and I’m not ready to talk about it. What I will instead do, is share the following the dialogue I overheard at a cafe between two men who work for a record label. The content of their conversation turned out to be of ZERO interest. Still I wrote it down pretty much verbatim because one of the guys was British and seemed to be the boss of this thing and I thought that if I did this, I might begin to understand the national case of Stockholm syndrome Americans have with Brits. How about you guess which one of these guys is British and let me know your thoughts:
I think that the main substantive point is I just want to get insights so that we can [inaudible mumbling] give exciting information, give ourselves information.
One thing like, I want to make sure I do , like next week, or maybe not next week but
I haven’t seen this particular one. Is this the [inaudible mumbling] she was talking about?
I’ve put a request in to the team…but yeah sorry…just a side tangent to say I agree with you…and I think that’s a part of what you’re asking [inaudible mumbling] isn’t what’s working…cuz I think everybody wants [inaudible mumbling]
Well even like Kelly sent me something this morning, one of the country’s…[inaudible mumbling]…the data point wasn’t certain but it looked like it had a million unique users
I need to know every playlist every station [inaudible mumbling] followers, how often they come back, what is the position on our playlist what is it doing and then [inaudible mumbling] and station language
[inaudible mumbling] and automatic tracking to move forward
Yeah well, actually no. The other issue is small [inaudible mumbling]…how do we deal with that. That’s the other piece of it. [inaudible mumbling] that’s coming from…[inaudible mumbling]
Bear in mind that these guys are talking Spotify [inaudible mumbling] billions of streams [inaudible mumbling] but it actually isn’t nothing [inaudible mumbling]
Any artist in the world…would be delighted…and then I would also like…[inaudible mumbling]…and I would dial down some of the country stuff…[inaudible mumbling]…rotation…[inaudible mumbling]…representative of where we’re trying to go…
That’s where…[inaudible mumbling]….safest bets…but in the long run…[inaudible mumbling]…is not exactly cutting it per se .
Yeah. Yeah.
But we do that…[inaudible mumbling] but not…
Mm. Yeah.
All…[inaudible mumbling] …is the conversation to get across…[inaudible mumbling]…will move us…[inaudible mumbling]…one last stand…[inaudible mumbling]…which we’re getting there…not a natural… [inaudible mumbling]
A couple. If you like couple. Presumably...[inaudible mumbling]…not every single time. Today this is…[inaudible mumbling]…and so is that. Like maybe. Here’s the opportunity for you. Just a recap. You get this by doing this. You get this by doing that.
I was surprised he said that
The other thing that…[inaudible mumbling]… goes back to is the initial point of having an analyst. Maybe there’s a way of us…uh…uh.. eventually getting to the point where we’re not only telling cool stuff about music and how it’s performing and insights…but also information like…[inaudible mumbling] with a view of..
Accounts?
Thats what I was going to say.
If you ask in advance.
Hey whats the… [inaudible mumbling]…[and they’d be all over…[inaudible mumbling]…like how do we change that?
Yeah well it wasn’t that last one. I’m talking about…[inaudible mumbling]…maybe its a one or two pager…[inaudible mumbling]….where the plays are coming from…[inaudible mumbling]….what the cumulative revenue count looks like…
Maybe I’ll use her as the model but I’d love to …[inaudible mumbling]…sometimes it’s hard to correlate…[inaudible mumbling]….and where the change is coming from…[inaudible mumbling]….a number of things but…[inaudible mumbling]….I’d love to…[inaudible mumbling]….and here’s everything
Right, totally.
Totally
Exactly exactly yeah. That’s something Columbia does a lot. [inaudible mumbling]
I’d love to...[inaudible mumbling]…a minimum…[inaudible mumbling] per year…a group of three labels…but even for…to what degree...they want to branch out...but yeah I’d love to figure out some sort of template for [inaudible mumbling]
Yeah the thing i’m worrying about besides [inaudible mumbling] …is how it’s housed or how it’s accessible. I'm definitely concerned. They ask a question even…a specific…[inaudible mumbling] that has no flexibility to it at all. Cuz that is not the way good business works…[inaudible mumbling] well that’s working.. Now lets look at that...It isn’t always about [inaudible mumbling]
Totally.
Let’s look at these competitors. Slice and dice it.
I’ll be honest…I sometimes….[inaudible mumbling]…but like barely…[inaudible mumbling]…and then it kind of comes in later…But…every time you’re…[inaudible mumbling]…you don’t even have to think about that part of it…so yeah again…to your point. I think we can…
Would you mind doing me a quick favor and send me a quick email with names of the attendees for the evening
They’re in the body…
Oh, thanks
So…
Okay…
They are…
Okay…
This one…
Okay…
They have their own…
Yeah.
Few labels…
tracks…
okay…
Labels…
Distribution level…
group…
One of those three…
right…
Three tiers…
kay…
And that’s…
I saw them in august and they… [inaudible mumbling]
really?
yeah…
And as far as relationships go…they are I mean you’ll see they’re amicable and...[inaudible mumbling]…we have had a hard time getting a lot of things across the line…
I think we’re getting there
Huge presentation
hundred
Good names
That was the thing
Oh oh
And…
no…
okay…
that’s…yeah…
okay…
We’re gonna…
I do, yeah…overall there are around… I have to check………………….2% overall
Ugh..
But dude…once you see the numbers it’s…[inaudible mumbling]….1%