Do digital only releases mean anything to you?

[Rocker4Real]

Maybe it's a generation thing, but it's hard to feel any sense of hype for music that's only released digitally. I may put the song in my playlist for a little while and then get rid of it. Buying a complete album with the whole package gives something to take in and look forward to. Do the young people in your lives feel the same way?

[MetalSludgeCEO]

Yes... as I do get paid on these... regardless of it being a much lower income stream compared to selling an actual physical product, it does add up.

I guess one thing that I might benefit from here, compared to many/most bands in my same category/genre, is I own 95% of ALL my titles.

This includes every CD or Vinyl sold comes to me, every single streamed, or downloaded, comes directly to me... there is no Frontiers, or Nuclear Blast or Golden Robot collecting it.

At the same time I also pay for all from recording, to art, to mastering, to manufacturing and all related handling, supplies, postage and man-power.

I think it's a safe bet, than any band, or 99/100 who sign to these deals, indy deals, 360 deals, etc... do not see much of anything at all going forward.

Lastly... if you have 1-2 releases, it might not add up to a lot, but... if you build a catalog, it does add up when you have 10-15 or 50+ titles!

I was doing some numbers in my head and in 30 years, I believe I have manufactured and released roughly 100 titles on all formats.

With that, I encourage you all to support RLS Records... here is my official store > https://rlsrecords.bigcartel.com/

Thank you for reading!

$tEvil

[kwf]

Won't be paying

[Wild Obsession]

Means I'm not buying it.