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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?"
Moby's new album isn't that good, he hasn't gone in any new directions since his last album. It's very predictable.
Blaming bad sales of a weak album on technology is pretty lame.
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Factually, does he know why his album isn't selling well?
I would agree with the majority of the posters here is that it's not his audience that's the problem, it's his album itself.
It seems by making comments about his album sales not doing so well due to the fact that his fans/audience don't want to pay for his music and would rather steal seems like he's shooting himself in the foot.
Don't piss on the people who made you. If you screw up (produce an album that doesn't hit the top of the charts), make something better.
Are we likely to see more and more people blame their crappy album sales on piracy? Of course, it's not fun to take responsibility for your work if it sucks.
The real reason Moby isn't selling is explained in the new Eminem album:
"you're too old, let go, it's over. Nobody listens to techno!"