Posted on 10/25/2002 7:30:10 PM PDT by ejdrapes
I'm a member of Columbia House and every now and then they run specials, like buy 1 at regular price, usually from $15 to 18 dollars and get two free. After shipping it comes out to around $8.50 per disk, which isn't too bad at all. But then I buy mostly older music, not what's around today which doesn't cut it for me anyway.
Btw, I miss the days when a local station would play a new album every week in its entirety, without commercials. You would know beforehand how good it was, and could even tape it if you wanted. They stopped doing it for some reason, maybe the record industry got a hold of them.
As far as CD and concert prices are concerned, well, the industry will charge whatever people will pay. I refuse to pay more than $25 for a concert ticket, so obviously I haven't been to a show in a long time. I refuse to pay more than $10 for a CD (and love paying $2-3 for a used record!), so I peruse the racks at the used record stores all the time, or haunt the half-price listings at e-Bay. Sorry, Tom, but as long as the people are willing to bend over and take it in the shorts, the industry is only gonna charge more and more.
As far as his societal observations go, I'm in full agreement.
What disappoints me most about TP is that he was an Alwhore supporter. I've never liked Bon-Jovi, so that didn't bother me a bit, but Tom Petty and I go way back.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
"My top price is about sixty-five dollars, and I turn a very healthy profit on that; I make millions on the road."
"Only a complete greedhead would charge $150 for a concert ticket"
I'm confused Tom. Is making millions good or bad? Perhaps, considering your wealth, you can just give free concerts from now on. You know, for the 'little' people.
I know it's true of sports figures. They made sacrifices in the old days just out of love for the game. And not just so these narcissistic dirtbags of today could reap gazillions.....(Cal Ripkin excluded, of course. He's priceless)
But in a capitalist society, I guess they can charge whatever the market will bear.
I don't think this is an attitude conservatives can really afford to take. It is a fact that there are a lot of talented artists out there who get completely brainwashed by liberal politics. I think it's their hunger for approval and crowd-love--they think if they mouth the certain correct things they'll get the love. Or maybe talent genes get teamed up with stupidity genes--talented people are often the substance abusers, too...?
Appreciate the talent wherever you see it. Otherwise, we won't get to enjoy much!
I happen to love that old musical movie, "Hello Dolly" with Streisand. If I can enjoy her...!
Actually it will go even further than that.
Consider these factors: Back in the fifties we had the boom of post-war manufaturing that produced Televisions and radios in previously unheard of numbers.
Then new technologies in radio broadcasting and recording as well as distribution gave us cheap yet quality recording formats (Lps and 45s with stereo playback)
Then the market was new and fresh and anyone with any talent at all could get a record made since there was a huge vacum to fill thus you get Elvis, the Beatles, the British invasion, the motown sound, etc.
Flashforward to the Eighties and MTV and CDs, Digital technology cheaper to make and a new way to get your music heard. This is why Cindi Lauper, Men at Work, Duran Duran, Madonna, Bon Jovi, Def Leps, etc. became stars not because of the Music but because of the VIDEO!
New Format and new technolgy begets new wave of music.
Now we have the Internet and Broadband is growing.
Mad Dawgg's prediciton is the Next big wave in music will be the internet format but sans the "Recording Industry." We will see a new style of music that is totaly created on a PC with a visual display as well and (this is the cool part) there will be no hard copy save for those who burn it to CD in their homes!
And, the Artist will recieve any and all profits by paying him directly for the download.
The CD/Music industry is Dead and they (The music industry moguls) know it.
The same will happen to the DVD/Movie industry!
Maybe Tom was trying to destroy Gorebot before he became president and caused REAL damage!
There is one radio station here in Boston however that is an exception, and it is a reminder of how FM radio used to be. It is WMBR 88.1 out of MIT and you can pick up a live feed here. I listen to the station hour after hour and have been turned on to some excellent music.
If you pick up the live feed, don't judge the station on what you hear at the current time. They are currently playing punk music but will start the "Bats in the Belfry" show at 6PM (which is a goth show that starts with ancient music and then plays two hours of goth rock.) Just about every type of music is heard here. Bluegrass, Celtic, Blues, Jazz, old style country, Cajun, Mexican, you name it, they play it at some point during the programming week.
Many of the singers today aren't going to have long-lived careers, maybe they know it, they have to get rich quick because without talent they're not going to be around more than a few years.
It's not like people weren't copying 8-tracks and cassette tapes, I don't really see the big issue in burning a CD.
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