Rock's New Economy: Making Money When CDs Don't Sell
Submitted by David on Mon, 2008-05-19 14:44.
TV, games, tours and more: How smart bands thrive today
For Austin rockers Spoon, 2007 was a
breakthrough year — but not because they sold a lot of
records. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, their album on the indie label
Merge, garnered more radio play than any disc in their 15-year
history and earned them an appearance on Saturday Night
Live. So far the disc has moved just over 250,000 copies,
according to Nielsen SoundScan — about half of what Spoon's
manager, Ben Dickey, believes it would have sold even five years
ago. "But as far as the band is...
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