the main critera is that it has to have a USPthis has been stressing me out sooo muchapparently there is no music scene in ayr. everyone plays glasgow. and ive got no clue about glasgows music scene at all.Building a music scene in Ayr is your USPWhat does Glasgow do, or any other city for that matter. You have a many templates to work on. If there is no music scene in Ayr then you have a blank canvass, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catherine Posted September 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 yeah. the more i think about gig nights in ayr the more i warm to the idea.everyone has just said, oh there isnt any gigs in ayr so we go to glasgowbut the problem is lack of venuethe club i work in is the only place that ever puts on gigs apart from some church. but it aint a good venue.im gona arrange a meeting with my boss and ask him stuff like if i can still hire it for free and what they do abotu PA. cause i know the glasgow furys are really bad with money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_inthehills Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 but the problem is lack of venuethe club i work in is the only place that ever puts on gigs apart from some church. but it aint a good venue.there ain't no venue at T in the park until they build it. How about a moveable venue. All you need is a field/park. T on the road, so to speak.you'd need to make it variable in size 'cos if you were doing a gig for Belle and Sebastian loads of folk would want to go, but if it was get cape wear cape fly, then less folk.festivals are very common now, so folk are used to seeing gigs in tents. If you could make a name for yourself, then you could rent out the tent at some of the festivals. Infact, if you had a team that was specialised in putting up the tent, doing pa etc then you could rent yourself out for tours. Coming to a field near you Cathys tent extravaganza.peteinthehills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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