Oh, Valve.Erana said:Be kind to the consumer, and your piracy rate will drop.
Valve proved that with Russia.
Same for the most part. But I usually download a couple songs, if I like them I'll buy the album. So i don't waste money on a s**t album.scarbunny said:I'm sorry if I fail to see the point here? I download music illegaly, and if its good I buy a physical copy of it, true most of the time I'll go direct to the artist and cut out the record companies so they wont see any benifit from my habbits but all they do is rip off the talent so fuck 'em.
Sure my download is illegal but as a reasult of it I put more money into artists pockets than I would downloading them legaly.
10-15 years ago bands did gigs to promote their album. Now,bands make albums to promote their gigs. I listen mostly to electronic music and one doesn't make a lot of money from one's album. Producers care more about live acts than albums,because you have to pay to enter. But you don't need to pay for an album,if you could find it online. More and more albums are released as lossless rips,so as far as quality is concerned,I can be sure,that I'm listening to top quality shit. Without paying.blackcherry said:Hell some of the best bands of the last ten years I haven't once gotten a record from. Its just been live.
Thats a very good point point there. However, that the bootleg industry is still in in existence and that its more up to date with what people want than the bloody music industry itself (in this case I would put forth quality of sound), convinces me that if people want to hear it they will, even if official albums don't exist.keitarobg said:10-15 years ago bands did gigs to promote their album. Now,bands make albums to promote their gigs. I listen mostly to electronic music and one doesn't make a lot of money from one's album. Producers care more about live acts than albums,because you have to pay to enter. But you don't need to pay for an album,if you could find it online. More and more albums are released as lossless rips,so as far as quality is concerned,I can be sure,that I'm listening to top quality shit. Without paying.blackcherry said:Hell some of the best bands of the last ten years I haven't once gotten a record from. Its just been live.
hey now lets slow down....i am 16 and i hate all forms of rap and/or hip hop. So when the world is yours, i ask you spare my life kind sir.Wouldukindly said:This, I think, calls for the genocide of everyone under 25.
Dre Dre. Tupac Shakur. 100 Miles and Runnin'. Notorius BIG. Immortal Technique. Jazz. RnB. Gnarls Barkely. The 1990s.konkwastaken said:hey now lets slow down....i am 16 and i hate all forms of rap and/or hip hop. So when the world is yours, i ask you spare my life kind sir.Wouldukindly said:This, I think, calls for the genocide of everyone under 25.