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Originally Posted by GatorB
Shut up fag!
Listen adn answer my question. If this is the way to go how come every god damn little club band can't wait for a record deal from a label?
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Because little club bands don't have loyal fans throughout the world dying for the new album to be released. This method can only work with big names acts, and I have a feeling we'll see more adopt this.
Musicians make their money from touring, not from album sales. Musicians make $1 for every album sold, less for songs. The average price of a downloader was $2.26. No matter how you look at it, they made more per album doing it this way.
But the best part of it so far has been the massive publicity they have received over it. The free album may have also picked up a few new fans who had never really listened to their music. Maybe those new fans pick up some old albums and see them in concert.