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By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:52:21 +0000

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Thanks
Jack

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Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:33:19 +0000

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By: Casin

Casin — Sun, 13 May 2007 17:09:19 +0000

Evans instrumenting implicitly:Semiramis enchantment loathed!failsoft

By: Kapitan

Kapitan — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 06:42:28 +0000

I don’t buy CDs. At all. I’m so broke it’s not funny :( I have skills but cannot be employed due to prejudice from employers. I use my skills to build my own computers and use them to download free music. Then when I can, I see bands play and they get more of a cut from this than all those CDs I bought back in the past… Funny how no-one gets any more royalties from used CD sales, but they don’t ban shops dealing in exclusively used stock, isn’t it?

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:01:24 +0000

What a load of crap.

For a lot of bands, touring is merely a way to promote album sales; unless you’re a mega-band, you’re not going to get rich playing venues. It’s easy to look at a group like Arrowsmith and think that all bands make huge money touring, but speaking as someone who has worked with lots of touring artists, I can tell you that it’s an expensive proposition to take a band on the road and play venues.

The money is in the songs.

Second and even more major point:

Songwriters make their money from royalties which come from album sales and airplay; when people steal songs by downloading and sharing illegally, they’re forcing good songwriters to find a new way to make a living, which in the end affects the quality of music that makes it to market.

This article is totally bogus.

By: camille

camille — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:12:42 +0000

I agree with them, I’ve watched an interview of a French band who thought the same, they’re indie and they’re happy enough that people listen to their music and discover them. So labels and RIAA propaganda who said that downloading and piracy kills the indie bands are wrong.
I wish more bands could think like that, see music as an emotion, a feeling not as a piece of plastic
Dream?

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New Music Strategies » Blog Archive » Online Music Links — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:27:36 +0000

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By: bwab

bwab — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:45:30 +0000

The “Music Collaborator” t-shirt idea is the super hotness! It should be affiliated with the anti-riaa t-shirts just to empahise the irony that the riaa acts like it supports the artforms of the eardrums, when in fact they are the evil which only desires music to be stagnant enough to put to plastic and profit from. Music by definition is a vibration of sound waves that interacts with it’s enviornment, it is not a static object. I have been releasing music online without drm for ten years. Our small label was mentioned at some point as an riaa supported venture, without any attempts even being made to contact us and ask. We are non-profit on purpose, an effort to avoid the inevitable slowdown the creative process suffers when wrapped into neat target-marked packaging. If you really care about music, stop buying it. Force yourself to ‘make’ some, then give it away.
Remixes and mashup do count, they are a unique take, and expansion on the idea or theme, which is what afterall the entire process of all knowledge really is, a building process. I suppose we should all stop reading really, lest we discover some idea which we like and want to incororate into our mindsets.

By: Marc Light

Marc Light — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:18:58 +0000

For once and for all, we need to ask the music creators what they would like to see in a online music service.

I want a “Music Collaborator” t-shirt, bumper sticker, hat, etc…

By: El Cable » Blog Archive » Grammy winner: Music can’t be “stolen”

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:15:23 +0000

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:50:10 +0000

I’m sure the RIAA will come after you for downloading Wilco songs, but the fact that Jeff takes this stance on the issue and really gets it makes me want to support Wilco even though I’m not nuts about their music.

By: DWBjr

DWBjr — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:10:13 +0000

Does this mean I can put up a website allowing people to download all of Jeff Tweedy’s music for free? I don’t understand… is this just lip service or what? Has Jeff Tweedy released all of his music under Creative Common’s license?

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By: DB

DB — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:15:27 +0000

You want to support a band. Then make sure thier venue is sold out next time they roll into town.

These guys have a great way of looking at downloading music. If everyone thought like this, then there would be no more excuse for crappy music that is generated by corporate entities. A group or individual would become popular cause the music they make is excellent.

By: sorry

sorry — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:41:55 +0000

them guys aint complaining cos they will be loaded, i get their point and think downloading is cool and stuff but musicians need to get money from somewhere, touring doesnt always cover you

By: al

al — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:24:20 +0000

wicked sick. yeah, the RIAA needs to shove it.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:06:57 +0000

Actually, most musicians don’t mind the sharing. It’s the record labels that can’t deal with the money lost.

that, and since people don’t actually support the artists they love…if everyone went to shows and brought merch/cds then we wouldn’t have this problem at all.

By: Bardicknowledge

Bardicknowledge — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:19:25 +0000

I’m really torn as a pirate. I want to support bands I like, but I’m poor and want to be able to hear the whole disc before I pay for it. But it’s good to see that some bands don’t view their music as simple a way to make money and would much rather have a loyal fan base, despite that some of them may be pirates.

By: Yatti

Yatti — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:05:15 +0000

“collaborator” I like that word…