Comments on: Phenomenal Internet Success is Boring http://iam.peteashton.com/phenomenal-internet-success-is-boring/ That is who I am Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:07:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pete Ashton http://iam.peteashton.com/phenomenal-internet-success-is-boring/comment-page-1/#comment-3310 Pete Ashton Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:59:27 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=816#comment-3310 Rich, it's more about what's needed to be sustainable. Sure, two people don't make an audience, but 100+ do. I see Misty's and Bearsuit making if not a living then a decent stab of it with those sorts of numbers. No easy answers, of course, and the Internet doesn't owe anyone a living, but it's not as black and white as you're suggesting. Rich, it’s more about what’s needed to be sustainable. Sure, two people don’t make an audience, but 100+ do. I see Misty’s and Bearsuit making if not a living then a decent stab of it with those sorts of numbers.

No easy answers, of course, and the Internet doesn’t owe anyone a living, but it’s not as black and white as you’re suggesting.

]]> By: Rich Batsford http://iam.peteashton.com/phenomenal-internet-success-is-boring/comment-page-1/#comment-3309 Rich Batsford Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:02:24 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=816#comment-3309 I wonder tho where the live scene fits into the "long tail/niche marketing" scenario. Having a couple of fans in every town in the world might feasibly sell you enough music to get by, but two fans dont make an audience. Xx I wonder tho where the live scene fits into the “long tail/niche marketing” scenario.

Having a couple of fans in every town in the world might feasibly sell you enough music to get by, but two fans dont make an audience.
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]]> By: Jon Bounds http://iam.peteashton.com/phenomenal-internet-success-is-boring/comment-page-1/#comment-3308 Jon Bounds Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:03:02 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=816#comment-3308 Whenever I hear about Arctic Monkeys or Lily Allen and how they used MySpace it's odd that no-one seems to mention that Lilly was signed to a major all along — and that the Monkeys didn't run their own page. I'm wondering if any people do have genuine "phenomenal Internet success" anyway — apart from these that have sucess in ways that wasn't possible pre-web (the Cheezburger mob for example, or any of the book deal bloggers). Whenever I hear about Arctic Monkeys or Lily Allen and how they used MySpace it’s odd that no-one seems to mention that Lilly was signed to a major all along — and that the Monkeys didn’t run their own page.

I’m wondering if any people do have genuine “phenomenal Internet success” anyway — apart from these that have sucess in ways that wasn’t possible pre-web (the Cheezburger mob for example, or any of the book deal bloggers).

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