Re: [Harp-L] Blockbuster Online

[Philharpn@xxxxxxx]

Yeah, but maybe somebody will rent the DVD, fall in love with it and go out 
and buy a copy.
And if Blockbuster rents enough harp videos, maybe it will KEEP renting them 
and even more people will trip over them and rent one. 

 I'm impulsive. If I see a DVD or CD by one of my favorite players, I don't 
hesitate to get my own personal copy. I own several dozen harp-piano-guitar 
videos from Homespun, Mel Bay and Hal Leonard and Jamey Aebersold -- some I 
bought retail at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan; only very few I acquired 
as review copies for AHN and others I bought at discount as the VHS versions 
were being replaced by DVD versions.

Without knowing which DVDs you're talking about, I couldn't say if rental 
will hurt sales or spread the word. I once found a Paul Butterfield performance 
VHS recording from the rental collection at a going-out-of-business sale at a 
music store. 

There really is no hard and fast rule; if libraries and brick-and-mortar 
Blockbuster's carried more instructional videos, maybe more people would get 
seriously interested in the harp.

I'm for anything that gets the word out.




Phil Lloyd
AHN emeritus


In a message dated 6/3/06 2:40:13 PM, dmf273@xxxxxxxxx writes:


> Well it probably doesn't put any money in the artists pockets, so without 
> naming names, let me say
> that I was surprised to find several well-known harmonica instruction DVD's 
> available for rent
> from Blockbuster Online.
>