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Originally Posted by kane
My entire point in all this rambling is this: Sit down and really look at how you find the music you listen to. Was it on the radio or on MTV or was it a video someone sent you? Chances are there was some way that music was marketed to you. That marketing takes money. Yes, bands can make some money online. Yes acts can have success. Yes, acts need to have some form or talent to have long term success. But in the end how successful and act is will be determined by their ability to get their work in our ears. If we can't find them and hear them, it doesn't matter how good they are and for most people finding new music is not something that they spend a lot of time on, they just take was is convenient and convenience means money and someone has to pay for that.
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The micro part about the Internet or technology, being able to help people get promoted - is kind of the point for today. It simply doesn't work for 20 or 50 years ago. The studio/label was needed by most - or at least the ones without the money to do simply do it.
Today though, even after the boom of the Internet - it has now changed. Local bands, that really do rock that were never given a chance, that could only sell the cd's they made locally - have now actually made a name.
They don't need to be the next Jackson - they just want to be paid for what they love doing and have created.
And honestly, I'm not willing to pay more than a $2-$5 for a full CD of music. I can't name a single CD I have ever purchased worth more than that. Now Movies, I'm willing to spend as much as $10 for a new release - and $3 for a old movie.
This is why the Internet boom has been so big for new Music. We can sample it, we can rate it, we can share it, we can tell friends about it, we make them popular - not the studios, radios, and people like you - that have no idea what I like.
I will pay for Live Entertainment - And depending on the entertainment, the price isn't ever a factor.
