| reply to BF69
Re: The Recording Industry has a Problem Is it a good thing or a bad thing that those days are long gone?
What is the real value of recorded music? Of a string of bits? Can a string of bits have a value? I would argue that only the original recording has an inherent value, and that value is the recording session and mixing, editing, etc that went into producing it.
If artists really want to make money they will stop making recordings and only do live performances. That in itself might add value to the recordings if they are rarer and not so ubiquitous. On the other hand, if artists are primarily interested in people hearing/seeing their art, then they should make digital reproductions available for free, from their own artist websites. That might encourage higher attendance to ..... live performances. And might reduce/eliminate some of the parasites who make their living off the work of Artists. |
