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JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

Google, MySpace, Facebook make music moves

Technology Oct. 22, 2009 - 06:54AM JST ( 4 )

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hellhoundOct. 22, 2009 - 08:23AM JST

Well... People don't buy music anymore; nice try google bros ;)
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WeaselOct. 22, 2009 - 08:50AM JST

Thought that using Google for "index of" searches was the way to go.
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tkoind2Oct. 22, 2009 - 10:33AM JST

As a musician it is hard to know what is good for us or bad. At the end of the day many people just steal the music they want from download sites. This leaves independent artists with little or no income other than live gigs and the few CDs they can sell at events. And it renders the small indie lable a non-profit effort for the most part.

Once it was possible for many small lables to creat great new music and make a little bit of a living for the company and artists in doing so. Now we only see major lable artists really able to be full time musicians. Most of the smaller artists cannot afford to.

These new systems make the music easier to find and buy, which may help us out. But as long as a small company who does a 2000 CD run of an artist and can only move 50% or so, then sees 8000 copies downloaded on various torrent and other sites, then it is disheartening for both lable and artists.

People need to realize that this behavior is killing the creativity and variety of new music and making only the most commercial music viable as a business or career. Maybe that is why so much of what is out there now is garbage and so many of the indies are disappearing.
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eigonosenseiOct. 22, 2009 - 10:37AM JST

“Instead of just selling an MP3, we’re selling an event for someone,” Lala co-founder Bill Nguyen told The Associated Press. Hmm... "selling an event" Hmm... Interesting. Very interesting. I think I should read "The Society of Spectacle" by Guy Debord again.