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Originally Posted by Colmike7
What if bigger bands started doing things like say "Hey, we have a new album of songs out now, but we're only playing it at concerts for a year before releasing it and maybe a single or two on the radio."? Would that make more money for the artists from more people attending their shows with a possible increase of price if demand is high enough because of it and no piracy for a bit?  |
I don't know. That's an interesting idea.
Especially since album sales are such a small part of revenue for bigger bands.
Hell, Van Halen put out their latest record a few months back. "A Different Kind Of Truth".
The "single" that was released to the radio stations "Tattoo" was only an average sounding song that really takes a lot of listening to get you to like it. Not a good choice.
But the rest of that album is fucking HOT. I mean it sounds really, really good.
But the rock radio stations won't play it! Oh they'll play every old Van Halen song..but not the new one!
Same with the last Rolling Stones record "A Bigger Bang" back in 2005. Rock radio played it the first day it came out. And then...never again! And that album is one of the best Stones records in 30 years. Awesome playing, songwriting, engineering, everything about it.
I love classic rock. But why the hell doesn't the record companies PUSH these new albums more? Maybe because they don't have to? The Stones record sold 2.4 million copies with basically no radio support.
But how many more COULD it have sold if more fans were given a chance to hear it?
I played it in my car all the time of course. And my oldest daughter was 14 at the time the record came out. She was hearing it all the time when we drove somewhere. And for her birthday that year she had me buy her the CD too.
She didn't know that it was music by "old" guys. She just knew she liked the songs.
That's why rock is dying. They aren't getting the kids exposed to the music because they won't play any new songs by classic bands.
Though I will say...with "Guitar Hero", both my daughters and all their friends now know hundreds of classic rock songs. lol
I'm hearing a pack of 16 year olds all singing every word to "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain the other day! They know all those songs now thanks to Guitar Hero