Last Call? → Re: Its the artist who I feel sorry for.

said by pianotech:

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said by tdkyo:

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If the artist has a good fan base, then the people would support the artist by buying the music.

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Why pay for something that you can get for free? Seriously.

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I would, if it was a reasonable price. I have considered buying the cd's of some of the stuff I have downloaded because I like the artist enough. But it always came down to the fact that I will not spend $20 on a cd.

When you go into a store and buy a cd it's the same as going to Mcdonalds and getting a big mac. So packaged, so marketed, so controlled, such crap!

I wouldn't mind a music world run on artists releasing their own albums. I'm sick of the whole music industry as it is now. It's just a cash driven industry run on the backs of up and coming artists. That 3 record deal where they get the short end of the stick even if they go multi-platinum. They were desperate to make it, and the only way to do it because of the controlled market, is to sign your life away at first. Art isn't supposed to be controlled, it's supposed to be the very definition of freedom.

I'm sick of it all.

Jerm,

You paint an accurate description of the recording industry and how it's run. I too would like to see more artists setting up shop and distributing their music themselves. Singles would be perfect. Single downloads at a reasonable price. I believe the era of the pre-packaged audio CD is dying a rapid death.

I would pay for the CD, if I can pay the artist directly for it-otherwise you're paying the RIAA mostly. The artists make money on tours not on CD sales.

I've even heard of some independants going to the trouble of producing their own CDs-that way they incur the costs and reap the rewards of the sales. Course, if the RIAA finds out they will put alot of pressure on you about that too.

said by pianotech:

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Singles would be perfect. Single downloads at a reasonable price. I believe the era of the pre-packaged audio CD is dying a rapid death.

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I don't think the era of albums is on the way out. There still are some great reasons to go full album over singles. I still make concept albums where the music is inter-related and fit together as a complete theme that goes well in an album. Now pop tunes don't normally fall into this category so yeah, reasonably priced singles are a great alternative. I just don't think albums as a whole are on their way out. It's still an art form handed down to us since before recorded music (symphonies, etc).

said by pianotech:

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Single downloads at a reasonable price. I believe the era of the pre-packaged audio CD is dying a rapid death.

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At the very least, classical and jazz musicians tend to see album-length releases as very attractive, strictly in terms of the musical expression they afford.

Take heart!

said by Unit649:

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I would pay for the CD, if I can pay the artist directly for it-otherwise you're paying the RIAA mostly. The artists make money on tours not on CD sales.

I've even heard of some independants going to the trouble of producing their own CDs-that way they incur the costs and reap the rewards of the sales. Course, if the RIAA finds out they will put alot of pressure on you about that too.

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Not all artists tour (or are able to). Also, the RIAA could care less about independents putting out their own cd's...independents by definition have no contract with any label.

I prefer full jazz albums to singles. And while fans of other styles of music claim they want singles and that they are tired of paying for filler, they should look back to the era when only singles were sold. And just for the record I think CD are way over priced.

said by pianotech:

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Not all artists tour (or are able to). Also, the RIAA could care less about independents putting out their own cd's...independents by definition have no contract with any label.

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Only more reason not to believe the RIAA is the voice of the music community

said by pepperhead:

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I prefer full jazz albums to singles. And while fans of other styles of music claim they want singles and that they are tired of paying for filler, they should look back to the era when only singles were sold.

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You may or may not have tried this already, but might I suggest eMusic.com? I mean it really is nice to be able to make a compilation where there is no filler, where all 20 or so tracks are exactly what you want. They need to expand the catalogue no doubt, but it's a good start. They have a 2 week or 50 download free trial period, so you risk nothing.

said by pepperhead:

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"Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life." - Bennett Marco

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One of the absolute best movies of all times.

By the way, do you realize how many eighteen different kinds of copyrights you have violated by quoting that here? you film-quoting, copyright-infringing, post-posting, commie pinko hippie jalapeño pepperhead you

said by ravital:

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You may or may not have tried this already, but might I suggest eMusic.com? I mean it really is nice to be able to make a compilation where there is no filler, where all 20 or so tracks are exactly what you want. They need to expand the catalogue no doubt, but it's a good start. They have a 2 week or 50 download free trial period, so you risk nothing.

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I have not tried eMusic.com or any other place selling MP3's, nor do I ever plan too. I am not ever going to pay for MP3's and I am not downloading them either. I don't like to listen to MP3's. I haven't had a problem with any filler on any jazz album I have purchased. Of course over the last few years I have been purchasing less and less. Eventually it is going to come to a point where I don't buy any CD's at all. With around maybe 3 albums purchase last year it won't be long. I love music, but I am not going to take this price gouging much longer. RIAA needs to lower their inflated prices and they need to do it yesterday.

said by ravital:

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One of the absolute best movies of all times.

By the way, do you realize how many eighteen different kinds of copyrights you have violated by quoting that here? you film-quoting, copyright-infringing, post-posting, commie pinko hippie jalapeño pepperhead you

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Yes it is the finest, greatest, coolest, most wonderful movie of all time. - Me

But as far as I know there is no law against quoting movies. If there was MPAA might have said something to IMDb and the rest of the offenders a long time ago. So I guess that makes me a film-quoting, post-posting, commie pinko hippie jalapeño serraño pepperhead.;)