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By: Robin Goodfellow

Robin Goodfellow — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:17:00 +0000

To the vast majority of musicians out there the difference to their lives of losing CDs as an income stream would not be great. Only a few platinum and multi-platinum artists with the best record deals and extraordinary sales figures are able to retire on their album sales. The average artist is, instead, saddled not merely with lower sales figures but also a very small cut of the per album revenue (typically on the order of $1 per CD) and then forced to pay the production costs of their album out of that meager cut. Even a small band (say 4 members) with low production costs will end up with only a modest income even if they manage to put out an album with half a million sales per year. And most bands don’t have sales that high.

Most artists make their money, indeed HAVE to make their money, from concerts and merchandise. Even though ticket prices might be as low as 2x album prices, the artists take home a vastly larger percentage of that revenue. Most artists can easily make more money in a single month of touring than they can from album sales over the entire year.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:40:18 +0000

One more thing, I dont download music either. I think I have everything worth listening to. I don’t like any music that has been made in about the last decade. Record companies seem to forget about anyone over 16 years of age.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:37:52 +0000

I look at it this way. The lack of sales is due to the fact that most new music is crap. You can get online and hear a tease at the “artist website” and if it’s crap you are not going to buy it. I rarely find a cd worth buying, and certainly no cd is worth more than ten dollars even if it’s good music.
My music collection consists of older CD’s and LP’s. Music is pretty much “over” for anyone my age (37) with an ear for real music.
The record co’s need to stop peddling bogus “artists” and focus more on the music.

By: Multimedias.mobi » Will DRM Die Today?

Multimedias.mobi » Will DRM Die Today? — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:05:26 +0000

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By: Will today mark the end of DRM « Pixellove

Will today mark the end of DRM « Pixellove — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:44:11 +0000

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By: Will DRM Die Today?

Will DRM Die Today? — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 07:17:49 +0000

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