mmm. The key word in that article may be "self-identified." In other words, there was no criteria for sales numbers. I have seen differing opinions amongst well-known musicians. I think it was Ani deFranco that said, what the heck, I don't think a few kids matter, whereas one of the former Greatful Dead -- who interestingly used to allow and cater to bootleg recordings -- said quite firmly at a recent talk that musicians deserve to be compensated for their very long training.
Dana On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 19:23:26 -0500, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure that many musicians / artists don't really understand the issues > behind file sharing. The singer in my band, for example, wouldn't know the > difference between Kazaa, PureVolume, CDBaby, and iTunes. > > That said, without knowing the types of artists surveyed, it is hard to > say how "universal" these results are. Since the bulk of artists are > relatively unknown, file sharing probably doesn't hurt them in the > least. I don't think that file sharing has helped or hurt Far Cry Fly > either way. > On the other hand, I'm sure Metallica is affected differently than Far > Cry Fly. I doubt we sold 50 CDs in the past year. I'm sure Metallica > sells more than that in a week. > > At 07:04 PM 12/6/2004, you wrote: > >Subject: Take that, Metallica! > >From: William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 15:25:12 -0800 > >Thread: > >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid=15146&forumid=5#138940 > > > >http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/12/06/tech.music.reut/index.html > > -- > Jeffry Houser, Web Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer > AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 > -- > My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> > My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> > My Energetic Acoustic Rock Band: <http://www.farcryfly.com> > -- > When did Reality Become TV > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138945 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
