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By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:01:15 +0000

This is why I think Ruckus is such a great idea. If you have a .edu e-mail address, you have access to free AND legal music downloads, paid for by advertising. There’s a few catches: you have to download their music player, can’t burn anything onto CD’s, and it’s not compatible with iPods. You can pay $20 a year to put what you’ve downloaded onto a different type of mp3 player. I”ve heard that apple doesn’t want to work with them to make that possible iPods.
The awesome thing is that they have almost everything. There are very few things I’ve searched for that haven’t been available.
Anytime I hear anything about an artist who I might possible have the slightest chance of enjoying, I go ahead and download it. I get to listen to an entire album (or several albums) and decide if I like them before I go spend my very limited money on something.

I used to always find myself wishing that more artists had more of their music available to listen to on their Web sites (or myspace, facebook, etc) because I just don’t have the money to go spend on an album I’m not going to really like. More artists need to do this.

And I totally agree–I am much more willing to buy a band’s album if I feel personally connected to them or their music via blogs, etc., or if I’ve seen them put on an awesome live show. MuteMath, for example…I’m not really too crazy about a lot of their music, but their live show was so incredible that I will buy any album they make.

Artists need to 1) make it accessible and 2) make it personal and people WILL buy.

By: spence

spence — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:49:19 +0000

From my personal experience of being an artist and working with them, the internet is here to stay so you HAVE to figure out how YOU as an artist are going to make a living with it. If you leave to thr records companies to figure it out then you aren’t being proactive enough and not being forward thinking and not taking control of YOUR career. Stop the whining about downloads. It happens. As for BLOGGING. Where most artists get the whole fan thing wrong is that artist…especially ccm artists…don’t make themselves more available to their fans. Your fans are your bread and butter. cater to them, be about them, make music for them, and certainly allow them into you musical life by blogging. you won’t build a fan base faster than blogging, aside from playing more shows. these people want to know you and want to trust who you are…how else are you going to be able to show that side of you and who else is going to do it for you? do it yourself and take control…it does the body good.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:18:58 +0000

i think randy made an excellent suggestion about rentals. i was so sick of buying cds for $18 when there was only one or two good songs on it. i love purevolume and now myspace artist pages so that you can sample more music and know that you are really going to like the music.

By: annie

annie — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:00:56 +0000

Sorry, but I just have to mention this. My friend at work wore that very same mask for halloween! I love it.

By: brodyharper

brodyharper — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:41:54 +0000

I’m with Randy on this one. I think, “if you can’t beat them, use what they are using to at least compete”.

It’s harder to screw someone you feel like you know. If I am reading into your personal life online, and know that you love your kids, and have been in the studio late hours, and are very passionate about what you are about to release, and I believe what you stand for, even if we have never met, I feel like I know you. More likely than not will I throw $10 your way for a CD I watched you make and feel like I was involved in. I know I do that. I will buy a CD that someone has blogged about them making simply because I want to support them as people.

By: randy

randy — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:01:30 +0000

well, back to the blogging issue. from personal experience i’ve paid for music that i support, artist that I want to see continue making music. i’ll admit i have a hard time buying music that Ive never heard. the only thing is if I burn it or download it for free then I have it and most likely im not going to ever pay for it.

getting to know your artists and musicians that you like will create a sense of understanding. if read about the artist life and experiences im more likely to feel compelled to buy their album than take it.

one option that record companies havnt tried yet is to work it like a rental.

log into a site select a band and an album, you have 24hrs to listen to it. after that you know what it is and if you like it than you can buy it, or you can do what you might have done anyway; take it.

By: lisamarcia

lisamarcia — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:40:59 +0000

I think stuff has gotta change from the top. How the “business” is run is like we were in the 1960s. Times have changed, the internet has brought us into a completely different frontier that we need to keep up with or the artists and labels and whomever else has stock in this business is going to lose big!

Just like any other business….you gotta keep up, its part of the game. Just because its an artistic business doesn’t make it any less a business. He who better understands the customer gets the business. Consumers on any front always look for the “deal” the ” cheaper way” something for “free”. People gotta get creative instead of complacent. We have to not be afraid to smudge old boundaries, expand the vision outside of the box. I think artists that have embraced blogs, facebooks, and myspaces have got it. Although, the fad will move towards something else very soon, you gotta be up on it! I believe consumers, fans, etc will pay for something that no one else has. The hard part with the music industry is EVERYONE does the SAME THING…so no one wants to pay for it.

We need something NEW and then people will pay. Its the sad and ugly truth!