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Music Industry diggin their own grave

Here's to the music industry diggin it's own grave! Once again they show little insight in the ecosystem of internet radio's (or consumers for that matter). They should be glad internet radio stations get listened more to every day! But whatdayathink, let's kill the growing popularity by charging ridiculous unrealistic fees! Sounds like a plan!

Internet radio stations have been an excellent way to discover new artists, much more than on traditional broadcasting radio's. The reason is obvious: internet stations are mostly non-commercial and digital. Which means it's the listener that can decide what style he wants to listen to, and find many more within the same style within the reach of a few clicks. If anything, the internet stations have been one of the best billboards for new music ever!

Even more so, killing internet radio stations will have an averse effect on sales. Why? Simply because you'll take away the possibility for users to discover tracks they didn't know existed, or at least make it a hundred times more difficult. And once record sales start slowing down, who will the music industry blame? Themselves? No. Their new fees? HA, guess again. Their own customers? Exactly. They'll point to their own customers, because after all "consumers are thieves". That's why you have to hold them at choke hold! Capice?

It's funny the industry claims to defend the 'poow lil hawdwowking awtist'. Because if I would have to defend an artist's interests, I'd make sure he gets heard as much as possible. Is this what the industry does? Not at all, the only interest they defend is that of their stockholders! You don't get artists heard by killing free publicity! You don't get artists heard by calling customers thieves! In fact, the industry is doing a bang up job giving people a feeling of aversion. How can that be in the interest of the 'hardworking' artist. I find that a strange expression anyway... How can an artist be hardworking if it takes no effort spreading their music? Making 100 or 100 million copies of a cd is hardly a harder effort for the artist (nor for anyone). I would rather connect "hardworking" with being on stage every day or repeating till your fingers bleed.

Don't get me wrong, I have alot of respect for artists. Being a musician is about playing and creating music at the first place. The artists that do neither aren't musicians, but only a commercial product. It's those that already are getting payed too much. After all the industry should be defending the real musicians, with getting them to perform. The lack of a strategy that defends the real musicians already is a sign how the music industry thinks: stockholders first, politicians second and if they have a lil time they might do something to defend artists... in a bad way.

Posted by: sjaaxken   Posted on: 07/15/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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