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re: Why is it ok to steal media?
Posted on 11/27/12 at 11:44 am to TigerinATL
Posted on 11/27/12 at 11:44 am to TigerinATL
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Volume. Some of the $.99 cent authors on Amazon supposedly do very well.
Yeah I've heard this too, good point.
Can music artists do the same thing?
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The rules are different on the Internet. It's a very feast or famine media. If you can get the right exposure you'll do ridiculously well, if you can't get the exposure, you might as well not exist. If Baloo is right about how little money artists get from digital music then the answer may very well be to take the music off the services. Don't sign with a record label, use social media to market your band and sell your music directly from your website.
A really good idea. But once that song is out there once, it's over. The wonder of digital music is its ubiquity. Sadly, that's the same place that can unravel everything.
I'd say an answer is for small labels to organize around music streaming services that they create. But again, people don't want to belong to multiple streaming services, they want one.
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Posted on 11/27/12 at 11:49 am to Freauxzen
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A really good idea. But once that song is out there once, it's over. The wonder of digital music is its ubiquity. Sadly, that's the same place that can unravel everything.
I'd say an answer is for small labels to organize around music streaming services that they create. But again, people don't want to belong to multiple streaming services, they want one.
The answer for musicians/bands is this (although they will not like it, and they will fight it):
1) Accept that selling your music is a thing of the past. You are not going to make any significant money on the sales of albums or on plays on the streaming services.
2) Engage your fan base via your web site and various social media platforms
3) Sell merchandise. T-Shirts, posters, key chains, stickers, figurines, whatever.
4) Tour. Tour. Tour. This is where your money will be made.
Don't like it? Oh well, you'll be left in the dust. The world has changed. Adapt or die.
Posted on 11/27/12 at 12:00 pm to Freauxzen
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But once that song is out there once, it's over
I think people are willing to pay for music, especially if the artists are selling it directly. The most common justification for stealing music is "Artists don't get paid by that anyway".
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Can music artists do the same thing?
The key on the Internet is being seen. What would be great for musicians is if Amazon did for music what they do for books with 70% royalties. Going direct through Amazon would still give bands access to a large customer base while having favorable terms on the music they sell.
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