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| mr_stamper |
| Why doesnt L-Vee just download pirated software off the net to make mp3's, then everyone's happy. :tongue3 |
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| Hyperdimension |
Has Laurent Veronnez ever toured here? A lot of us would pay to see him if he visits our cities.
Original CDs and vinyl records provide the best audio quality, as opposed to MP3 in which quality has been lost due to compression. That is why I buy CDs, even if I have the same tracks in MP3 format. I think I have over 200 CD singles and 100 albums/compilations/mixes.
However I believe $20 for a track is exorbitant. That is why I scour used music stores and frequently pick up treasures for under $4 each. I've found treasures like Push - Strange world, Airwave - I want to believe, Humate - 3, BT - Mercury & solace, Disco citizens - Nagasaki badger, York - The awakening, etc. It's a great feeling to be in possession of great tracks that are in the best possible audio format currently available - CD audio. In some years from now, the best possible format will be DVD audio, and the MP3 format will be considered even more inferior.
If I could get every Fire & ice single for $4 each, I'd buy every one without thinking about it. It's a different story if they are $20 each... I'd be satisfied with the MP3s.
Where does the money go from the money we pay for music sales?
How about from event tickets?
How about from royalties for tracks being used in compilations/mixes like the Gatecrasher series?
How much more can artists get if the middlemen are eliminated? |
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| JulesPLees |
| He should DJ more...he'd make a ing fortune. |
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| bragi |
| quote: | Originally posted by Hyperdimension
Where does the money go from the money we pay for music sales?
How about from event tickets?
How about from royalties for tracks being used in compilations/mixes like the Gatecrasher series?
How much more can artists get if the middlemen are eliminated? |
I think this should answer some of your questions quite well.
| quote: | From slashdot.org
"The NY Daily News has an uplifting look at the fate of a (hypothetical) 4-piece band "making it big" in today's RIAA-driven music industry. The condensed version: A band that sells 500,000 records for $8,490,000 gross ends up (after a few iterations of the new math) with $161,909 in their pocket. Split four ways, that's a whopping $40,477.25 each for a record that probably took close to a year to produce. And this is for a record that goes gold (as per the article, only 128 of some 30,000 records released in 2002 were so privileged). And I bet you wanted to be a rock star when you were a kid..."
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| eRRaTiK |
| quote: | | that's a whopping $40,477.25 each for a record that probably took close to a year to produce |
moral of the story.. don't quit your day job. unless you have other things happening to generate income (tours, marketing, etc).
do most djs/producers hold PT/casual/FT day jobs to support their productions? (before they reach the millions of $$, IF they get there) |
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