Rebel Music!!!
Ah good question, ASD, just got the building plans in as I logged on FP
cost £900 but at least things are moving again..
.. ... I'd post them if I knew how to link pictures from my scanner, i'll try another time.
Still, its tough for a new shop to get dusties, best way is to buy peoples throw aways which is definately gonna be part of the shop... I'll also be selling well priced studio equipment, DVDs and Games to keep things going, the main focus beign urban music, anything around and including hip hop.
Now heres why I get pissed of with where music is going right now, sometimes as BoutBeats mentioned I revert into 'the good ol' days' and moan about commerch music in general but its mainly because I have to stock that BS at the end of the day.. by owning a shop I'll fall into the same dilemma that those rap artists face in that I have to, partially, go with the pop (popular) flow...
E.g; Over here in the UK nuff cats are into Garage and Drum and Bass, now I'm not keen on stocking too much of that shyte but if lets say 60% of people are coming in asking for garage beats I can't do anything but fall to that demand and stock more, or I'll fade out.. what I hope to do is to break the barrier at some point and be the ultimate urban music store, catering for people who actually appreciate music, I don't want commerch BS taking up too much of my shelf space..but hey, there aint much I can do.... at the moment
Least I can do is to check what others are saying, that way I can formulate some way around the problem rather than fall slave to mass demand.
I'm gonna try post this building plan, its nothing intresting really just an outline of what the shop front will look like, I can't post some of the other pictures cause they're not right yet.... give me a couple mins.
Peace