If you were a producer, would you approve or disapprove of people sharing your music as MP3's?

I have to admit that I would disapprove, it is the producer who uses his equipment and time to construct the tune and people are just downloading it for free.

At first I wouldn't mind, but if I'm still eating microwave dinners after 2 or 3 years, then I would disapprove

If I work my ass of and spend a whole lot of time to produce something, than I wouldnt want people going out and getting it, without me getting anything.

But then again, the only reason I have mp3s is because I don't feel bad about stealing, not because of the "edapte or die" darwin thing.

i wud approve
this is because i'm downloading mp3z as well but if i would have to eat microwave TV-Dinners for sum time.....i would've disapproved too....
also i think i'd done what sum other producer has done, sell mp3s

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i would disaprove coz im just loosing money but getting famous...
or like DJ Robert Gitelman(from G&M PROJECT)is using to say:
"THE MP3 WILL KILL THE MUSIC"

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I would approve.

I think people are overestimating the impact of mp3. Especially when it comes to dance music. The people that are very much into trance/techno/prog/etc. and also download the latest tunes (and therefore don't buy music anymore) are a very small group.

If you're a (local) DJ you'll buy the vinyl anyway. If you're a real music lover you'll buy the albums anyway. That's the way I see it

MP3 is the best free promotion you can get...

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Originally posted by Djeebie I would approve. I think people are overestimating the impact of mp3. Especially when it comes to dance music. The people that are very much into trance/techno/prog/etc. and also download the latest tunes (and therefore don't buy music anymore) are a very small group. If you're a (local) DJ you'll buy the vinyl anyway. If you're a real music lover you'll buy the albums anyway. That's the way I see it MP3 is the best free promotion you can get...

It's exactly my opinion.

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I would approve.

If dj's like my music they would buy my vinyl's anyway so I would get my money. People who aren't dj'ing but just listening to my music on in there bedroom wouldn't buy vinyl anyway so I don't have any loss in money.

lol
Imagine people listening to your music on mp3z while your actual vinyls(not promo's) are not out for sale yet.
Doesn't sound too promising

Has it really killed the music?

Armin, Tiesto, PVD, Oakenfold, Gielen and others would be nothing over here if it was not for mp3's. I can see the business side of the argument but does it really stop ppl who buy cd's on a regular basis and ppl who buy records on a regular basis. No, it does not because those ppl like to do that. You have the same people who burn albums and don't buy a thing and never go to clubs, those ppl need a beating because they are a drain on the music scene and are not helping it. Like I refuse to download albums, I want an album, I'll go buy it at hmv or a used cd store or trade with a friend. You can burn things but the store bought cd still sounds better and the cover art and the inlays. Producers and Deejays will still argue that mp3's are killing the scene but it has helped the scene get a bigger exposure. The argument that it is killing the scene, I truly don't believe because if it was not for mp3's then I would not be into trance. I heard xpander on mp3 and got hooked. I've been to many gigs and bought many cd's and people like me are a benefit to the scene because we continually buy things. There is no proof that the mp3's have hurt the scene because look at bonzai going broke, was it 100% because of the mp3's, i sincerely doubt it, add bad management and release records no one buys and mp3's then it adds up. You think Tiesto would be as big as he is today without mp3's, i doubt it. Most labels compare their sales to the 1999-2000 era and that was the boom in terms of economic activity and the trance boom and they compare that also. Another problem is that most promoters or record label people are not trained business people who understand how to effectively market their stuff. You can't keep selling the same crap to the same crap over 10 yrs and expect nothing to change. As nick warren pointed out that nothing in the music industry stands still. Are mp3's the real problem? maybe they are just one of many scapegoats in an industry that refuses to accept reality.

i would not want to be a Hypocrite since i download mp3's all the time so i would not mind if ppl were getting my mp3's