Chill Mike D
War Child
I'd pay $5 for a whole album of high-quality DRM free songs.
McGuine$$$$$$ is referring to examples like these when he says "get it on our site and pay whatever you want" may not work as much as it is hyped, and it won't be the real solution to the crisis of the industry.
How much would people pay for music when bypassing the label/CD store etc... ? - Apparently not much, and still preferrably nothing when possible.
The promotion for Coldplay's new album, which included the free download for "Violet Hill," appears to have worked...the album has hit number one and gone gold/platinum in a number of countries.
Ah, but that's not what Moser is talking about, is it? Moser reckons that releasing a free single (ala Coldplay or Sigur Ros) would be a fantastic PR builder...and I agree. Unfortunately, Paul McGuinness is strongly opposed to the idea of releasing anything for free - and I would assume his conviction extends to singles as well, not just LPs.
The situation with Radiohead and NIN is different, as they elected to release entire albums for free. We're only talking about singles here. The promotion for Coldplay's new album, which included the free download for "Violet Hill," appears to have worked...the album has hit number one and gone gold/platinum in a number of countries.
The situation with Radiohead and NIN is different, as they elected to release entire albums for free. We're only talking about singles here. The promotion for Coldplay's new album, which included the free download for "Violet Hill," appears to have worked...the album has hit number one and gone gold/platinum in a number of countries.
so what makes people deserve free work? would you work for free even if you had worked at your company for 25 years? no. it's work. they're working. they can get paid whatever they want. this notion that people are entitled to free shit is just that- shit.
X&Y did the same, and people paid to download "Speed of Sound", there was a lot more to the promotion of this album than that, particularly since this didn't have the buzz X&Y had until about a month before its release, the iTunes ad and managing their first #1 hit (as the title track also helped no doubt, had a lot more to do with it, as well as the media blitz.
When did I say we deserve anything free?
What was awesome about what Trent did was that he did it purely for the love of making music. It's easy to see that he'd keep doing it simply because he loves it. He could be laying on the beach sipping martinis but instead he decides to stay in the studio and make an album and release it to us for free saying it's a thank you to the great fans. How is that not awesome.
I'm not saying anyone who doesn't do this is money obsessed. I'm just starting to feel like U2's music is more of a job to them than a passion. In all honesty I don't think U2 would be making music if they didn't get the wads of cash and recognition that went with it.
I'm not saying that's necessarily wrong. I just respect art for the sake of art as opposed to art for money.
When did I say we deserve anything free?
What was awesome about what Trent did was that he did it purely for the love of making music. It's easy to see that he'd keep doing it simply because he loves it. He could be laying on the beach sipping martinis but instead he decides to stay in the studio and make an album and release it to us for free saying it's a thank you to the great fans. How is that not awesome.
I'm not saying anyone who doesn't do this is money obsessed. I'm just starting to feel like U2's music is more of a job to them than a passion. In all honesty I don't think U2 would be making music if they didn't get the wads of cash and recognition that went with it.
I'm not saying that's necessarily wrong. I just respect art for the sake of art as opposed to art for money.