Hi List,
I totally agree with this the pay after you listen idea...
How many times have you bought a $15 CD for "A" song you like, only to find
the rest of the CD complete crap...
I would bet the MONOPOLY recording industry puts $10 into their pocket on
every CD sold in the US.
Artist: $1.00(tops)
Merchant: $2.00
Cost to press, print, produce: $2.00
That's $5.00, where is the other $10.00 going?
Hmmm, funny how the government is busting up Microsoft because they don't
saturate politicians pockets with "soft" money and entertainment like the
"Entertainment/Recording/Consumer Electronics/Radio/TV/Advertising" Monopoly
industry that exists.
Microsoft is smart... They've got the new Palm Pilot, the X-Box is coming to
kick the Video Game Industry's a$$. I don't see how smart business is bad
business...
What has the recording industry done for me? They've saturated the Media
with sh|t music... Brittany Spears, BackStreet Boys, Eminem, Limp Bizkit (I
don't care how PRO-Napster they are, they still suck), oh, I forgot about
the whole Latin Explosion too, nothing against it, but I guess Ska was two
summers ago and last summer was Brian Setzer and Swing... Whatever they
want to market. The only radio I listen to is oldies, and that's if I'm too
lazy to hook up my minidisc to take a quick drive across town.
There's nothing I like more than watching an Indy Film, because the film
industry sucks... Ok, Star Wars is an exception... How about those
soundtracks... IE Mission Impossible II... Where in the heck are all those
songs in the movie??? Soundtrack my butt, marketing more like it!
I would love to give my favorite ARTIST's $10 or hell, even $20 for some
good music... I don't want to put that money into the recording industry's
pocket that isn't even backing that band since they aren't the newest cool
thing of the moment...
Oh yeah, band's don't even own the copyrights to their music anymore...
They are works for hire, just like a computer programmer... That's real
f(_)cking creative... I don't see how they are alike. Music is Art and is
distributed over a medium as is any art... But, once again, the recording
industry is making some more money on copyrights... And that is why they
fear Napster, no money to be made there...
I like the idea of MP3.com... I think the bank accounts of artists should be
public as well... The guy with the most money in his account must have some
good music if everyone is paying for it... And if the band is making a lot
of money through touring, they could also show that the band is contributing
a certain percentage to charity perhaps... Musicians that have a heart
aren't greedy... Metallica can kiss my A$$... I'm taking all of my
Metallica sh|t to the record store to trade in on some Grateful Dead Dick's
Picks... Those guys did it right, and if Metallica had any gonads, they
would stop worrying about Napster and go after the record industry...
I still respect the hell out of Pearl Jam, they did the right thing by going
after Ticketmaster which is a monopoly as well... But when the Congressman
can call a venue and get choice seats the day before the show... Who's
playing into who's pocket???? Again, soft money and entertainment...
This Internet scares the government, because Heaven or the Powers that Be
forgive informed people being able to make choices and cut the bureaucrats
out of the loop...
oh yeah, some entertainment:
http://www.joecartoon.com/buddies/chaos/index.html
Or goto: http://www.joecartoon.com
Click Napster Bad! It's funny, and it is the truth about Metallica.
Sorry to vent... Thanks for Reading...
Oh yeah, can't forget my SPAM
http://www.angelfire.com/md2/MDLink
Online Minidisc Auctions... That other guy spams the list every other day,
so I might as well too!
Cheers,
Link
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