Part of the reason that their net is so low is that so much is spent on advertising and legal issues so that *they alone* get that remaining 20%, as 50% of what they'd get if the market were less controlled would be less that 20% in the current state (no, I can't back those specific numbers up, I should've used x's and y's, it's the mechanism I'm trying to illustrate).
I'm dubious about the 20% number. I'm sure all the numbers we see have been passed through a black box labeled "highly skilled accountancy departement."
One of the reasons we have megastars selling immense amounts of music is the advertising, which is not cheap. The record store windows, full-page ads in magazines, weekles, poster campaigns, radio spots, and so forth... The record companies spend a huge amount there, and it adds markedly to their overhead. Dropping that and letting the music be promoted by word of mouth, Internet and less mammoth advertising approaches would reduce the cost by massive proportions, but the large record labels would lose the advantage they have in being able to afford those advertising campaigns and would end up sharing the market more evenly with smaller labels. This is not on their to-do list.
20% is more than the people who wrote and played the music get.
Ever notice that when you go to see a band, $10 is just about always the price of a CD? And that's without SonyGeffenVirgin's economies of scale. Of course, they're competing with the number of drinks you can still afford to buy and the cab home...
A lot of music has merit enough to make it worth being able to listen to it regularly. As a musician and someone who likes a lot of music, I could not hope to own all the music I enjoy at the retail prices if I were making many times what I am right now (I'm a student. Maybe if I were an RIAA lawyer I could buy it all and still eat).
The whole time, my favorite thing about Audiogalaxy (my favorite, R.I.P.) was being able to grab singles instantly of incredibly arcane music (most of the bands I'm after don't turn up in the Apple store), and really, honestly, to try before buying. Especially with local bands, I'll burn a friend's copy, then if I actually listen to it much, I'll grab one at their next show, and I REALLY WILL feel bad until I do.
But there really are albums that I don't wanto to disregard and never hear again, but just aren't worth $15.00, or even $6.00 if I can find it in the scuffs bin.
I saw them (him) about a year ago, I think?
Engineering: Good
Engineering by doing it for fun standards: Awesome.
Songwriting: I want to go home now. IMHO, overshadowed by opener Reload, who has gone on to form The Punk Group.
I'm not giving up my skinny ties. Besides, a big skinhead or a nasty Vespa wreck will probably take me out before I go blind anyway. -- "I come right in on cue but forget all the lines." -The Toasters
Well I'll be damned. I'm a lazy dork. Well, I knew that much, but what's new is that upon digging up said utility from the OpenOffice folder and running it, 1.0.1 is printing to my Epson 777 just fine. 1.0.3 is downloading right now...
I just kept trying to configure from the preferences within OO...
Why have we thus far only been discussing the female's desire for a ring and looking at the guy's side simply from a standpoint of whether or not it's worth putting up with (shelling out for?)? Indeed, I'm (still) looking for someone who is a partner, who I respect and a long list of other traits which affirm that this is a mutual endeavor. BUT... I'm also a gooey romantic. I will want to give her a ring. I will want to have a nervous moment on one knee. I will, *sigh*, probably cry at my own wedding. Is the gift of a ring really only for the girl in most people's minds?
No, I haven't addressed the ethics here, though I feel the "previously historied" rings fit that bill rather nicely.
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I'm dubious about the 20% number. I'm sure all the numbers we see have been passed through a black box labeled "highly skilled accountancy departement."
One of the reasons we have megastars selling immense amounts of music is the advertising, which is not cheap. The record store windows, full-page ads in magazines, weekles, poster campaigns, radio spots, and so forth... The record companies spend a huge amount there, and it adds markedly to their overhead. Dropping that and letting the music be promoted by word of mouth, Internet and less mammoth advertising approaches would reduce the cost by massive proportions, but the large record labels would lose the advantage they have in being able to afford those advertising campaigns and would end up sharing the market more evenly with smaller labels. This is not on their to-do list.
20% is more than the people who wrote and played the music get.
Ever notice that when you go to see a band, $10 is just about always the price of a CD? And that's without SonyGeffenVirgin's economies of scale. Of course, they're competing with the number of drinks you can still afford to buy and the cab home...
The whole time, my favorite thing about Audiogalaxy (my favorite, R.I.P.) was being able to grab singles instantly of incredibly arcane music (most of the bands I'm after don't turn up in the Apple store), and really, honestly, to try before buying. Especially with local bands, I'll burn a friend's copy, then if I actually listen to it much, I'll grab one at their next show, and I REALLY WILL feel bad until I do.
But there really are albums that I don't wanto to disregard and never hear again, but just aren't worth $15.00, or even $6.00 if I can find it in the scuffs bin.
I saw them (him) about a year ago, I think?
Engineering: Good
Engineering by doing it for fun standards: Awesome.
Songwriting: I want to go home now.
IMHO, overshadowed by opener Reload, who has gone on to form The Punk Group.
I'm not giving up my skinny ties. Besides, a big skinhead or a nasty Vespa wreck will probably take me out before I go blind anyway.
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"I come right in on cue but forget all the lines."
-The Toasters
One more use you hadn't thought of: Cutting Edge Fashion.
Well I'll be damned. I'm a lazy dork. Well, I knew that much, but what's new is that upon digging up said utility from the OpenOffice folder and running it, 1.0.1 is printing to my Epson 777 just fine. 1.0.3 is downloading right now...
I just kept trying to configure from the preferences within OO...
Thanks Mr. Teague!
Why have we thus far only been discussing the female's desire for a ring and looking at the guy's side simply from a standpoint of whether or not it's worth putting up with (shelling out for?)? Indeed, I'm (still) looking for someone who is a partner, who I respect and a long list of other traits which affirm that this is a mutual endeavor. BUT... I'm also a gooey romantic. I will want to give her a ring. I will want to have a nervous moment on one knee. I will, *sigh*, probably cry at my own wedding. Is the gift of a ring really only for the girl in most people's minds?
No, I haven't addressed the ethics here, though I feel the "previously historied" rings fit that bill rather nicely.