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>>I think new tech will open up more bands to more people, if you can =
cut a
>>few songs for $2,000 have them on a web site, and people can download =
a song
>>or 2, burn their own CD, and you Make $1. That is not bad, no =
middleman, no
>>stores, no plastic, etc. More money will get to the musicians, not
>>manufacturers. Unless the government bans all of this.
>>Mark
yes, definitely, more people will put their songs up, as in IUMA, a =
very, very cool site. and they will sound like home-grown demos. if =
you can consistently cut a few songs that don't sound like demos for =
$2,000, and find a host site that will let you store huge files =
utilizing enormous bandwith, for nothing additional, please come work =
for my record label. 'cuz you know what, you can't.
DubbleDub wrote:
>>I think this can only be good for music...
>>Now maybe people wont release as much bad music/filler tracks...
>>If its a good song, people will find & buy it... at least =
eventually...
and artists won't take as many chances, and they'll try harder to make =
"hits". how will people find a good song if it never gets recorded? =20
>>Singles have always been available & albums still flourish...
>>I see it as just being able to buy a bunch of cassingles/cd5s/12", but =
now
>>theyre
>>all in one package...
1) singles are not always available, no way no how. singles are money =
losers; labels write them off as promotional expense, to get people to =
buy albums. when the sales of a single start to really take off, the =
label often pulls the single from the marketplace so as not to lose =
album sales.
a couple other notes/thoughts. in addition to the artist royalties, =
which i've focused on, musicians also get paid for writing the song (if =
they wrote it); these rates are constant per song ($0.0695/song) whether =
on an album or single. i personally don't have such a big problem with =
this whole compilation idea if the tracks used are only available after =
some length of time after release, like 1 year. at that point, most =
people who'll buy an album have already done so.
i'm all for continuing this thread, but i don't want to bore anyone, so =
this'll be my last post to the group unless i'm requested to do =
otherwise. this concept basically gets to the heart of the future of =
the music business, so i'm totally into getting into it.
-kevin k
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