New CD

I haven't bought a physical CD in a long time anyway. I buy my music off of iTunes now. I get to buy the 4 songs I like off the album for $3.96 instead of a CD with the 4 songs I like plus the 8 total garbage tracks for $18.99.

As far as pirating goes, I don't pirate music I want, I buy it. Does that mean that all the music on my iPod was purchased by me? Nope. But the ones I got from friends are songs I would never have bought in the first place :)

I'm a big believer in the idea that artist should be compensated for their work. I don't buy into the whole "sharing" ideal. At the same time, its just music. How much do they think I'm going to pay for a cd that I can't play on my iPod (the only way I listen to music these days). I'll go without before I'm forced to spend close to $20 on a CD like that. They better hope those teens with the disposable incomes keep spending.

T
 
I agree. I like to burn my discs then create my own CDs. They're taking that option away from me and others.

I love making my own CDs! Sheesh!

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tomm10 said:
I'm a big believer in the idea that artist should be compensated for their work. I don't buy into the whole "sharing" ideal.
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Me too, but according to most everything I have read, The average Cd nets the artist/producer/song writer/etc. less than a dollar. Meaning something like $.10 a song. So when a program like Itunes sells songs for a dollar each, the majority of that money is not going to the artist or those responsible for the actual music, its going to the publisher. And the publisher is not providing any service at all for online music. They are not copying, they are not distributing anything. Theyre essentially forcing us to pay them and not doing anything to earn it.
 
slipknottin said:
Me too, but according to most everything I have read, The average Cd nets the artist/producer/song writer/etc. less than a dollar. Meaning something like $.10 a song. So when a program like Itunes sells songs for a dollar each, the majority of that money is not going to the artist or those responsible for the actual music, its going to the publisher. And the publisher is not providing any service at all for online music. They are not copying, they are not distributing anything. Theyre essentially forcing us to pay them and not doing anything to earn it.
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I have heard that .8-.10 cent figure myself. I would imagine it varies depending upon the artist and their positioning in the industry. It is certainly the record companies making the big bucks. They also spend a lot on production, promotion, and distribution on the albums although I doubt its really in proportion to their take.

I'd be interested to know if the royalty payout is still the same online. If you do the math per song iTunes is only slightly cheaper when buying a full album than it is to buy it in a Target or Walmart (probably close to a wash when you consider the cost of cd, packaging, printing, and shipping of a physical cd and package). The music only stores like Sam Goody and the like always charge an outrageous markup on their CDs.

T
 
As soon as I start seeing standard ranch-style houses with modest furniture and only two cars in the driveway on MTV Cribs, I'll start crying for the poor, starving, major-record-label "artists".
Years ago, when I heard Metallica whining about the downloaded music deal, I signed up for Napster and downloaded the entire Ride the Lightning album. That was the only music I've personally downloaded. At the time, it was legal and on dial-up, so the average song was out of style before all of it was gathered up.
It's amazing that these "artists" are essentially decent performers with little to no professional training and an excellent marketing plan. Up until their moment of fame and fortune, they were the average kid with a skateboard, or basketball, or bag or crack or whatever their previous lower than average profession may be. Now that they're the flavor of the week, they're being taken advantage of by the same people that they used to be!? Does this sound about right? Note to the artist: Hide the $1,000,000 "bling" before you cry out for the public's sympathy. It's also a good idea to cut out all of your songs about all of the crap that you have that your audience can't afford... Oh wait...that cuts out an entire genre of music... My point is this: these people are making more money than they know what to do with, have no problem hiding it, and then turn around and demand more! Perhaps they could take a lesson from bands like the Allman Brothers or the Grateful Dead. Publicity is publicity. Develop a devote fan base through fair and honest marketing and the money will follow. Well, at least you'll have plenty of couches to crash on.
 
Hmmm, this could put a crimp in practicing for duets and trios or such seperately. The only time I make copies is for practice purposes. I was even pressured recently to just copy a CD for a friend. I obviously refused. In my opinion If you can afford an Ipod you can also afford to buy the music you'd like to listen to.
 
Now that I think about it, every time you buy a CD, you're paying the record companies to limit the freedom you have with the product you just bought. What a mess!
 
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