Perhaps recording artists could spend time putting out a quality album, as opposed to putting out a rather bland album of
"okay" songs with one or two possible hits.
This trend of of only topping off the album with a couple good songs in my opinion is what started off buyers not wanting to spend their hard earned money on a whole album only to get a few enjoyable songs.
Artists: make an album an album, not an EP with some extra crappy tracks thrown in so you can have the illusion that your album is actually worth more than the few songs the buyer wants to own... would you buy a car if it cost 40 thousand dollars extra, and you had no choice but to take the extra options imposed by the manufacturer that you didn't like or want?? Would you go to a restaurant that charged you 300 dollars for a meal, and you only like a few of the courses served, but disliked the rest?
I say let the consumer dictate the product and let the supplier conform to the industry demands. Allowing the spoiled brat musicians and the greedy RIAA to continue charging the amount of money that they do for a CD, and not allowing the public buyers interests to be served only kills an already sickly industry more. Some artists can, and DO produce amazing albums of high quality (Pearl Jam's "Ten" comes to mind, or many a Nirvana album... all worth the full price!).
Too bad that greed is spoiling our music industry.
(This is all purely opinion)
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Perhaps recording artists could spend time putting out a quality album, as opposed to putting out a rather bland album of "okay" songs with one or two possible hits. This trend of of only topping off the album with a couple good songs in my opinion is what started off buyers not wanting to spend their hard earned money on a whole album only to get a few enjoyable songs. Artists: make an album an album, not an EP with some extra crappy tracks thrown in so you can have the illusion that your album is actually worth more than the few songs the buyer wants to own... would you buy a car if it cost 40 thousand dollars extra, and you had no choice but to take the extra options imposed by the manufacturer that you didn't like or want?? Would you go to a restaurant that charged you 300 dollars for a meal, and you only like a few of the courses served, but disliked the rest? I say let the consumer dictate the product and let the supplier conform to the industry demands. Allowing the spoiled brat musicians and the greedy RIAA to continue charging the amount of money that they do for a CD, and not allowing the public buyers interests to be served only kills an already sickly industry more. Some artists can, and DO produce amazing albums of high quality (Pearl Jam's "Ten" comes to mind, or many a Nirvana album... all worth the full price!). Too bad that greed is spoiling our music industry. (This is all purely opinion)