{"id":1088,"date":"2010-03-13T06:50:42","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T14:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2024-01-20T10:07:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T10:07:27","slug":"mini-albums-improve-the-music-retail-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/mini-albums-improve-the-music-retail-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini-Albums: One Way to Improve the Music Retail Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><![CDATA[\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">USA Today is taking note of the uptick in country mini-albums (or EPs, or collections that generally have fewer than ten songs). Luke Bryan, the newspaper points out, released his second \u201cSpring Break\u201d digital EP today. And &#8220;country&#8217;s Josh Thompson and American Idol&#8217;s Jason Castro have released digital EPs in anticipation of full albums.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;amp;\"> <!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]-->\n<!--[endif]--><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;amp;\">This mini-album experiment could help fix two problems. First, it could help keep record labels on the store shelves on retailers wary of falling CD sales. Second, cheaper albums will probably do more to lure buyers who would have otherwise bought a single track.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;amp;\">Expect to see more mini-albums on store shelves as labels and retailers try to find ways to offer music at lower prices.<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;amp;\">Will this technique be the solutions for musicians? Let&#8217;s cross our fingers, wait, and see.<\/span>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.biz\/bbbiz\/content_display\/industry\/e3i8844357cb3f68816fa836f7d71a3816e\">Billboardbiz<\/a>\n_______________________________________________________________________\n<strong>Unified Manufacturing<\/strong>\u00a0is an L.A. -based one-stop-shop that offers very affordable CD\/DVD\/USB replication, custom printing, promotional products, warehousing and fulfillment and many more. 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