================================================ Subject: Re: NCR - A great way for bands to give fans incentives to buy instead of download music From: "Creed - 7M3 - Live" To: Date: Sun 17 Jun 2001 08:22:04 -0400 ================================================ Thanks Keith for the information as to what a band gets for each album.With the release of some albums by certain bands. It seems like they were just trying to settle the contract obligation to the record companies. By releasing whatever songs that they could to satisfy the record companies. One of my favorite bands seems to be wanting to honor the contract and go to a different label. Before the Napster thing. I thought that Metallica was doing that, so they could go to a label that allowed them more liberal artistic ventures. That was back during the Load, Reload and Garage Days albums. I was intrigued by thier effort with the S & M album.Which I thought was pretty enjoyable. I bought before the Napster thing. And like wars, I took sides. Sort of on the Offspring outlook, which I have all of thier albums. I never used Napster, since I was weary about having a program look at the information on my computer and use whatever MP3 that I get through a band website, or promotional type website like MP3.com to see what music is available. I hope that they do something to correct the prices of albums to a more reasonable level of modest profit. I was hoping that Napster would of done that. But it seems that government regulations against monopolies is the only rational and effective solution. Jim Keith Mears wrote: > Concerning the amount a band gets of each album sold, that is something that > varies for EVERY band, and has to do with what they agree to in their > contracts (much like an actor getting a certain percentage of the gross from > a movie). Obviuosly, a band that sells millions of copies, and has done so > for a number of years, has a much better chance of getting more in the way > of royalties, although finding out what any band actually gets from album > sales would probably be like pulling teeth! As far as the price of CD's > coming down, that IS the fault of the big labels, and more directly, the > federal government, which has failed to force the labels to bring down the > price, basically allowing a monopoly to go unchecked. However, according to > articles I read earlier this year, it appears the feds may finally be > getting ready to take action and end this situation. > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp -- Entreprenuer, n.: A high-rolling risk taker who would rather be a spectacular failure than a dismal success. To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp