INDIE SUCCES STORY - YES IT DOES HAPPEN

As we've discussed in previous blogs , selling records can be tough. However if you've got a good product and willing to do the work it can and will happen. You don't have to sell a million or have radio play to be successful. What you do have to have is good music and a plan and a willingness not to give up. One suggestion is, get a pro to listen to your music before you put it out or record it. Get some professional advice. Don't depend on your friends and those involved in your project for an honest answer. We offer that service at AMP IF YOU NEED US.

Indie Music Success Stories

Here's more wood to throw on the independent path fire, courtesy of two items posted recently at GarageSpin.com.

According to this post on the Prefix Mag blog, indie band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah -- based in Brooklyn and Philadelphia -- has sold 17,000 copies of it self-released debut, all thanks to word-of-mouth.

"And while major-label artists make only about a buck a record, the Clap guys are making a whopping eight dollars per disc -- putting their take so far at more than $130,000. Not too shabby for an album recorded for less than ten grand and distributed by the band itself via countless trips to the post office."

And across the pond, this story in The Telegraph:

"Traditionally, bands have been forced to use radio play and record company marketing to create a buzz around their music, but the Arctic Monkeys, a Sheffield-based guitar band, built a committed following of young fans well before being noticed by the music industry."

Yup. Musicians are taking their music to the people like never before.