I once heard Bud-D (correct me if I'm wrong) say that downloading music illegally is going to crush the production of music.
I don't think it will hurt the production of music nor the quality. You have to remember that the best artists are very talented and passionate about their art. I was at a open mic night in east portland at The Goodfoot. I didnt expect to see much, but by the end of the night was amazed. There was about six different acts that I saw and they only lasted about three songs long. All but one were better than 95% of music on the radio. One guy played an accordian/base kick drum/snare drum/tamborine/harmonica all at the same time(he switched the right hand to use the tambourine and snare drum) and with him was a cute chick who played violin/vocals. They played remarkably well and in sync. There was other bands too that had great talent. No one got payed a dime.
I was worried that music might lose its steam. But I am now thoroughly convinced that there will always be great music created and performed. It might be slightly harder to find, but then again, taking a ten minute drive to The Goodfoot on wednesday night isnt hard at all.
I might sound like a hippie and have no works cited in this post to add credibility, but I don't think the most talented artists are driven by music at all.
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BTW. I dont have a phone right now, so communication through email/RTP is my only means.
ReplyDeleteClose enough, I said it would destroy the music business. I stand by that statement. I don't have links either, but you can't just remove billions of dollars worth of sales from an industry and have it chug along like nothing happened. Who is going to support a band on a tour? The record companies will no longer have money to push the tour. Who will pay the radio stations to play the records? It's all collapsing as the looters try to get everything for free. I feel like Dagny!
ReplyDeleteOh, wait, no, I'm looting too!
It won't stop music. It'll just stop people being able to make much money off of music, and it'll disrupt the distribution of music to listeners.
I grant that something like what iTunes is doing, selling individual songs cheaply, could work.
Imagine how warped your view of the world would be if the only information you got was through RTP! I think Plato wrote some philosophy on that.
ReplyDeleteallegory of the cave?
ReplyDeleteAnyway...use Grooveshark.com (it's even better than Pandora in the sense, you tell it what SPECIFIC music to play).
Somehow that is a successful buisness model.
Adapt or die.
Muse is coming to Seattle Dec 15th:
ReplyDeletehttp://muse.mu/tour-dates/upcoming/2009/12/
Oh. nevermind then. I quoted you incorrectly. For some reason I thought during our discussion that you said it would actually hurt music as an art.
ReplyDeleteThe funniest thing happened at school and I felt exactly like king arthur when he says, "A duck!". Some kid was preaching about the navy and all these kids were asking him questions and oooing and awwwwwing. We were right out side our classroom in the hallway and waiting for our teacher to arrive and let us in. I was a ways down the hall from the congregation of students. Some girl asked the navy dude, "Arent you guys with the marines? Why do the marines always go in first?" For some reason the navy dude couldnt figure out an answer at first. Then I said,"Because they're killers." And all the students turned and looked at me and I couldnt help but to start laughing.
Way to let the Navy guy have it! Now did the girls swoon when you said that?
ReplyDeleteMuse in Seattle...Awesome! I think I'll have to go to that.
Yeah, the Cave. Imagine RTP as the Cave Wall.
Well, die is what I said would happen. Again, someone will have to explain to me how all of us NOT putting money into an industry is supposed to make it successful. I mean, for many of us oldsters, the coolest thing to do when we were young, and had money burning a hole in our pocket, was go to the record store and browse, and spend the money on records. Look at my albums and CDs. That's probably over $1k worth (in money from the era), and many people I know had more than I. Now, who cares? Are you guys spending money on downloads from iTunes or something? You're all music fans (not sure about Jeff). How much is that costing you? I'm not criticizing; it's not costing me much either anymore. Copywritten intellectual property is being ripped off routinely. It's the norm, unless I'm mistaken, which I could be.
I guess I am not very smart since I download the little music I listen to from I-tunes. I could be getting it for free. Toejamm, you should be a recruiter.
ReplyDeleteI think the downloading of music is here to stay, and that the music industry needs to adapt. I am sure they will find a way to make money off of it.
These muse are deceptive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muse
ReplyDeleteMen think.
I said it as a joke you guys. Its kind of the right answer anyway. I know I'm not a killer.
ReplyDeleteI'll concede I'm wrong if someone can show me, or at least make statements supporting the idea that most people actually do pay for the music they put on their iPods. And really, I should not be such a hypocrite either, and should be paying. I was so impressed with Muse that I went out and bought one of their CDs, even though I had already copied The Resistance. I felt like I owed them.
ReplyDeleteYou're so righteous Bud-D. Rock on.
ReplyDeleteI am a killer in training. I will slaughter millions on the intellectual battlefield. I will not take no prisoners.
ReplyDeleteI've been doing some trolling on other blogs. Someone should put up an article with some substance before people look at this article and assume all we do is blabble on and on about being macho in the military and talking about our favorite bands.
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