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Originally Posted by Robbie
In the meantime...Just read the latest issue of Rolling Stone.
The music industry just had the worst year EVER in it's history.
For a few years, tours and merchandise were taking up the slack. But over the last year that too dropped. Many tours were canceled.
Unless your name was Lady GaGa, Justin Bieber, or a couple of other artists...you were shit out of luck.
Guess that whole "give everything away for free" theory did just about what common sense would tell you it would. It created a very short burst, and then burned out fast.
And it only worked for established artists.
The unknown future "stars"? They aren't gonna become stars because they aren't gonna get noticed in the shuffle of free stuff.
But at least the Beatles are making millions by finally going on ITunes.
The little band in BumFuck who might have been the next Beatles? They will be working at McDonalds and Walmart instead.
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That's because the music industry is still trying to run itself on a method of business that is 40 years old. They've barely made any changes to keep up with the market and change in the way people want and listen to music. I pay for music, but I pay in the form of a Pandora subscription. Since moving to pandora, I've actually not even added music to my ipod app. I just plug my phone in and hit the pandora app instead. It provides me with even more than my own music library ever could.
Whereas, the movie industry is getting better and better. With NetFlix and OnDemand I don't see how pirates have the upperhand any more. Sure, I can probably download the latest movie in 30-60 minutes, then hook up my computer to the TV (or burn the image to a blank dvd), then watch it. In hopes it's quality and works correctly. Or, I just hit channel 1, go to movies, find the movie in the list and hit "buy". BOOM I'm instantly watching what I wanted to. (Same thing with Netflix as well). To put it simply, it's easier. Granted OnDemand is slightly more expensive as you're paying for each movie. But with the whole market switching to similar services like NetFlix, people pay a measly monthly fee and can watch movies to their heart's content.