jester1470 Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Hmm was just thinking about this, and was wondering what kind of sales figues the bands on the Aberdeen scene actiually achieve, what's good for local band sales, is it 100, 500, 1000, 10,000 ?There are a lot of bands who are deemed to be popular and meant to be the bigger bands on the scene, how many stuff is actually getting sold, I know the Fat Hippy runs are limited, so how manyof them make the shops, how many go on press/pr and review etc.I was just interested, I understand a lot of bands might not want to share this info but i just thought it would beinteresting to know, CheersStuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig deadenstereo Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 we (deadenstereo) probably sold 90 or so of our last split single with Stigma. Mostly at gigs, although rumours abound that one was bought in OneUP.We had about 150 pressed up, and probably sent the rest away, lost them, broke them or gave them to chicks to try and get them to let us touch them in nice places.But, we don't consider ourselves very succesful at selling cds.Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoAUBL Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 all of the black atom 'out of exile' cds were sold - there was 200we've sold about 130ish hot mangu cds not sure about the contra ones... havent checked recently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stuartmaxwell Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 orwell sold about 80-oddi believe that there is money in one-up for us :s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Gilman Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 we made a run of 100 cds, and sold in the regions of around 70, i think this figure could have been greater had we played out of aberdeen and done some kind of promotion of the cd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 I think Spike has sold something like 40 albums in total. Not bad for a band which makes noisy music I reckon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchPact Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Residue - Hope & Fade - 250 Copies made, Maybe 200ish sold.Residue - Iraquet - 100 made, Maybe 60 Sold.Voice Of Aggression / Eat Yer Greens Split - 200 Made, 150 Sold.Filthpact CD 2004 - 300 Made to date, 200ish sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ibid Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 These figures are all pretty good for non pro bands playing only in Aberdeen. The bands I deal with are mainly pro national bands playing something like 300 gigs a year each, so you can't make a sales comparison, but I think you're all doing damn fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Karloff Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 The original run of "Monsters Ruin" was 750. I think we're close to selling the last few of that CD. Not sure what the run numbers for "Self-Made Monsters" was... 1000 maybe? We shift most of ours in spurts as we go play gigs elsewhere, hence why we sit near the bottom of the FHR sales league, then all of a sudden go to the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 I got excited last week cos CD Baby contacted me to say they'd sold ONE of the four copies of my "Seasoning" Cd which they had. Yay They also gave me the guys name and address!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 PaGG did about 400-500 of Sin City out of a run of 1000; and 300 of Whisky Chaser (out of, er, 300). Hardly any in Aberdeen though - maybe about 60-70. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 WBL did no bad on the CD front. 'our first EP' only ever had about 20 or 30 made and most of them went, the second EP with the funky case was the best seller though. On the opening night at the L8 CD launch we sold about 80. I think OneUp sold about 50 or 60 of that one CD with another 200-odd sold at various gigs over the year after it was put out. Also sent away about 150 of them to various magazine, promotors, given to other bands, chicks, DJs, the usual. The last CD there only sold about 50 copies in that one week of touring with about 20 odd sold in OneUp. If anyone wants a copy and can't get it out of OneUp just gimme a shout, they're all in my boot.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 ERADICATE - Punks still not dead (tape)500 hand produced copies (we stopped at 500, maybe I'll find the tally count some day)500 produced in poland and seemingly sold outPlus eventually we let a fair few non-profit (and for profit) distro's do up their own runs of 20-30So yeah loads of copies thereERADICATE - Get Active (tape)250 Hand produced copiesPlus eventually we let a fair few non-profit (and for profit) distro's do up their own runs of 20-30Inept 303 - Rotting Away CDMaybe only 50 copies in total I made at least 100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neubeatz Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Well there is a user of the website here that has sold many tens of thousands of CDs, Not quite the type of music that this site usually promotes though, and he keeps very quiet about it. He is primarily a clever and astute businessman, aswell as a musician, Whether or not he chooses to reveal his superstardom to the rest of the users remains to be seen, and is his perogative.Me. I'm sworn to secrecy, sort of like a masonic thing..... honour amongst thieves or something like that. But what I can reveal is that cd sales are on the decline, and should not be the only measure of success, after all, some artists never make a penny from their music till they are dead.Edit=;Oh, and then its other people that get the money.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killamangiro Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 rotting awaaaaaay... bodies decay..still floating around i presume? if the price is right- i might give you yer pocket money for the week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Always a copy or 2 floating around for the princely sum of 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Well there is a user of the website here that has sold many tens of thousands of CDsYeah, I heard that before but it just annoyed me. If the guy wants people to know about his CD sales he'd tell us, it might make for an interesting perspective, but if not I don't see the point in his friends saying "it's all a big secret". Bollocks to that.Either tell us the whole story or don't tell us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neubeatz Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 Yeah, I heard that before but it just annoyed me. If the guy wants people to know about his CD sales he'd tell us, it might make for an interesting perspective, but if not I don't see the point in his friends saying "it's all a big secret". Bollocks to that.Either tell us the whole story or don't tell us. Ok, he's not a "friend" of mine, more of an exploiter of generosity...! a "situationist"Any one that uses the site can suss out who it is by process of elimination, the information is freely available online, you just have to look in the right place, I am saying no more than that (its not the guy from S Club though.. ), or Tommy Dene lol!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stuartmaxwell Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 tommy has sold millions of copies of the now-legendary "tommy dene live at the new paladium (old kings highway)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sundaram Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 Ok' date=' he's not a "friend" of mine, more of an exploiter of generosity...! a "situationist"Any one that uses the site can suss out who it is by process of elimination, the information is freely available online, you just have to look in the right place, I am saying no more than that (its not the guy from S Club though.. ), or Tommy Dene lol!!![/quote']I asked you not to talk about me!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester1470 Posted September 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 Ok' date=' he's not a "friend" of mine, more of an exploiter of generosity...! a "situationist"Any one that uses the site can suss out who it is by process of elimination, the information is freely available online, you just have to look in the right place, I am saying no more than that (its not the guy from S Club though.. ), or Tommy Dene lol!!![/quote']I would imagine theres a few people in that posiiton, the guys from Pallas for example, and I'm pretty sure there's a few people from bihher bands who have settled up here.CheersStuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pop-notmyface Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 anyone know how many copies of TINAE sold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tam o' Shantie Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 we sold about 50 copies of our very first recording in school100 of our first semi-serious recordinggot 50 copies of 'eaten by sharks' duplicated at a pressing plant, sold them all in a weekmade 100 tour demos for our first UK tour in 2003 and sold them alland now we have sold about 250 copies of it's a disasterall in all = roughly 550 cds shifted, keep buying 'em and we'll keep making em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stuartmaxwell Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 guts on fire of north east scotland have sold 100s of copies of their debut album "thieves with knives and thoughts"yet the fucker still sings with a miserable voice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 Ok' date=' he's not a "friend" of mine, more of an exploiter of generosity...! a "situationist"Any one that uses the site can suss out who it is by process of elimination, the information is freely available online, you just have to look in the right place, I am saying no more than that (its not the guy from S Club though.. ), or Tommy Dene lol!!![/quote']Is it the guy that owns the studio in the central belt-can't recall his name? He's had a number one record in fucking China!!!! He's a friend of Andy Ross, once of radio clyde now running radio cha cha in china. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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