mmm..just thinking about all these "big" bands signed to the big
recordcompanies are tied with hands and feet to those companies..they get
all these advantages in money, and they have to pay back by releasing
several albums and touring and promoting etc. i guess when their
recordcompany is telling them the payback isn't working very well and using
napster as an argument for less sales these "big" bands are getting a little
pissed of at Napster..but the reality is/was that the big recordcompanies
where pushing these bands through the throaths of the common audience using
their recordstores and promotion-campaigns...but now these days are over...
Olaf
----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Martin <suenomartino@bigpond.com>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: zaterdag 31 maart 2001 3:16
Subject: Re: Napster
> the facts are:
>
> *everyone copied music before napster, but now people can be more
selective
> about what they do get to copy, and can hook up with others who have same
> tastes as them
>
> *it is only Mp3 and any audiophile knows that mp3 is severely compressed
and
> totally lacks any sound quality found on original cd recordings and _any_
> vinyl recording full stop (but this doesnt make any real difference for
> 'pop' listeners or minidisc users since these are majorly compressed
anyway)
>
> *if the music is comercially accessible and the listener really loves it,
> they'll buy the original 95% of the time. After all, materialism is what
its
> all about :) (metallica dont fall in to this 'really love it' catagory,
> hence the reason they stress.. ;)
>
> *"real" artists want their share no doubt, but im sure most genuine
artists
> are happy to see their music getting more exposure either way -> im
thinking
> less commercial artists along the lines of what people here listen to.
>
> i think it is a great resource for any music lover for the simple fact
that
> you _do_ have access to all that music which is locally unavailable or
> totally rare and not currently reissued.. the argument for me is that the
> majors are shooting themselves in the foot, because for every "napster"
they
> try to shut down, 10 others will spring up in its midst..
>
>
> martino
>
>
>
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