i agree - using p2p's like soulseek have made me buy albums from artists i'd never know if it wasnt for free download. it has on the other hand also made me NOT buy albums from artists i'd usually support - due to lack of quality. i like FFWD too - i've had it for years on vinyl - but having no recordplayer i haven't begun to listen to it until i downloaded the mp3's. i share my own music as often as possible - and that (and a live gig) has gotten my band a record deal + plus some gig offers.
From: Bongdevil@aol.com Reply-To: orb@mailman.xmission.com To: orb@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Orb] Copyleft Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 09:18:48 EST
In a message dated 01/11/2002 13:59:46 GMT Standard Time, thrash@btclick.com writes:
Giving away the music for free and then relying on people liking it and giving money
thrash >> have a look at lemon jelly. their new album has been on the net for months ( uploaded by them too, which is always a nice touch ) . on release their album has crashed in at no 1 in the indee charts and 20 in the majors, so i thinks they have done well by handing out the musics on mp3. at the end of the day if someone's gonna download it they gonna buy it if they likes it that much , for the art work etc , the better sounding WAV cd version and of course for the love of the artist. the best idea is to give it for free and sell the proper versions from your own site :0)
everyone benefits that way :)
lookin forwards to hearing some of them chatlines widda beat :)
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