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Steve Jobs killed music: Bon Jovi (pg. 3)
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Bon Jovi's music rights for sale
Bid with SongVest for a piece of Aerosmith, The Monkees and Ozzy
Tom Porter, Wed 10 Sep 2008, 1:03 pm UTC
Bon Jovi's music rights for sale
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Illegal downloading has turned the music industry on its head in recent years. Artists and record labels have desperately tried to monetise their music again, deemed by many a file-sharer to be worth nothing more than the price of a high-speed internet connection. Now, new start-up SongVest has thrown another spanner into the works by offering fans the chance to own the rights to songs by the likes of Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and The Monkees.
Starting next month, SongVest will auction a percentage of the rights to a number of tracks submitted by hard-up songwriters. After the sale, SongVest acts as the middle man by collecting royalties for the winning bidder – taking a cut of 25%-40% of the sale price for itself, of course.
The company's co-founder David Prohaska calls the opportunity "the ultimate [in] memorabilia" rather than a money-making investment. It's not clear what percentage of the rights a successful bidder would own, all we know is that the song's publisher still controls how the track is used for TV adverts, radio play etc.
It's certainly a nice idea, and a quick look through the list of available songs shows they're not all b-side filler, either. The (Theme From) The Monkees and Two Story Town from Bon Jovi's Crush will surely have die-hard fans re-mortgaging at the thought. And re-mortgaging is no exaggeration; some titles are expected to fetch more than $250,000 according to The Wall Street Journal.
Now, if only Daniel Powter's Bad Day was on the list...
Songs for sale
(Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
Two Story Town - Bon Jovi
Gotta Love It - Aerosmith
Denial - Ozzy Osbourne
Never Without You - Ringo Starr
My Song (Too Far Gone) – Cher
Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
I Ain't in Checotah Anymore - Carrie Underwood
I Got it Bad - LeAnn Rimes
Someone Else's Dream/ You Can't Loose Me - Faith Hill
Look Heart No Hands/ Whisper My Name - Randy Travis
(Theme From) Days of our Lives - Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
I Swear - John Michael Montgomery and All-4-One
You and I - Eddie Rabbitt, Crystal Gayle, and Hit Crew
I'll Be True to You - Oak Ridge Boys
Wild Eyed Dream - Ricky Van Shelton
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| cammaxwell |
| lol....so the music industry is dying becasue people aren't buying albums just for the cover art without listening to the music? |
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| Endlesswave |
| quote: | Originally posted by cammaxwell
lol....so the music industry is dying becasue people aren't buying albums just for the cover art without listening to the music? |
lol according to JbJ it is! hahaha. He's just bitter he has to work harder to produce decent music and is coming up with excuses. |
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| WittyHandle |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
Bon Jovi is a ing crackhead, Napster killed the music industry & Steve Jobs revised it and partially saved it._
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| quote: | Originally posted by Jeff Button
The problem isn't iTunes or Jobs, the problem lies within the artists themselves. Majority are out to make a buck, rather than go through the creative process of making a start to finish masterpiece. |
I'd say it has more to do with label pressure to get the fastest and easiest money, and being unwilling to support any decent artists that take time to develop their creativity. Of course there are guys just looking to get laid and make a buck too, but I don't see that as the dominant factor.
| quote: | Originally posted by LKD
it's still questionable if this is a spoof or an actual 'song' |
It looks like a spoof to me, but one that could easily sell to early teens at the same time ;) |
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| WittyHandle |
| quote: | Originally posted by cammaxwell
lol....so the music industry is dying becasue people aren't buying albums just for the cover art without listening to the music? |
I think there is something to this. It limited peoples' choices so they ended up being exposed to music they wouldn't have chosen right out of the gates had they had the means, but in the end much of it stuck with them. By being able to preview songs and select individual ones that grab people right away, the tracks that might have taken longer to set in that could have ended up being the ones that stuck with them the longest never get their chance to shine. It's the downside of having options and choice imo. Back then I remember wishing I could do what we can now, but seeing its side effects, I see what we had that we didn't realize at the time. |
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| Abercrombie |
Retarded.... Did Bon Jovi just get the inernetz yesterday?
If it wasn't for iTunes to protect digital music (from laymen) and collect money for royalties, then every tom dick and jane would be listenning to ripped MP3s. He should be grateful there are distributors like them to collect money for him.
Granted people today don't experience the spiritual feel I had when I cracked the seam on my Like a Prayer LP (it was scented too) back in the day, but it's not Jobs... it's technology. Deal with it. |
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| geroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by Abercrombie
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
On one hand I agree with Bon Jovi that kids are missing out on a real experience and are probably missing out on a lot of great music. I remember as a kid buying cassettes for artists I didn't even know just because of the artwork and names of songs. I don't think I ever would have started listening to Skinny Puppy if I just went off a quick preview of the songs.
On the other hand I don't think iTunes is killing the music industry. If anything, technology is killing the corporate music industry. |
That's only because the corporate music industry is run by a bunch of old white dudes, marketing chumps, and posers. That's what's killing music. Not technology. |
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| Endlesswave |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
That's only because the corporate music industry is run by a bunch of old white dudes, marketing chumps, and posers. That's what's killing music. Not technology. |
Yepz. |
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| Sly_Guy |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
you can say the same thing about the music we listen to. |
you can say that about virtually all musical styles these days. But I can say this about EDM, when I go out, I'm not going out to hear what I've heard before. I'm going out for something new, something a DJ or producer has put effort into composing/finding. It might follow a somewhat expected trend from their past work, but it should not the same as what I've heard before. Sometimes I'll like it, sometimes I won't, but it's a lot better to take that gamble than it is to hear a monotone JLo voice rhythmatically speaking over the current 'in' watered down hip hop/EDM beat while shaking her ass on video. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
That's only because the corporate music industry is run by a bunch of old white dudes, marketing chumps, and posers. That's what's killing music. Not technology. |
I meant more that technology is killing corporations' hold on the music industry. |
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