Comments on: Grizzly Bear’s Nice Pricing Pays Off

By: Ballard

Ballard — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:28:55 +0000

lol justin is hot

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:30:18 +0000

Plenty of non-Grizzly Bear bands have cheap downloads out there and don’t sell poo. The 3.99 helps, but being Grizzly Bear and getting that press helped too. This was just a cherry on top to fans, I’d say.

And @howdoIsay… yeah I have, too, especially with records like that that I might not have purchased or even downloaded.

By: johnlempka

johnlempka — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:13:55 +0000

@Varina: We can talk about tweaking the price point of the discounted MP3 model once 'the average consumer' starts again thinking of music and something to be bought. It's a sale, but it's also a PR move.

By: How do I say this...Throwdini!?!

How do I say this...Throwdini!?! — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:41:13 +0000

I’ve definitely purchased albums from amazon’s mp3 store enticed solely by the low price. Including the new Green Day and Chrisette Michele.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:41:11 +0000

@bcapirigi: Is it supposed to be a slur, like "Massachusetts liberal"?

By: Maura

Maura — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:26:52 +0000

@bcapirigi: that's because 99% of the people writing about them forego factual descriptors in favor of more, er, sploogy ones.

By: Varina

Varina — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:17:47 +0000

@bcapirigi: Hee. That's what I was thinking, too. $3.99 is way, way too low for an entire album download. I'd put it at $5.99 or 6, but $3.99 seems awfully low, sucky record sales be damned.

By: Joe Gross

Joe Gross — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:15:18 +0000

God almighty, this band sucks. I wish I could be more articulate than that, but I am so overwhelmed with fear that the current generation of indie rockers might blow away in a stiff breeze that I cannot.

By: bcapirigi

bcapirigi — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:12:06 +0000

I don’t think I’d ever heard Grizzly Bear described as a ‘Massachusetts band’ before.