Re: [acid-jazz] The future of music consumption?

From: Olaf Molenveld (olaf_at_interactivelink.nl)
Date: 2004-01-17 18:31:01

  • Next message: Bob Davis: "RE: [acid-jazz] The future of music consumption?"

    but would they also have bought the albums if it wasn't as cheap? in other
    words: did the labels and artist lose much sales? i mean *realistic*
    potential sales... i run a small label, we release vinyl only, but also put
    up MP3's for free, i don't see a big decrease of sales due to this, on the
    contrary: people mail to ask where they can buy our records after
    downloading and listening to it.... it might be different for the major
    labels, but i think their biggest problem is in releasing sub-standard music
    which is a copy of all other music available, can only be listened to for a
    week and needs a huge PR campaign to be sold, which in the end doesn't make
    the label any profits.... if you look at "real" artists/bands like
    radiohead, coldplay, U2 etc. you will notice that they still sell shitloads
    of albums without any problem because people still feel the craftmanship and
    love in their "product" ... i think that's much more a problem, if you make
    and market music as a 1-day product, you will also have your
    audience/customers acting like it's a cheap throw-away article...

    Olaf
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Bob Davis <earthjuice_at_prodigy.net>
    To: Olaf Molenveld <olaf_at_interactivelink.nl>
    Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 6:20 PM
    Subject: RE: [acid-jazz] The future of music consumption?

    >
    >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: Olaf Molenveld [mailto:olaf_at_interactivelink.nl]
    > > Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 11:33 AM
    > > To: Bob Davis; Soul-Patrol_at_Davisind.Com
    > > Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] The future of music consumption?
    > >
    > >
    > > it's simple, imho these people wouldn't buy 99% of the music they own in
    the
    > > first place....not with the current prices....so you either decrease
    your
    > > prices or ignore them, as they are just "stamp collectors" instead of
    music
    > > lover..
    >
    > Hey Olaf,
    >
    > If I am understanding you correctly, I disagree.
    > If you would give most people the chance to buy 4330 albums that they
    genuinly liked for
    > $100.00 (about 2.3 cents/album) I think they would not only buy it, but
    listen to it often,
    > especially given that the music would be easily sortable/searchable in
    seconds.
    >
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