So I was thinking about how manuscript, especially tablature is somewhat in demand for fans of motW or kayo dot, and then about how our band is very broke and will probably never get to tour unless we make some money. Therefore perhaps I'll put together some handmade books and sell them for cheap. My questions to you, the potential consumer are:
1) Are people interested in the actual scores or just tabs? Should I combine score and tab into the same page or keep them separate? Is anyone interested in the score at all, enough to buy it?
2) How fancy shmancy should these books be? Could be anywhere from photocopy to really nice paper and very nice gold writing or something. Could be stapled, papercliped, or bound relatively nicely.
3) Is it a better idea to sell them per album, i.e. a book of Bath, a book of LYBM, a book of CotE... or more like a best-of and/or most requested?
Obviously the price will depend mostly on what kind of paper is used. I'd be okay with letting photocopied versions go for maybe even 2 bucks an album, but with nice paper and every single one handmade it'll probably more in the ballpark of 10, perhaps? Just a guesstimate.
So anyway what would everyone be most interested in?
1) Are people interested in the actual scores or just tabs? Should I combine score and tab into the same page or keep them separate? Is anyone interested in the score at all, enough to buy it?
2) How fancy shmancy should these books be? Could be anywhere from photocopy to really nice paper and very nice gold writing or something. Could be stapled, papercliped, or bound relatively nicely.
3) Is it a better idea to sell them per album, i.e. a book of Bath, a book of LYBM, a book of CotE... or more like a best-of and/or most requested?
Obviously the price will depend mostly on what kind of paper is used. I'd be okay with letting photocopied versions go for maybe even 2 bucks an album, but with nice paper and every single one handmade it'll probably more in the ballpark of 10, perhaps? Just a guesstimate.
So anyway what would everyone be most interested in?