It's always great to read about the success of independent artists and amoungst their stories are 'clues' to their success.
This comes from a recent interview in the San Francisco Chronicle with Australian band The Waifs
"...We made a cassette of six tunes to get gigs and sold 1,800 copies, which funded our first album. We started our own indie label and sold almost 30,000 records out of the back of our van. We'd pop into local record stores and leave them albums. Donna developed a distribution network and started dealing directly with big chain stores, which was unheard of. I did the publicity and Josh did the booking. When our first album jumped onto the charts, it took everyone by surprise. We were already one of the biggest touring acts, but nobody in the music business had heard of us. We'd been working underground, outside the normal music industry channels."
Read complete article here
[Resource http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/20/PKG4OK4J981.DTL&type=music]
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