napster, hawkwind and mp3's

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

Quite true - also we had the situation last year where a well known
seventies band played a gig in London in front of upwards of 1000 people and
the only money the band and label made was the merchandise sales at the
event, but that was considerable and made it worth while, seeing as the
costs involved in the concert against fees, profits, etc, meant that the
band and label just about broke even without those sales.
Daft part is now, that, as I said, the well known bands who are now doing
for themselves find at last that they really can make money out of CD sales.
The major record industry's ideal is to put out one CD a year and get the
world to buy it - that is always the goal towards which they are striving.
Andy Garibaldi.
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From: "Ted Jackson jr." <tojackso at LIBRARY.SYR.EDU>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: napster, hawkwind and mp3's


> On 14 Nov 00, at 19:15, ANDREW GARIBALDI wrote:
>
> > No,
> > I'm not saying Napster doesn't have their uses, and no-one's perfect,
> > but it strikes me that they simply don't care whether something they
> > offer is available or not - why should they worry - it's only the poor
> > artist who suffers after all. I say, do your homework, Napster!!! The
> > idea that Napster leads to more exposure for that artist may well be
> > true but lead to more sales? For unknown acts with nothing to lose,
> > perhaps, but my argument is simply for establsihed acts who fall
> > 'victim' to this system (and we're not talking Metallica here) Andy
>
> Yet Coutney Love, who has sold lots of records in the past, says she
> likes Napster, and sees it as a tool for marketing her entire career.
> She says that she makes no money being tied to a major label, so
> what difference does it make if people download it?  Essentially, she
> says she's doing nothing but make money for the label!  She
> correctly realizes that her income results from touring--as it does for
> all bands.  There isn't a band in the world [exc. Metallica, I guess!]
> that makes money from CD sales.  I realize that a tiny handful of
> bands have better record deals, but it's a small number.  The deck is
> stacked against artists trying to make a buck from CDs.  Hit the road
> and make your money there.  Case in point:  BOC!  One real album
> in the last, what, 15 years, and they're still going strong, because
> they're 'on tour forever,' and understand how the road works...
>
> theo