$12? Where are you shopping for CDs? I just paid $21.50 (after tax) for a
domestic CD. It's highway robbery I tell you!!! I am an artist and music
producer. I sell CDs at my shows for 8 bucks and I still make 7 bucks a CD
after cost. The music industry (not the artists) have put themselves in this
prediciment. It's too bad the artists have to suffer. Fortunantly the
internet allow artist, like myself, to sell and distribute music with ease
and that is the key to individual success in my opinion. You don't need a
record contract or the bastardized music industry to support yourself with
your art. I know because I do it myself.
quoted 28 lines From: "Jacob Arnold" <jacob@gridface.com>
>From: "Jacob Arnold" <jacob@gridface.com>
>To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: Re: [idm] 2003: The Year the Music Industry Dies - Wired Magazine,
>2/2003
>Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 15:34:02 -0700 (MST)
>
>Notice you don't ever see headlines like "2003: The Year the Art Dealer
>Dies." You don't hear people saying, "Yeah, now that we have digital
>photography and the Internet, I'm not paying one penny to those filthy
>corporate galleries. After all, a canvas and paint only costs $3.50...."
>
>Why all the rage against record labels? Is it just because people want
>things for free?
>
>I don't know about you, but I like living in a society where artists can
>sometimes make a living just making art. I'll chip in a measly $12 for a
>CD, if it means I'm giving an artist time to be prolific. And I don't mind
>that some of that money goes to hiring a good sound engineer, or to
>funding the labels, distributors, and dealers of the music I like.
>
>J
>
>
>
>
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