Limewire/iTunes help

I understand the artists point of view completely but getting the government involved is only going to make things worse for everyone. Infact, its going to be harder for you to promote your band in the future if net neutrality passes. I feel that more creative means need to be established than the antiquated business model of traditional media.

For example: With the invention of the ipod and other personal music devices and why would anyone use a CD? In 20 years, we might look at CDs just like we look at 8-tracks. I don't even use CDs in my car anymore and haven't for a year or two now.

The largest music distributor in America is walmart. Walmart edits all of their CDs. Who wants to buy an edited CD? Why should walmart tell me what i can and can't listen to.

Then theres the fact that I even have to go to walmart, wait 20 minutes in line to check out (Have you seen the geniuses that operate the UScan.. They take more time than what they are worth) Not to mention, driving to walmart, parking, etc etc. Then lets say walmart doesn't have the CD you want... So you go to fye or tower records, and shell out $25 on a CD where the artists don't even make 10% of that sale if they are on a major label.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but most bands and artists make the most money by going on tour. Do you think illegal file sharing has helped or hurt a bands live shows? Most likely, it's helped. I doubt many people say, "Well, I would just rather sit at home and listen to..." than actually go to the show.

Lets say they do shutdown illegal torrents on the internet. I just had my buddy bring over his terrabyte hard drive full of music, movies, ebooks, software... How is the government going to stop that? They can't. That's why I think the music industry needs to adapt and form a new business model. As much as I love the internet and what it can offer us in the comfort of our own homes, I feel that it's gotten a free pass on the negative impact that it's created on our economy.

 

I believe this is important. How do you promote your band? Most bands have a myspace. Do you think more people will see your band if they have to pay for a package to see myspace? Most will opt away from that plan thus never getting an opportunity to even know that your band exists, unless heard by word of mouth, or in person.

 

Um, maybe sound quality. There are still a large number of people who don't like their music compressed.

So, support your local music store. Don't see the problem here.

 

My argument here is.. Were the people who download it in this fashion going to purchase it anyways? Probably not. If they were, they would have looked for your songs at amazon, cdnow, tower records, etc etc.

If it weren't for bit torrent, theres a ton of bands I would have never discovered and I would have never showed up to their shows. Most of these bands are not played on the radio. How else would I have heard of them? I'm downloading a top 100 heavy metal songs from the past 5 years torrent now.

Within 20 years, capitalism within traditional media will be all but dead. It will be impossible to make money off of media products. I'm not talking about just music. I'm talking about Movies, Music, Newspapers, Television, even Software (which is my career field)... All of it will be unprofitable and present an unsustainable business model with a negative profit margin, that is, if people are still trying to make money off of this stuff. I fully expect there to be no charge for media products in the future.

We all got bills to pay, kids, pets, significant others, priorities etc etc... Trust me... I feel your pain. Even today, much of the open source software (free) does the same thing as paid for software. Sometimes it does the trick better. For example, I run Ubuntu at home on a laptop and I prefer it over my Windows 7 machine. Windows 7 = $200 license Ubuntu = Free.

 

you're welcomed.

although, i must say i buy most of my cds used from amazon. i don't have a problem with paying the artists for their hard work. i do have a problem with the music industry as a whole and how it is run, so i choose not to support it.

now if we're talking small indie bands; streetlight manifesto, bandits of the acoustic revolution, whole wheat bread, ect i have no problem buying those from best buy, because the more albums they sell the more radio play they'll get.

 

yeah man stay away from limewire...torrents is the "safest" way to go

 

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torver.com has verified torrents that are virus scanned before you download them.

 

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