high :) just wanted 2 say, regarding the little email exchange thats going on here about music uploads, otherwise known as the napster debate, that yeh, artists, especialy as talented as faithless, should not become banckrupt just beacause there is a whole net thing going on in their time, but on the other hand maybe it isnt us, the fans, to blame for the whole free music on the net scene that gets the artists so aggrivated and worried for their dow (and especialy mentallica, dr.dre, maddonna and the rest of them napsters sewers, poor as they r). its not realy like any of them mentioned above artists really ever gonna have to go street begging for their money in this lifetime, i mean common, somehow all those artists that sewed napster are already millionairs and their law suit smells badly of greedyness. i mean have u noticed how none of them "alternative" artists who im sure earn quite less from their job than, say, maddonna or dr. dre didnt participate in the law suit? maybe because they know that napster and his likes give them a much wider international exposer than any p.r. office could ever supply, and that basicaly if music is their real interest and not just the money then concerts should be a main part of their income instead of overblown prices for their cds, and as far as i know concert tickets u cant really download from napster or any of the equivillants. anyways i tend to think that the avarage person who wasnt a huge faithless fan to begin with, who has heared a tune of theirs anywhere on the radio, telly or at a friends, liked it, went to napster, downloaded it, loved it, went to the concert, became a fan, will only then buy anything that has to do with the band happyly. needless to say that if those artists who sewed napster were concetrating harder in getting their record comps. to knock down the cd prices and putting a price limit on their cd's ( a lot like pearl jam have done with their concert ticket prices ) the avarage person would most probably buy their cd's instead of spending hours on the net downloading a 4 minutes tune and "ripping them off". and maybe then people wouldnt buy pirat cds and risk braking the law just to listen to their fav. music. i think its only logical especialy when u consider that the avarage tom dick and harry usualy dont earn so much as any of the mentallica members or sheryl crow for instance. and we all know that those mentioned above artists have the neccesery power and crowd to put this pressure on their record comps. but its always easier to sew others when u r a millionaire than to think what have u done to bring this upon yourself. so i say, napster is as good a stage as any for these artists and just another link to the audience that basicaly has economic value, for the artists too, its all in the attitude and the faster those moneyloaded crybabies of artists will come around and realise that its us who pay their dow and therefor its us who should b considered, price wise, maybe theyll have more fans and sell more cds. on the other hand they can go on in their self absorbed egotistical pitty they feel for themselfs and be left with only bill gates and his kind as custumers as only they will b able to afford the prices of music very soon. beacause after all, if there was no need among the people for napster and his likes, they would have never been invented un the first place. but thats just my own personal p.o.v. love and respect, nilly. >From: "Gordon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: We Come 1 is here! >Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 19:33:12 +0100 > >Thing I can't understand is how do you get on CD promo list >to receive such goodies anyhow??? Whats the secret? > >As regards the current flurry on copies, I guess it depends on a persons >own >perception of correct integrity. I certainly would record and pass ANY >music >to people I know personally and would also receive such material without >remorse. > >I invariably find this is a good way to discover new things and >consequently >go along and BUY whatever is available by that artist. For instance, my >collection of CD's has everything from SAGA (Canadian), these are not >generally available in the UK and if not sourced via amazon.co.uk as >imports >have been purchased in Denmark and Germany during my travels - this all >happened when a friend gave me a taped copy of a CD. > >I would also be so bold as to say that if an item of music is withdrawn >after a promotional or test release only or if it goes out of print >quickly, >then it makes some sort of sense that it is available in the public domain. >If it is no longer going to be available commercially then it can only do >good for everyone concerned. The 'carry on' with the last Faithless single >is perhaps a good example, couldn't get a copy anywhere! > >Different matter with new material not yet available, I would be really >pissed if someone made our products available as downloads (books) before >we >had a good crack at the marketplace, but would be really happy if someone >copied the text for download after the book went out of print. > >Gordon >(frae Scotland) > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Mike Antonich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Faithless mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: 16 April 2001 11:58 > >Subject: We Come 1 is here! > > > > > >> Went home for lunch and what greets me in my mailbox but my "We Come 1" >5 > >track > >> CD promo!!!! Great way to brighten up an otherwise shitty Monday. > >> > >> CD comes in cardboard paper sleeve (not a slipcover, actually > >> just cardboard paper that folds out. Has pic of Maxi and Bliss on the > >front > >> with Faithless We Come 1 at the top. CD itself just says Faithless "We > >Come > >> 1" 5 mixes at the top and has the Cheeky logo at the bottom. From the >blue > >color > >> of the back of the CD it looks like a CD-R. > > >-- >This message was sent through the Faithless Mailing-list. >To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >UNSUBSCRIBE FAITHLESS in the body of the message. > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. -- This message was sent through the Faithless Mailing-list. To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with UNSUBSCRIBE FAITHLESS in the body of the message.
