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>Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:19:32 -0800 (PST)
>From: Adam Powell <adamATangrycoffee.com>
>To: Sean Garrett <seanATlisten.com>
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>Subject: Re: pho: Free Music Equals Net Profits (Wired News)
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>Hooray! This is a great article and a great story. Cheers to Tim & gang,
>and Brad. Maybe this will start a trend for other musicians(!)
>
>On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Sean Garrett wrote:
>
>> Free Music Equals Net Profits
>> by Brad King
>> 2:00 a.m. Feb. 2, 2001 PST
>> http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,41569,00.html
>>
>> The Susquehanna Hat Company. (www.sayhername.com)
>>
>> Despite its relative anonymity and brief history, the digital music site
>> turned a profit in record time, going in the black just hours after it
>> launched.
>>
>> The site was the brainchild of Too Much Joy's Tim Quirk, who wanted to reach
>> his fans via the Web. Quirk, who now works at Listen.com, wanted to create a
>> place where fans could access music from the band's members.
>>
>> With the help of a loyal fan, Quirk launched The Susquehanna Hat Company,
>> where fans can stream old Too Much Joy songs and listen to rough versions of
>> songs from Quirk and TMJ pal Jay Blumenfield's new project called The
>> Wonderlicks.
>>
>> Quirk even posted a song from the Its -- sort of a Mike and the Mechanics
>> version of Too Much Joy, with just the rhythm section singing love songs.
>>
>> Quirk said that not charging for any of the music on the site is freeing.
>>
>> "When you go into the studio with the mentality that you're giving away
>> music, it changes the way you create in a very good way," Quirk said.
>>
>> After listening to some free grooves, fans can purchase all the regular
>> band-associated gear: T-shirts, CDs and videos. The real money has been
>> coming in through Paypal, a company that allows fans to contribute money
>> directly to the artists.
>>
>> It's not a multimillion-dollar proposition for Quirk, but he's already
>> recouped his expenses from creating the site, something he was never able to
>> do when he was signed to a label.
>>
>> With an overhead of $249 dollars, the site paid for itself soon after it
>> launched on Wednesday.
>>
>> "This really works because it got Jay and (me) back in the studio," Quirk
>> said. "We'd really had all the Joy beaten out of us, but we've been writing
>> for (the last) two years. We've been so invigorated by this process that I
>> feel like I'm 14 years old again."
>>
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