Sure mp3s help you decide what CDs to buy, but what about the artists who
suck? Don't they deserve to make a living by you blindly buying their CD
because of the fractal on the cover without having a clue how bad the music
sucks?
np: Sven Vath and I'll be damned if I am returning it.
rw
----- Original Message -----
From: "Moe Rocca" <moerocca@hotmail.com>
To: "'IDM List'" <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 9:19 PM
Subject: RE: Sv: [idm] DRUKQS01
quoted 72 lines For me personally, I must agree with Anig. There are sooooo many artists
> For me personally, I must agree with Anig. There are sooooo many artists
> I would have NEVER purchased at all had it not been for mp3s. DMX Krew,
> Plaid, Funkstorung, Cylob, Cex, Herbert, as well as countless 12s...
> honestly I could list them all day.
>
> But still it does come down to the person. If I like it I show my
> support for that artist and buy it (unless they cancel their US tour).
>
> Some people however don't care. I feel that any so called lost revenue
> due to mp3 piracy is made up for by the free exposure and bigger fan
> base artists gain.
>
> The fact is... I would not be so into IDM had it not been for mp3s, not
> even close.
>
> Cheers,
> Moe Rocca
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anig Browl [mailto:anig_browl@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 2:44 PM
> To: IDM List
> Subject: Re: Sv: [idm] DRUKQS01
>
> From: teardropb . <boygothic@hotmail.com>
>
> > >I buy a lot of Warp releases. If you like the music you should too.
> I
> > >have zero patience for something-for-nothing leeches.
> >
> > that really tiked me off.
> >
> > its more than true, especially in the IDM scene, that ppl use the mpeg
> scene
> > to get a taster for artists and then they actually support artists buy
> > buying releases.
>
> I have to agree. I prefer to buy CDs also, but I don't have a ton of
> money
> so I tend to go for stuff that I've been introduced to by someone else,
> or
> had recommended to me, or can listen to in the store - there is some IDM
> that I find deeply boring or annoying and I don't want to waste my
> measly
> supply of cash. I find mp3s great for checking out some artist that I'm
> curious about but haven't heard yet - my tiny contribution to Aphex
> Twin's
> sales figures is entirely due to mp3. That's also how I first heard
> Boards
> of Canada, Venetian Snares, and a few other artists whose stuff I now
> have
> on CD.
>
> Anig Browl
>
>
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