No one is saying musicians would stop making music alltogether but if you
really think that most of the people or labels we discuss in this mailing
list would continue putting out music if they didn't get paid you're fooling
yourself. There'd still be music out there (mp3.com is proof of how much
unsigned/free music is out there already) but it wouldn't be the same. And
what about the simple principle of paying for what you get? Hell, it's the
least we can all do.
Dirk van den Heuvel (dirkv@groovedis.com)
Groove Distribution
http://www.groovedis.com
Your Guide To The Underground
-----Original Message-----
From: Elson Trinidad [mailto:elson@westworld.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 7:11 PM
To: Steve Oldmeadow
Cc: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: Singles Market (was Re: Nappies)
Steve Oldmeadow wrote:
> I think people would go on making music if nobody bought it. Hopefully
> there are musicians that make music because they enjoy doing it, not to
make
> a buck.
No doubt. This was the case before music was manufactured in a
mass-produced,
playable format (those pre-phonograph cylinders that existed in the early
1900s). Or even before they distributed sheet music...
CAVEMAN: "Hey, I ain't bangin' no rock on no log unless I get PAID!"
:)
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"Ever notice no one uses the term 'Information Superhighway' anymore"?
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