Record companies are losing their right to music- not us.
You raise some good points Ben but on the whole I disagree with your argument.
From your blog I gather you associate decent music with major record companies.
Just because record companies are losing out at the moment doesn’t mean good music will stop being made. The way I see it is the music industry is currently at a cross roads. They are unsure of what road leads to the greatest amount of money so the have thrown their toys and are in the middle of a tantrum. Through propaganda they are trying to scare us into thinking music is going to suffer. They are trying to scare us into thinking that with out them we the consumers are going to lose out! Are we losing out? NO! As soon as somebody comes along with that unique idea that enables artists to harness the power of the net and down loads, they will become the new music industry! (Hopefully the net will be able to cut out the middle man and it’s the artists and not the record companies that reap the benefits.) The record companies of the present, the dinosaurs they are, will be replaced by something far better for the consumers and bands. Because if you think about it, that’s who really matter!
From your blog I gather you associate decent music with major record companies.
Just because record companies are losing out at the moment doesn’t mean good music will stop being made. The way I see it is the music industry is currently at a cross roads. They are unsure of what road leads to the greatest amount of money so the have thrown their toys and are in the middle of a tantrum. Through propaganda they are trying to scare us into thinking music is going to suffer. They are trying to scare us into thinking that with out them we the consumers are going to lose out! Are we losing out? NO! As soon as somebody comes along with that unique idea that enables artists to harness the power of the net and down loads, they will become the new music industry! (Hopefully the net will be able to cut out the middle man and it’s the artists and not the record companies that reap the benefits.) The record companies of the present, the dinosaurs they are, will be replaced by something far better for the consumers and bands. Because if you think about it, that’s who really matter!
posted by Anonymous at 11:18 am
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Thanks for your response. Maybe my argument wasn't clear enough because I agree there will always be artists out to do their art for free. What I mean is that as 'free' music proliferates, the money to promote upcoming bands that major record labels put in won't be there. We will be left with echo chamber effect that you find on myspace of all the same music sticking together...
my point about technology i still find valid as bands producing their own probably won't have thousands of dollars for professional recording, and quality still does cost... home software is great to a point...
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