Re: Singles Market (was Re: Nappies)

From: Steve Oldmeadow (soldmeadow@bigpond.com)
Date: Thu Apr 27 2000 - 03:50:03 MET DST

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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Dirk van den Heuvel <dirkv@groovedis.com>
    To: Elson Trinidad <elson@westworld.com>; Steve Oldmeadow
    <soldmeadow@bigpond.com>
    Cc: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: 27/04/2000 10:39
    Subject: RE: Singles Market (was Re: Nappies)

    > 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.

    I wasn't really advocating not paying for music, just cheap electronic
    distribution of music. The argument that often gets aimed at MP3s is that
    artists won't get any money and stop producing music. Electronic
    distribution really offers a more direct connection between the artist and
    the consumer and consequently lower prices as you can cut out the whole
    manufacturing/physical distribution process.

    emusic.com is a hint at what lies ahead and I think labels like Ubiquity and
    Ninjatune should be praised for their vision in making their catalogue
    available online. Its not about not paying for what you get, it is about
    paying for what you want e.g. I don't have to buy a whole compilation CD
    (50% of which I already have on other releases) just to get the one
    exclusive track that I want.

    Steve



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