In Reply to: RE: Ugly musicians need better marketing - I'm stumped to give you a suggestion [nt] ;-) posted by rbolaw on March 29, 2012 at 13:18:45:
"However, the marketers who attempt to promote beautiful young women are making a big mistake, IMO. Charisma (and talent, of course) win the day."
Very true, and marketing based on appearance can be a serious negative. When I see a violin disc that features some scantily clad babe on the cover, I usually assume that she is at best a mediocre talent. I may glance at the cover, sometimes more than once :-), but I am very unlikely to buy the CD. And unfortunately, some of them actually ARE very good violinists, who are selling themselves short by allowing their labels to market them so crassly.
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- RE: Ugly musicians need better marketing - I'm stumped to give you a suggestion [nt] ;-) - Kas 07:06:13 03/30/12 (6)
- "some scantily clad babe on the cover" - Chris from Lafayette 08:45:03 03/30/12 (5)
- There is an entire genre of collecting Lps for the hot babe on the cover... nt - Elizabeth 04:04:56 04/02/12 (1)
- RE: There is an entire genre of collecting Lps for the hot babe on the cover... nt - pbarach 16:13:17 04/02/12 (0)
- Man, am I jealous... - srl1 12:03:39 03/30/12 (1)
- Exactly right - That's the whole point of this sub-thread! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 12:24:55 03/30/12 (0)
- I don't know, I bet it tastes good. - tinear 10:16:11 03/30/12 (0)