I think there’s a lot of good advice in 37signals’ book, “Getting Real”, and one piece of advice I particularly like is “Have An Enemy“.
80 Proof Music actually has a few enemies, in two forms: other digital music stores, such as iTunes Music Store and AmazonMP3, and organized forms of music sharing, like BitTorrent and [...]
A common train of thought I see spelled out on many a message board is that while the unwashed masses (commercial music purchaser) is more than happy to make the move towards all digital purchasing the “niche” music fan is clinging to his shiny discs and jewel cases with a white knuckled fanaticism.
Is this true?
I [...]
I love the art that Ben put together for our temporary home page so much that I had to have it on my desktop. And then I figured, well who wouldn’t want it for their desktop wallpaper?
So here you go!
On Saturday, Bryan and I drove over to Ybor City in Tampa for the music symposium, Homemade, put on by local arts organization, Artists & Writers Group. We took in most of the sessions and Bryan participated in the “Alternative Media Promotion” panel in the role of NineBullets.net writer. I was there both as “the [...]
Our friend and ally, graphic designer Ben Schingel, has been busy…
One of the features I pitched to Bryan early on was full-length previews. He agreed without any further discussion and it’s just been one of our bullet points ever since. But it’s one that we worry might not make it to launch intact.
For users of our store (AKA “customers”), I feel there’s no question that [...]