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More Laws...

I read that article also and really liked the way the author started the story.

"You might want to stock up on CD and DVD burners now, before both are considered contraband.

That's no joke:"

What a picture painted there.
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Imagine they did ban CD and DVD burners.....better hold tight to my CD burner and my MP3 collection. There are even some music CD's that crash your computer when you put them in your PC. This is one crazy industry.
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If everyone would quit buying CDs and DVDs for a month and their sales suck them maybe they will listen and give people what they want when they want it.

Give them free stuff?? These companies need to make some money and giving away stuff doesn't help.
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Well companies need to know that they have enough sales already. CD sales aren't really slumping and artists don't need that much money to live their rich lives. If they go through and block copying of music all together, CD sales might deteriorate as a showing that consumers aren't willing to put up with the industry. I'm also sure hackers will be working for a way around this problem.
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Most artists make next to nothing on record deals. In fact, they start out in debt to make their record. See, when the record label cuts you a check for $500,000 (or whatever it will cost) to make that record, they expect you to pay it back with album/merch/ticket sales and radio station royalties. However, even after the artist pays back their "debt", they only see a few cents per CD, and ticket sales for concerts usually don't even cover management, venue, local crew, and roadie fees. Radio station royalties usually just kick back to the label. Merch is the saving grace, and that's the only place where most artists make a little money when touring. Again, not much... usually... unless it's a big name like Tool, for example, who sells quite a bit.
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Most artists make next to nothing on record deals. In fact, they start out in debt to make their record. See, when the record label cuts you a check for $500,000 (or whatever it will cost) to make that record, they expect you to pay it back with album/merch/ticket sales and radio station royalties. However, even after the artist pays back their "debt", they only see a few cents per CD, and ticket sales for concerts usually don't even cover management, venue, local crew, and roadie fees. Radio station royalties usually just kick back to the label. Merch is the saving grace, and that's the only place where most artists make a little money when touring. Again, not much... usually... unless it's a big name like Tool, for example,

hmmmm.... how do you explain these one-hit wonders on mtv cribs that have marble floors and gold bathtubs?

Royalties *can* pay off.. depends on the contract. Either they're in debt or they got an unheard of contract...
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reply to jj nobody
I HATE hearing about how artists make so little money on cds because of the label only giving them 1%. The point is simple. Nobody held a gun to their held and FORCED them to sign with a record label that only gives them pennies on the dollar of the sales.

If you are a good enough band, make your own fricken records and sell them, then earn back 100% of sales. Skip the record labels altogether, charge a lot less for cd's, and still make a lot more money then you would of, had you signed with Arista or whichever label that only pays you pennies per cd sold.
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reply to Straphanger
The record labels are taking up all the money.

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I HATE hearing about how artists make so little money on cds because of the label only giving them 1%. The point is simple. Nobody held a gun to their held and FORCED them to sign with a record label that only gives them pennies on the dollar of the sales.

exactly... that's what I'm trying to explain to Sartori. These stupid mainstreamers are crying the blues on how they hardly make anything on the cd's... why is every rap music video all about how much money, how many cars, or how many women you have then? It's all a money game to the artists and the labels.

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To clarify: I wasn't talking about musicians who happen to make it big and/or successfully negotiate a reasonable contract from a label. I'm talking about the *majority* of artists signed to *major* labels being shafted, that's all. Smaller labels can be better, but not necessarily. Sorry for the confusion.

To further clarify: I'm in a band, and I completely agree with self-promotion. I, personally, would never sign my rights away to a label. No siree.
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[text was edited by author 2002-05-13 18:04:53]