I wish every artist, group, musician, whatever, would have a donation link on their personal web page. A page not associated with record companies or the riaa. (I'm guessing this is not allowed if the musician is in a recording contract.) A Paypal or something equivalent. Then if I download or trade songs with friends and family, I could stop by the site, check on tour dates and new album info and drop a five or ten in the tip jar. I feel like the artist would be getting more of my hard earned money that way. I'm not sure if someone has done this or if it's been brought up before. Any input? Anyone know of a band currently doing something like this? There has to be a better way for artists and consumers.-It's 3 a.m. in the middle of Missouri, what do I know.
"JasonPrini: you clearly never took an economics class worth its salt. When you decrease the price of a good like this, the demand almost always increases."Come on... you learned about elasticity in Econ 1A just like the rest of us did, and you understand why it's called a supply/demand CURVE.
"I'm finding the RIAA's justification for having highly priced CDs a bit bizarre. I mean, what on earth has caused "production, marketing and distribution costs" to increase so much over the years, that a CD costs more than a DVD?"Salaries. That "Schlemiel" you mention wants to be paid 2X - 3X what his counterpart was in 1983... and there are dozens more schlemiels like him... from the schlemiel who runs the shipping company, to the schlemiel who sets the pricing for advertising, who works at the store that sells the CD."Movies demand expensive CGI technology, actors get paid money as large as their egos, and tons of technical crew are needed... yet go figure, I can get a DVD for ten bucks, but a CD costs $18.99."Where are you buying your CDs? Best Buy, Wal-Mart and Amazon sell them for $13 - $14 now. $19 CDs are the really nice ones, with a bonus DVD or something similar. Seriously, if you're paying $19 for new CD, just shop around."For what? I want to know what has changed? A shlemiel goes into a small recording studio with nothing but a computerized dashboard for backup (no live magicians), makes a music video... This is really no different from how music was done a decade ago... yet somehow this makes CDs worth more money than ever."The point of the article was that CD prices have gone down. They were $20 20 years ago and now they're $30."I mean, why should I pay $18 for a CD when I can get one for $6, $5-- hell, even $2 at a Goodwill Store?"Agreed. If you have time to rummage through the used CD bins and rip them yourself, you can save a lot of money.
I also am not a fan of RIAA, however I do think CDs are worth more and that we should be paying for music...being a musician is a job and they deserve to be paid...the art, musical value, sound quality and emotional value of a CD makes it worth more than a $0.99 mp3 download from itunes...music is valuable and I think our culture has minimized that...these artists are working their asses off constantly getting ripped off by terrible contracts, free downloading and the RIAA etc, and we complain about the $14.99 sticker at HMV (a record store...I'm in Canada and also happen to run one)...you wanna be paid for your job, so do they...buy music, punks!
Maybe if they put more than one good song on today's cd's people might actually buy them. Did they ever think that the reason music sales are slumping over the past few years is not because of illegal music downloads its because the music today sucks.
Rolling Stones can charge a lot coz they bloody well are worth it. I don't care if they are rich. I love them and think the label that owns their souls deserves the 350 bucks (Indian Rupees) of the 375/- they charge.PS. This is one of the few Groups along with Pink Floyd, I like and buy.
sausabeFeb 4, 2007
The RIAA is a snake-pit of morons and quintessential corporate whores.
demonoidFeb 4, 2007
I wish every artist, group, musician, whatever, would have a donation link on their personal web page. A page not associated with record companies or the riaa. (I'm guessing this is not allowed if the musician is in a recording contract.) A Paypal or something equivalent. Then if I download or trade songs with friends and family, I could stop by the site, check on tour dates and new album info and drop a five or ten in the tip jar. I feel like the artist would be getting more of my hard earned money that way. I'm not sure if someone has done this or if it's been brought up before. Any input? Anyone know of a band currently doing something like this? There has to be a better way for artists and consumers.-It's 3 a.m. in the middle of Missouri, what do I know.
kevynFeb 4, 2007
...you do it to yourself, you do, you and no one else...
shark72Feb 5, 2007
"JasonPrini: you clearly never took an economics class worth its salt. When you decrease the price of a good like this, the demand almost always increases."Come on... you learned about elasticity in Econ 1A just like the rest of us did, and you understand why it's called a supply/demand CURVE.
shark72Feb 5, 2007
"I'm finding the RIAA's justification for having highly priced CDs a bit bizarre. I mean, what on earth has caused "production, marketing and distribution costs" to increase so much over the years, that a CD costs more than a DVD?"Salaries. That "Schlemiel" you mention wants to be paid 2X - 3X what his counterpart was in 1983... and there are dozens more schlemiels like him... from the schlemiel who runs the shipping company, to the schlemiel who sets the pricing for advertising, who works at the store that sells the CD."Movies demand expensive CGI technology, actors get paid money as large as their egos, and tons of technical crew are needed... yet go figure, I can get a DVD for ten bucks, but a CD costs $18.99."Where are you buying your CDs? Best Buy, Wal-Mart and Amazon sell them for $13 - $14 now. $19 CDs are the really nice ones, with a bonus DVD or something similar. Seriously, if you're paying $19 for new CD, just shop around."For what? I want to know what has changed? A shlemiel goes into a small recording studio with nothing but a computerized dashboard for backup (no live magicians), makes a music video... This is really no different from how music was done a decade ago... yet somehow this makes CDs worth more money than ever."The point of the article was that CD prices have gone down. They were $20 20 years ago and now they're $30."I mean, why should I pay $18 for a CD when I can get one for $6, $5-- hell, even $2 at a Goodwill Store?"Agreed. If you have time to rummage through the used CD bins and rip them yourself, you can save a lot of money.
robbiedoFeb 6, 2007
From an economics standpoint, that is just plain silly.
kendraleeFeb 6, 2007
I also am not a fan of RIAA, however I do think CDs are worth more and that we should be paying for music...being a musician is a job and they deserve to be paid...the art, musical value, sound quality and emotional value of a CD makes it worth more than a $0.99 mp3 download from itunes...music is valuable and I think our culture has minimized that...these artists are working their asses off constantly getting ripped off by terrible contracts, free downloading and the RIAA etc, and we complain about the $14.99 sticker at HMV (a record store...I'm in Canada and also happen to run one)...you wanna be paid for your job, so do they...buy music, punks!
slipgateFeb 9, 2007
Maybe if they put more than one good song on today's cd's people might actually buy them. Did they ever think that the reason music sales are slumping over the past few years is not because of illegal music downloads its because the music today sucks.
cglassFeb 21, 2007
In my defense I was up for 30 hours when I wrote that, stupid ass woot
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rajaxFeb 12, 2009
Rolling Stones can charge a lot coz they bloody well are worth it. I don't care if they are rich. I love them and think the label that owns their souls deserves the 350 bucks (Indian Rupees) of the 375/- they charge.PS. This is one of the few Groups along with Pink Floyd, I like and buy.