Comments on: Band Thanks File-Sharing For Greater Exposure and Success

By: Diffrey

Diffrey — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:40:56 +0000

The Great Lake Swimmers have been around for a few years now, 2003, and tour regularly ’round the world.
Their great. And your not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D6DwskD3Yo

By: kiriad

kiriad — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:30:13 +0000

I think “agingguitarplayer” is actually Brian May himself.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:10:38 +0000

If I found it incredibly easy to steal your work without getting caught, would that make it okay for me to deprive you of a living?

Explain to us then why is that music sales dropped before the 90′s and been stable after Napster ever since, how is filesharing affecting sales(more like renting) when there is no perceptual or relevant statistical difference in the numbers. When radio was introduced there were a seriously decline in music sales in the 30′s still after Napster there is no monetary proof of damages that people can see but still fools claim that it is hurting them, how?

Madonna made $200 million dollars in tours and she did not have to give a cent to corporations because that is a terrain that artists don’t have to share profits with labels, how was her ability to make money compromised?

You know what I’m tired of sob stories, artists think they are the only ones with sob stories? Let me tell ya the history of my life and see you in tears after LoL

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By: Keith Richards

Keith Richards — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:21:36 +0000

Hey! Im Keith Richards and I love file sharing!!!

“If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.”

By: Recton Kracke

Recton Kracke — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:10:33 +0000

Oh get off it.

‘as a musician’ What musician? In what band, group or ensemble do you play your ‘agingguitar’?

If you were actually someone important like say; Buddy Guy, he’d come out and say “Hi I’m Buddy Guy, and I hate/love file sharing.” Well then we could at least respect his opinion.

But you’re not really a musician are you ‘agingguitarplayer’?
Your a hack that has made his living ‘covering’ other peoples tunes.
All this time a pirate yourself.

By: anon

anon — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:46:23 +0000

@agingguiterplayer
if you can not pay your bills plying your trade, unlike millions of successful, working musicians,
you should think about another career. And paying into a pension fund. The rest of us have to go to work every day, if you want something like a few lucky musicians in the past had, where they put out a hit record and became millionaires overnight, I suggest you buy a lottery ticket.
Most gigs do not end up costing money,
unless no-one wants to go see them. This is the internets, we can check such things as ticket-sales & tour revenue. Would you suggest that if I play a 40 year old B.B. King track for a friend, that they should paypal B.B. 99 cents? And when someone buys a 40 year old B.B. album, how much goes to him, and how much to the investment fund that owns the rights to his music?
If you do not want people hearing and sharing your music, then play behind closed doors. Filesharing is increasing the quantity of something, spreading the word. Nothing missing=nothing stolen.
If you have a machine that can automagically copy a pair of my shoes that I paid for, go for it.
They are my shoes, I say you can, no one loses anything,
no theft.

By: agingguitarplayer

agingguitarplayer — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:11:55 +0000

I find this hilarious. As a musician I find the rationale behind stealing music is invariably feeble. Granted, the costs of making a recording have gone down, but then again, to make a recording like Bohemian Rhapsody still actually requires a real engineer, real gear, etc. These things cost money. To those who say “well, musicians should make their money playing live”, I say: most gigs actually end up costing money – and – “So you expect BB King to haul his tired old ass out on the road to support his record you refuse to pay for?”.
One thing a label is good for is providing the money to make a real recording, something most bands can’t afford. Your friend with a pirate copy of Pro Tools on his laptop is not Bob Ezrin.
If I found it incredibly easy to steal your work without getting caught, would that make it okay for me to deprive you of a living?
No? What if your boss is an asshole? What? He is an asshole, but you still would rather I didn’t just steal your work so that you can’t get paid? You have bills to pay? Not my problem! Your boss is evil, so *you* must suffer!

By: Liam

Liam — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:57:45 +0000

I would never have heard of Great Lake Swimmers if it hadn’t been for torrents, and more specifically, OiNK. And never would have bought their CD without that. At least not everyone in the music industry is completely fucking retarded

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