The fact that you're asking.Originally Posted by jrgen
The fact that you're asking.
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To say that downloading music isn't hurting the industry at all is a pile of crap (for the reasons Miriel explained), but to say that it can't benefit certain bands is just as wrong. Through downloading tracks and sites like Myspace, unsigned bands can gain more exposure than was ever possible in the past. Take the Arctic Monkeys, four kids from Sheffield who gained a cult internet following of people downloading and sharing songs, building their popularity through word of mouth. After releasing just three EPs they managed to sell out a UK tour and got a Number One single. And what about Radiohead? They made the entirety of Kid A available online a few weeks before its release, and the album still topped the charts, outselling anything they'd previously released. Now plenty of other bands have followed suit, and despite fans being able to obtain tracks for free online, albums still sell as well as ever.
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I'll ignore your anachronic claim and guess you're laughing at the thought that illegal downloading could increase record sales.
I bought around 75 CDs (more if you count the double albums) this year and I would probably have bought 0 albums if I wouldn't download music using file-sharing programs. This is a matter of which part of the music industry illegal downloading is hurting. It's hurting the gigantic record companies, but it's beneficial to smaller, less commercial bands.
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By the way, what jrgen has posted is exactly the way that I feel about downloading music. It allows me to hear things that I haven't heard before and then go out and purchase this music if it's something that I like. Marilyn Manson has gotten a lot of sales from me because I started off by downloading some of his songs.
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Exactly. If people want to help the music industry, go to some local shows. Find the most underrated local bands you can find and listen to them, and if you like them buy a t-shirt from them. Like, right out of their hands. Like I said before, they'll get about 75%-80% of the gross profits of off it. You won't be appreciating them for slick radio edits. You'll be appreciating them for talent. That's how the music industry should be. It should not consist of major labels graphing us like cattle and selling us a band that'll appeal to the largest chunk of their demography charts.
guess what, virgin recodrs and sony? creative labs launched an mp3 player that can ripmusic directly from a common cd player! get it? instant mp3 without ypour stupid bits!! i guess you'll never learn.
and jrgen got it right. i'll buy the album if i like more than 3 songs on it or if it is a band i know. going with the first option and not hearing many songs on the radio, i'll download them.
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The only album I have that was released this year/last year was Eminems 'Curtain Call'. I download music illegally and don't care. I'll buy a album if I really, really like the music artist.
I agree with Miriel. Illegal downloading is hurting the industry, but not as much as they claim it is. They're seriously - in my eyes - is very little new music that is actually good. The music industry needs to stop focusing so much on illegal downloading (even though it is a problem) and focus on discovering new music artists to grow. It's getting boring now. They wonder why music sales are down.
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