Comments on: A Conversation With Stu Watters, Australian Independent Record Labels Association General Manager http://andrewmcmillen.com/2009/07/06/a-conversation-with-stu-watters-australian-independent-record-labels-association-general-manager/ ..lives in Brisbane, Australia. He talks to fascinating people and discusses music, writing and the web. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:18:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: The Great Divorce » One Heart (song) http://andrewmcmillen.com/2009/07/06/a-conversation-with-stu-watters-australian-independent-record-labels-association-general-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-414 The Great Divorce » One Heart (song) Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:01:06 +0000 http://andrewmcmillen.com/?p=669#comment-414 [...] A Conversation With Stu Watters, Australian Independent Record … [...] [...] A Conversation With Stu Watters, Australian Independent Record … [...]

]]> By: Peter Wells http://andrewmcmillen.com/2009/07/06/a-conversation-with-stu-watters-australian-independent-record-labels-association-general-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Peter Wells Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:51:56 +0000 http://andrewmcmillen.com/?p=669#comment-413 Thanks for the mention, Stu, and for the cogent and very timely article, Andrew! It's true, TuneCore's model has been a "game changer," and we intend to keep changing the game in the artist's favor, empowering them, every chance we get. It's particularly heartening when we hear about countries far from the U.S. record centers (New York, L.A., Nashville) who can use TuneCore to gain access and use infrastructure that was even more tricky to secure in the "old days." It's one reason why we worked hard from the beginning to be an Internet-only solution, with nothing to put in the post, no physical things to send. It's not easy for a band in Perth, say, to send demo tapes and discs to everyone in the U.S. or England, but with sales in those countries available as proof of widespread markets, there's a lot of power the artists can suddenly use. Thanks again! --Peter peter@tunecore.com Thanks for the mention, Stu, and for the cogent and very timely article, Andrew! It’s true, TuneCore’s model has been a “game changer,” and we intend to keep changing the game in the artist’s favor, empowering them, every chance we get. It’s particularly heartening when we hear about countries far from the U.S. record centers (New York, L.A., Nashville) who can use TuneCore to gain access and use infrastructure that was even more tricky to secure in the “old days.”

It’s one reason why we worked hard from the beginning to be an Internet-only solution, with nothing to put in the post, no physical things to send. It’s not easy for a band in Perth, say, to send demo tapes and discs to everyone in the U.S. or England, but with sales in those countries available as proof of widespread markets, there’s a lot of power the artists can suddenly use.

Thanks again!

–Peter
peter@tunecore.com

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