Re: Robert Rich article

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

When I had my band (of the indie rock variety, a genre whose crowd wears 
local band t-shirts as a point of pride), we made equally as much money 
from t-shirts as from CD's. It's all about putting a bit of time into 
making a good design. Then you have a textile business offsetting the 
thankless money pit that is a rock band.

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com
www.chinapaintingmusic.com

> Technically, you're not making money from music at that point: you're 
> using music to market your t-shirts.
>
> I've heard so many people say that they prefer to support bands via 
> buying t-shirts at shows, but I don't see people wearing band t-shirts 
> very often.  Certainly not local bands.  And t-shirts are a pain in 
> the ass to stock--there's only one size CD, but several sizes of 
>t-shirts.
>
> TH
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Warren Sirota <wsirota@wsdesigns.com 
> <mailto:wsirota@wsdesigns.com>> wrote:
>
>     I think it's been quite obvious for a long time that the only way to
>     make money with music, even if you're a star, is by selling T-shirts.
>     Until you can digitally download a t-shirt, that will probably
>     continue to be the main model, imho.
>
>     (this is only half-joking)
>