We are saying the same thing from two different perspectives.
Yes, a small indie band would not have the same following as Radiohead at first. They need to build up a series of highly valued releases over time. Which is really all distilled into the "be Radiohead" line.
Or to make it less vague, your pricing and billing strategy may need to change over time. When/if you develop a history of delivering highly valued products and releases you will have the opportunity to explore alternate pricing models.
However, I still think you can distill much of this down to "create something that people really want". If you can do that the pricing part gets a lot easier.
Well, ok, but if your definition of "create something that people really want" is "build up a series of highly valued releases over time [until you are as popular as Radiohead]", then it seems like you're just saying "be Radiohead" in a more confusing way. So I'm not really sure what the point is. Step 1 is still "be Radiohead" because smaller bands can't do the same thing without first following many other difficult steps.
But then that pricing model applies to, what, like 20 bands? Okay, so those 20 bands should do that and every other band should do what Radiohead did until they sell 30 million albums worldwide.
Yes, a small indie band would not have the same following as Radiohead at first. They need to build up a series of highly valued releases over time. Which is really all distilled into the "be Radiohead" line.
Or to make it less vague, your pricing and billing strategy may need to change over time. When/if you develop a history of delivering highly valued products and releases you will have the opportunity to explore alternate pricing models.
However, I still think you can distill much of this down to "create something that people really want". If you can do that the pricing part gets a lot easier.