Download music Please!

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Permalink Reply by J.W. on August 22, 2007 at 10:27am

Nick wrote "What is up with bands not wanting people to download the music they make"

What bands are you talking about, specifically?

I was just on Ben Weasel's (formerly of Screeching Weasel) myspace page and he has all his new stuff available for download, for free. Many other artists are doing just the same as he.

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Permalink Reply by MediaMisfit on August 22, 2007 at 11:43am

Debated this when people first heard of Napster. Your a lil late.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Painter on August 27, 2007 at 8:18pm

haha

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Permalink Reply by Martin R on August 22, 2007 at 12:03pm

As said you're a bit late on the discussion.

But if you think that all the piracy doesn't influence sales and if someone likes the album they'll buy it anyway, then you're wrong.

Album sales today are very low compared to a few years ago.

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Permalink Reply by Brandon Longstreth on August 28, 2007 at 6:50pm

that's because music keeps getting shittier

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Permalink Reply by Mohamed Ismail on August 25, 2007 at 4:08pm

Regardless of whether they can play music live or not, they still made the music you are listening to.

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Permalink Reply by Nick on August 27, 2007 at 6:16am

See thats the thing tho. They cant make music, they have a huge indisty behind them making them sound good and marketing the shit out of them. With all the money they put into it. You can make Willam Hung sound good. I mean look around, the big bands you see today dont last very long. The big bands you saw yesterday, still have big following, many CD, and if not dead, still around.

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Permalink Reply by natalie on August 25, 2007 at 7:39pm

now do you mean dowload like limewire or itunes because bands adverise on there site to buy their music on itunes.

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Permalink Reply by Arthur Reeder on August 26, 2007 at 12:42am

Let's face the facts here. A band or musician does not profit off the sail of a single CD unless he's small time. Major labels only profit off of sails to their distributor. If you were to steal a CD from Wall Mart, you would not be stealing from the artist but from Wall Mart itself, because major chains buy the CDs in bulk. By the time they hit the shelves the the artist is paid. If Wall Mart doesn't sell any CDs, then they stop ordering them from the artists label, hence the end of their profits.

Fact: If you have NO intention of buying a CD in the first place, the album will stay on the Wall Mart shelve weather you download it or not.

Is that a good argument for downloading?

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Permalink Reply by Martin R on August 26, 2007 at 2:32am

Actually no. The artists profit does depend on how many albums they sell. First off most artists do get a percentage from the sales of albums. And indirectly, the deals with record-labels depend on sales as well. A label wants the best selling artists and will therefor pay more to them.

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Permalink Reply by Arthur Reeder on August 26, 2007 at 9:21am

But the sales are in bulk, not on a CD by CD type situation. Best selling artists are far a few between, most musicians are not the top 100 billboard sellers. Not even close.

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Permalink Reply by Nick on August 27, 2007 at 6:19am

Yeah i mean walmart will buy so many CDs if they think they will sell, and depending on what kind of contract you have signed if you are a musican, would directly effect if you get a percentage of sells or not. I'll tell you tho, companys are out to get theirs, not help you.

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