| Weblog: | The Music Piracy Myth | |
| Subject: | Here, here . . . | |
| Date: | 2003-04-15 19:17:20 | |
| From: | anonymous2 | |
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. . . as a musician myself, I'm intrigued by your arguments (esp. progressive taxation). The only Union I have ever belonged to is the AFM & we still had to "pay" to perform. And as the "sacred trust" of a musician is to perform live, there is no excuse for whining when distribution is part of a "major label" signing. Musicians - don't like the distribution avenues? Confront the powers that be in your industry. They put you in the studio, pampered your butt and exposed you to processes and techniques that heve (hopefully) bettered your craft. Their outrage at revenue shortfalls might be the fallout of too many rap entourages parading to movie careers & rockers lasering etc. on the comeback trail. MP3's are to CD sales what scalping is to an arena show's total attendance - you're inclination is known, the depth of your experience is measured by what you expect from your budget & timing. Spur-of-the-moment "this'll be cool" vs. "I've been marshalling my resources to increase my knowledge". Focus will spawn many things - the killing off of a "major entertainment sector" by dilettantes wouldn't seem to be one of them. No offense to the folks who can't afford CD's - Abe Lincoln supposedly studied by . . .
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Here, here . . .
2003-06-20 01:47:00 anonymous2 [Reply | View]
What exactly do you mean by "here, here"?
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