Moby Says Techie Fans = Fewer Sales

jalefkowit writes: "Launch is reporting that Moby explains the recent slide in sales for his newest album, "18", by describing what he calls the 'Pearl Jam Effect': bands and artists with more tech-savvy fans sell fewer albums than those with less tech-savvy fans, as the techies will disproportionately get their copies of the album from friends with CD burners or P2P services rather than from record stores. What do you think, are we putting our favorite bands in a bind?"

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et tu, Moby?

[interstellar_donkey]

It really shows bad taste when you use the Internet as a scapegoat to cover up the fact that an artist simply is'nt connecting with his/her audience like the used to.

It's almost as bad as a company blaming poor sales on 9/11.

As a side note, Moby should know that I discovered him, and purchased several of his albums because of the Internet before play received the national attention it eventually would garner.

Shame on you, Moby.