SFBM Reached #3 on Billboard Indy Chart, Good News! Options

[SJN1279]

I took this from the Michigan concerts website:

Their latest release Songs from the Black Mountain (2006) reached number three on Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart.

I guess none of us bothered to check. So for an indy release, the album didn't do half bad. Live has in fact gone indy. A tour can probably only help the albums meet sales expectations.

Pretty cool!

[Heather]

Well that makes sense I guess. But then not really. I guess I don't understand why they would have their cd released by a division of Epic that can actually be considered Indy instead of just realeasing it themselves on their own terms and using their own marketing team instead of relying on some record company that doesn't give a shit anyway.

So I guess I understand why it can be considered an Indy release but not why they would have chosen that route.

[SJN1279]

Well that makes sense I guess. But then not really. I guess I don't understand why they would have their cd released by a division of Epic that can actually be considered Indy instead of just realeasing it themselves on their own terms and using their own marketing team instead of relying on some record company that doesn't give a shit anyway.

So I guess I understand why it can be considered an Indy release but not why they would have chosen that route.

Epic originally was going to release the CD through its main distribution label. However, for reasons not totally clear, Epic moved the CD to Red Ink distribution sometime in March/April. The label pretty much left the album to die. I wouldn't think that Epic would keep Live around past SFBM, so whatever the band's next move is will be very interesting to see.

Heather I'm with you, if their next album ia released on a solid indy label that would be an awesome move for Live. They could make a CD on their terms and one that fits into a format they want. The fans would have to work hard to help promote it, but I think it would be very exciting.