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Originally Posted by Rye
bs, its exactly they way to shake shit up. when digital recording came out they were like fukin right costs are way down we dont need to spend a 10th of the money producing a record now we are gonna make so much more cash... not ahh it costs us less were gonna drop the prices or pay or artists more.
Now its gone and bit them in the ass.
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You're not fucking over the big cats by stealing/pirating (maybe a little). You're hurting the ones on the bottom of the totem pole, the recording engineers, mixing engineers, mastering engineers, producers, session players, and artists. These people don't make a killing to begin with, and when the album/product they help produce is no longer profitable, their income drops as well. Rye, you're a hardcore and punk fan right? I hope none of those 22,332 songs are from independent artists and labels, because you're fucking these people over 10x worse than RIAA artists.
You're also wrong about digital recording and the drop in production costs. You're still buying 'studio time' when you record and that's not likely to drop just because the tools have improved. Sure amateurs can cut pretty nice sounding records on a home built DAW nowadays (much better than those shitty ADAT machines, which were digital too), but most professional bands (artists that produce music for a living), and not just top 40 artists, still record in professional studios. These studios still cost millions of dollars. Just head over to Gearslutz.com and check out the 'High End' section. You'll be surprised at the costs involved into putting together a pro-level studio. Gear alone will easily put you over a couple $100k, then factor in room designs, acoustic treatment, and operating costs. Multi-million dollar studios haven't disappeared. Neither have the costs of marketing and promoting an album.
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Originally Posted by hercircus
as a musician I could care fucking less if someone was stealing my music, in fact I would just be happy that people wanted to hear my music. Musicians are really greedy and already make way too much money, and that was never supposed to be the purpose of being a musician. Musicians are "artists" and artists do what they do because they love it, not for the money, unless they are sell outs.
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Do you make a living off of your music? If not, then your singing in a band is just a hobby. Perhaps one day you'll 'make it', which I take to mean writing and producing music becomes your sole source of income. When that happens I bet you'll be pissed when your livelihood, and not million dollar homes and cars, but actual ability to pay rent on a month to month basis, rests in the hands of people who think they're on a crusade to take down 'big evil corporations'. This will be at your expense, and should you decide to remain independent, then let's really hope you have a lot of generous fans and not ones who assume you're making "way too much money".