>It's pretty dope. Full disclosure I'm not paying $40 for it.
>I get his wanting to charge what he thinks it's worth but I
>don't get the economics of that. Seems like fewer people will
>buy it if it's $40 and that would result in less money and
>less word of mouth about a dope album.
>
>I understand keeping it off streaming, but I really don't get
>charging the higher price. Seems like it's penalizing your
>fans. The people who don't really care will just listen for
>free on streaming in a few months.
>
>I wonder how many albums he wants to sell at the $40 price and
>if he just knows he has a certain number of dedicated fans
>that will pay that amount. Maybe $150,000ish/4000 die-hards?

Its probably a decent amount of money to help him at least cover the costs of making the record depending on how much he's actually spending.

And it is probably preferable to do that vs trying to get Lil whoever on a song or two just to get some extra streams. And even with that move, you risk ticking off the people who come to you for a certain 'type' of music if you can't figure out how to blend your guests into what you do..especially if you don't make a lot of music (IE: > 1 album a year). And getting the right guests for the right songs, at least to me, seems kinda hard to do..even when the guests theoretically should 'fit' with you.