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Reasons not to pay for music (pg. 2)
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| PersianMafia |
| quote: | Originally posted by CaTcH21
I dont think he was refering to YOU ! ;)
( OK i guess someone beat me in telling you ) |
guesswhat! i was born in joberg. yeah buddy! lived in edenvale in johannesburg for 11 years, then moved to canada. god i miss that country. where you at? |
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| Mike_Foyle |
| quote: | Originally posted by Benno de Goeij
- dj's and producers make too much money in the first place
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WHAT? is that really what you think? |
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| Ste |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mike_Foyle
WHAT? is that really what you think? |
i highly doubt he does - he is putting forward the opinion of a non-buyer makign excuses for himself. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
Hang on... is that the real Benno de Goeij?
These days I get increasingly pissed off at people, especially on these boards, who download instead of paying. I spend hundreds and hundreds of pounds every year expanding my music collection, and to see people showing mis-labelled MP3s and saying "my favourite track ever" pisses me right off. You've no respect for the talent behind the music, and worse, you're not even getting your facts right. How can something be your favourite track ever if you can't even be bothered to pay for it? |
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| washout |
i used to work in a music store.
this is the reality of the situation.
downloading music for free hardly effects sales.
what you hear in the press are extremities.
this does not make downloading good of course.
i stand in the gray area.
and nothing is free.
those people who install p2p, dramatically open their systems to malware.
ask any downloader.
90% of them have had major computer problems.
thing is they are so dumb they dont know where it came from.
or how it got there or even how to remove it.
ive seen kids computers so amped up with adware it wouldnt even function properly.
and i do charge them little s to fix it.
owned.
then i get em to burn me a cd har. |
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| WojiePoj |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Hang on... is that the real Benno de Goeij?
These days I get increasingly pissed off at people, especially on these boards, who download instead of paying. I spend hundreds and hundreds of pounds every year expanding my music collection, and to see people showing mis-labelled MP3s and saying "my favourite track ever" pisses me right off. You've no respect for the talent behind the music, and worse, you're not even getting your facts right. How can something be your favourite track ever if you can't even be bothered to pay for it? |
+1 |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| While it's true that illegal downloading increases legitimate sales, it still pisses me off. 90% of what I used to download I would then buy the album/EP/compilation for, and the other 10% I tended to delete. These days I haven't got any way of downloading anything anyway. |
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| CleverName |
| quote: | Originally posted by washout
i used to work in a music store.
this is the reality of the situation.
downloading music for free hardly effects sales.
what you hear in the press are extremities.
this does not make downloading good of course.
i stand in the gray area.
and nothing is free.
those people who install p2p, dramatically open their systems to malware.
ask any downloader.
90% of them have had major computer problems.
thing is they are so dumb they dont know where it came from.
or how it got there or even how to remove it.
ive seen kids computers so amped up with adware it wouldnt even function properly.
and i do charge them little s to fix it.
owned.
then i get em to burn me a cd har. |
Nice freeverse :tongue2 |
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| washout |
| quote: | Originally posted by CleverName
Nice freeverse :tongue2 |
thank you.
for not only noticing but telling me as well. |
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| WojiePoj |
| these all turn out to be the same in the end..... |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by WojiePoj
these all turn out to be the same in the end..... |
I don't see how Tiesto can in any way be involved in this one.
So please enlighten me as to how they end. |
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| DC- |
Downloading music is affecting the entire music industry as a whole, pop and edm. EDM is taking a bigger hit right now because we are not talking about millions of sales but rather hundreds and sometimes thousands.
How much does a EDM producer make? In general, 50% of profits. I'll give you a very realistic figure in how much that actually is.
Main Press (822 units): 1434 EUR
Artwork: 29.95 EUR
Mastering: 125 EUR
Total Costs: 1588.95 EUR
Total Revenue: 822 x 3.25 EUR (This is how much Astral gives per vinyl) = 2671.50
Total Profit: 2671.50 EUR - 1588.95 EUR = 1082.50 EUR
Your Share (50%): 541.25 EUR
Note that this does not include any remix fees (if there are any). If you have a remix on the flip that happens to cost 500 euro (which is very common nowadays), you end up making next to nothing on the release.
So if you think there's a lot of money being made here, think again. Every time you download, you are hurting the artist more so than you can imagine. |
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