You are totally correct about the music industry delaying online music. It takes a mere $1 to produce a CD and they are making at least a 1500% profit on the sale of CDs. Look at the bands, I bet they make more money performing at concerts where the seats go for $40. Online distribution of music can EASILY be delay is they LOWERED the price of CDs! Simple economic concept that will prevent this problem and even increase the firm's profit margin!
Has any of you just bought a CD and thought it wa terrible or only had two songs that you liked? Look at Filter's new album "Title of Record." That CD blows! What happened to Filter! I wasted $15 to buy a CD I was hoping to have good guitar and at least some nonrepetitive lyrics. Artists run out of material fast! Look at Metallica for example, their last two CDs contained material they produced years ago. S&M is the biggest joke from Metallica, it may sounds good, but what is the point? TO MAKE MONEY! They probably do not have any idea what they are going to come out with next. I remember seeing Metallica say on Behind the Music on VH1 that they "Sell out, everytime" at a concert...WHAT ARE THEY COMPLAINING ABOUT? Protecting the rights of their music? Online distribution of their music is making consumers buy their CDs! Many people believe Metallica is a hardcore metal band and don't like them because of that. Napster (a form of online distribution) opened up Metallica to the public, even more than radio could ever do. Let's look at Dr. Dre...his music just got worse and worse (look at DMX also). They wine about their sales when it's themselves. It's not our fault your music is crap! They don't put any effort into their albums anymore. Why would anyone want to pay $15 for that?
LOWER the price of CDs... PROMOTE online music to increase awareness... BETTER music will sell more CDs... STOP wining about Napster and get to the studio...
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You are totally correct about the music industry delaying online music. It takes a mere $1 to produce a CD and they are making at least a 1500% profit on the sale of CDs. Look at the bands, I bet they make more money performing at concerts where the seats go for $40. Online distribution of music can EASILY be delay is they LOWERED the price of CDs! Simple economic concept that will prevent this problem and even increase the firm's profit margin!
Has any of you just bought a CD and thought it wa terrible or only had two songs that you liked? Look at Filter's new album "Title of Record." That CD blows! What happened to Filter! I wasted $15 to buy a CD I was hoping to have good guitar and at least some nonrepetitive lyrics. Artists run out of material fast! Look at Metallica for example, their last two CDs contained material they produced years ago. S&M is the biggest joke from Metallica, it may sounds good, but what is the point? TO MAKE MONEY! They probably do not have any idea what they are going to come out with next. I remember seeing Metallica say on Behind the Music on VH1 that they "Sell out, everytime" at a concert...WHAT ARE THEY COMPLAINING ABOUT? Protecting the rights of their music? Online distribution of their music is making consumers buy their CDs! Many people believe Metallica is a hardcore metal band and don't like them because of that. Napster (a form of online distribution) opened up Metallica to the public, even more than radio could ever do. Let's look at Dr. Dre...his music just got worse and worse (look at DMX also). They wine about their sales when it's themselves. It's not our fault your music is crap! They don't put any effort into their albums anymore. Why would anyone want to pay $15 for that?
LOWER the price of CDs...
PROMOTE online music to increase awareness...
BETTER music will sell more CDs...
STOP wining about Napster and get to the studio...