================================================ Subject: Re: NCR - A great way for bands to give fans incentives to buy instead of download music From: "Creed - 7M3 - Live" To: Date: Sat 16 Jun 2001 23:16:06 -0400 ================================================ I used to be in the mindset that to get unreleased or bootlegged songs was cheating the band. But then found out that it was pretty decent to hear different bootlegged songs from a band. As long as the band did not have to take time out to do the song. Then they weren't cheated out of anything. Since they were probably doing a show and getting money for it anyway. Plus, they probably got more royalties from the person with the DAT recorder, than they get from selling a single copy of an album. I heard that bands get about 2 dollars off of each album in royalties. So a four piece band would probably get 50 cents a piece from an album. I don't know if the producer of the album gets royalties out of the same two dollars or if they get a seperate royalty. Anyway, if this all is true. Then the band makes more from touring and the album is just a way to get people exposed to thier music. The real money is from touring. So a replica of a bought album would cheat the mega record companies out of about 10 dollars a shot. But would of brought a person to see them in concert. Where they really make the money. I look at active resistance of music sharing by bands as a sign to me that they are taking advantage of us. Since the albums are pretty much all profit for a record company and does not reflect the "Modest profit" from a service/product. I was hoping that the prices of CD's dropped to stop the need for people not to need to burn a CD. Since shelling out 9 bucks. Instead of the 15 dollars that a lot of albums sell for. I don't even bother with Metallica after the napster controversy. Though I still have the CD. Tara wrote: > Another thought on the stealing vs. sharing issue... a radio station > played the Metallica S&M album in it's entirety... a guy recorded it > from the radio station, and burned it to CD... and his comment on the > Napster issue was something like "Are they going to sue the radio > stations and make them stop playing their singles next?" (My thoughts > on the issue are a bit complicated, so I won't post them here... but > that's something to think about). > Tara > > *From:* Debbi R > So I've been thinking about how some bands are totally against music > trading and napster-type song sharing. I found a great way for > bands encourage fans to buy instead of steal. > If anyone's interested in hearing the dedication and a clip of the > song, it's on: > http://www.geocities.com/dramacci/dedication.htm > DebbiR > --who realizes that "steal" is a loaded word but let's face it, > that's what it is. -- Beauty and harmony are as necessary to you as the very breath of life. To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp