Downloads mean fans ignore albums

Theage.com (au) ^ | 1/5/04 | Thor Christensen

[Rebelbase]

Downloading as a method of delivering the music is changing the recording industry regardless of the RIAA's tactics.

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[Petronski]

The artists could revive the album very easily: release albums with ten good songs.

It used to happen, in fact I think it must have been required. I haven't bought a newly-released album in ten years.

[stainlessbanner]

PPL are sick of paying for a CD with 9 bad songs and 1 good one.

[RussianConservative]

"We have to be the ones who decide what happens to our music," says Lars Ulrich of Metallica. "We conceive entire albums, and I'm not gonna give it to you in any other form than the one I conceive. ... You can dissect it after that if you want, but at least you have to respect our choice."

To bad and I like Metallica...but welcome to ash heap of music.

[Pikamax]

If Lars is against i-tunes, I am for it.

[Rebelbase]

"I haven't bought a newly-released album in ten years."

I have. Direct from the independent artists themselves.

Screw the big labels for their greed. They will never get my money again.

[Bikers4Bush]

I agree, but you'll only get that from independant artists these days.

[2banana]

You usually do find 1-5 good songs on an album that you never expected

[missyme]

Most music especially so called POP and Rock and Roll is pure CRAP, there are couple songs out there that are worth listening to and if there are on NAPSTER all think about buying them.

I have made several of my own CD's on NAPSTER and enjoy each and every tune that is on them..:-)

Oh well times are ah changing

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Music releases started out as singles: 78 rpm records had one song on each side. You could buy a bundle of 78s (they weighed about 20 lbs.) for an opera or other long work, but until the 50s and 33 rpm vinyl, the album did not exist. I love music but I have no respect or regard for the RIAA and I hope they get what they so richly reserve.

[dfwgator]

You want to be a musician and earn money, you're going to have to earn it the old-fashioned way, touring your a$$ off.

[commish]

So does this mean that they will not produce CD singles of thier songs either? Or is it just downloaded singles that they are upset over?

Personally, when artists start putting out WHOLE albums I'll start buying whole albums again. As it is, I only buy albums of artists that have proven thier ability to produce a quality album.(Jimmy Buffet, Toby Kieth, Hank Jr. to name a few).

Other than a handpicked few, I refuse to shell out my hard earned money for 1 song and 9-15 pieces of SH*T.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

But questions like that may soon be as dead as the eight-track tape

Actually, I make some extra coin on eBay selling 8-tracks.

[dangus]

What a heaping, steam pile of cr@p that article is. Downloading dropped 50% last year, and album sales are still declining.

The industry's goal of one catchy pop tune per album, and no real musicians (who would have the clout to argue for more money) is the real problem. Rock (and pop music, in general) died when MTV and Rolling Stone became about nothing other than fashion.

Downloading allows consumers to test the waters to find out if there is more to a band than the first pop ditty. Record labels should encourage it, just as they encourage radio stations to play their songs.

[missyme]

Amen to that!!!

When somebody like Brittney Spears can put out some lame album and it makes number one for the Toddler demographics then the Recording Industry should start marketing there music to Sesame Street.

[zarf]

Good news. Instead of jerking around with self indulgent crap maybe these idiots could try to write some good 3 1/2 minute songs....

The art of depth AND simplicity is gone......verbal diarrhea seems to be the rule.

[randog]

The artists could revive the album very easily: release albums with ten good songs.

Imagine that.

[KantianBurke]