actually you should boycott nike for paying korean 6 year olds to work 12
hours a day for pennies in sweat shops so that us consumers can have the
latest fashions on our feet...but this is another story...
Record companies do take a nice chunk of cash from artists but they also put
some out. they basically function like a bank/marketing firm. they loan a
band money (advance against future sales) to make a record and tour and then
that gets paid back to them as the band sells records...hopefully.
steve
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quoted 2 lines From: Wendy K <wendy@ninjatune.net>>From: Wendy K <wendy@ninjatune.net>
>To: Jeff Waye/Ninja Tune <jeff@ninjatune.net>, "Scott boy"
<mckeating23@hotmail.com>, <idm@hyperreal.org>
quoted 4 lines Cc: idm@hyperreal.org>Cc: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: Re: [idm] Some gnutty words on napster
>Date: Mon, Jul 31, 2000, 12:02 PM
>quoted 24 lines yeah, and you wouldnt just loan some body your favourite pair of> yeah, and you wouldnt just loan some body your favourite pair of
> nikes, addidas, vans, whatevers when they came up & asked you
> would you? trainers? - what about jeans? why are levis charging
> $100 for jeans they made 50 years ago? (well someone from japan
> could probably answer that one...)
>
> At 6:47 pm +0100 31/7/00, Jeff Waye/Ninja Tune wrote:
>>been through it before, the manufactured cost of a record/CD is not the
>>only cost to a record company. Yeah major labels suck and the
>>dispursement of profit is ridicously, but that's not my fault and there's
>>so much info out their these days that I can't feel sorry for anyone
>>finding themselves in a bad deal. People regularly pay $100 for a pair of
>>shoes with no problems, what do you think the real cost of those is.
>>Boycott Nike for not giving their shoes away! Bloody mafia those shoe
>>companies I tell ya.
>>
>>Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>> >>However not all artist want to, and don't lump the entire music
>> >>industry under one big shitty umbrella.
>> >
>> >Last time I checked the entire music industry is still charging a big
bundle
quoted 1 line of Lizzys for a product that doesn't cost a big bundle of Benjamins to>> >of Lizzys for a product that doesn't cost a big bundle of Benjamins to
make.
quoted 2 lines Is there a label not charging 4-5 quid a 12" and 13-15 quid a cd? The fact>> >Is there a label not charging 4-5 quid a 12" and 13-15 quid a cd? The fact
>> >that some IDM artists aren't living the vida loca with their record deals
is
quoted 19 lines unfortunate, but if their "work" isn't paying them enough they should>> >unfortunate, but if their "work" isn't paying them enough they should
>> >supplement it. This whole thing is a long time coming knee jerk to an
>> >industry that is taking the piss.
>> >
>> >I know this argument is going in circles everytime it comes up. I guess
>> >we'll see in 5-10 years which model works best for artist and customer (the
>> >only vital parts in the process).
>> >__________
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