Re: Interesting stuff RE music biz from Scott H
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:56 am
langmick wrote:What I see are a bunch of guys wanting things to be a certain way that they think it was in the past.
To a certain degree, sure. Things were much easier. You bought a CD and that was that.
langmick wrote:If you go into music trying make a living you are facing a tough road, and it has always been that way. Music is for rich kids. It is a possibility that because of the internet, more people are selling music than before, and that because this is so, there is the same money going around for more musicians.
Making money playing music has more to do with your talent and who you know than how much money you have.
The same money going around? Are you serious? Show me the money! Where'd it go? 27 Million album sales vs. 4 million. What happened to 23 million people? This ought to be good.
What I hear are people rationalizing theft. period. I hear people disassociating musicians from music. Thieves don't care about the person they steal from, that would make it too personal.
The industry is changing, yes. It's not like it used to be. In some ways its harder to make money being an original artist; in some ways it's easier. The Internet has developed into a global equalizer; enabling anyone to put out an album and anyone to steal that album. It's clear to me that the model of the past isn't going to work, but giving away music for free is just fucking stupid imo. One thing hasn't changed: stealing is still stealing no matter how much shit you throw at that fan.