Tea with Hungry Lucy #107 (Blacksun Recap)
This week Tea with Hungry Lucy is all about War-N & Christa trip to New Haven, CT to play at The Blacksun Festival. While a fun time was had by all, W & CB came to some realizations … listen to find out more.
So, what’s on YOUR mind? Thoughts, concerns, ramblings??
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March 18th, 2008 at 9:01 am
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March 20th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
War-N: It’s good to hear your views on what ‘Record Labels” SHOULD be doing to promote artists, but, in all seriousness, They have become a redundant part of the music industry. Bands themselves can just as easily put themselves out ‘HERE’- the web, and have just as much if not better success at it than the Record Labels would, as they are more in tune with the NEW Media, and more self-concerned with their promotion than ANY record Label would.
The very people behind the ‘need’ for DRM are the Record Labels. They are trying to protect THEIR assets, their percentage, their CUT so to speak, and with self promotion, they get left out of the loop. Not a bad thing if you ask me,
The only people with a DISPOSABLE INCOME these days are the younger generation, the tweens, teens, and early 20’s. They, as you point out,are the ones buying the majority of the music out there, and it is from sites like iTunes, and it’s counterparts. They couldn’t be bothered to go to the record store to LOOK at CD’s, they want to preview before they buy, in order to get more bang for their buck. Not many record stores will let you open packages and try before you buy, but there are a few. Those same record stores are dead set against your returning any music you have purchased, and usually will only allow a like for like exchange if your purchase is deffective. Doesn’t sound appealing to the consumer, does it?
I am proof that the more you give, the more you get, as a friend sent me a HL track, and I now have pought all your albums and a CD single as well!
I think that one other area of concern is the USED CD stores. Yes, I think it’s great that you can unload unwanted discs, but I don’t think it is fare to the artist if that store then re-sells that CD at 20 to 100 times the original price you could buy the album new for. Yes it may be out of print, but if some one wants it, some one else doesn’t. This also falls true on EBAY and other web hawking sites.
The bright light I see, is that in five to ten years, most of this DRM stuff will just die out with the extinction of the RECORD LABELS as they stand today.
I will be happy to share in the hopes that it will turn more people onto the good music they might have otherwise missed out on!, in the hopes that they will buy more of what they like.