How do you obtain your music?

[WillJ]

Originally posted by cgannon64
Tell me how often you listen to ads. (Not a legal argument, just making a point.)

The answer seems obvious to me: Make a p2p program paid for with banners, and get the artists permission.

Forget what I said about advertisements: The artists don't get any money from them (just the radio stations do).

But downloading music is still not quite the same as the radio. Sure, in both cases the artist isn't getting paid. But if the only free source of music were the radio, you'd listen and then probably purchase the music you like, because if you don't, you have to settle for listening to the music you like when the radio plays it (which more than likely won't be as often as you like). However, when you can download anything you want for free, will you then purchase their music? Perhaps (at least most people here claim they do, but I suspect most are, if not outright lying, bending the truth), but let's face it: music downloading almost certainly decreases sales of music. The radio more than likely boosts it (or in this day and age, boosts the downloading of music ). The two are not comparable. (That may be wrong, but it's my hypothesis.)

 

[cgannon64]

Originally posted by WillJ
Forget what I said about advertisements: The artists don't get any money from them (just the radio stations do).

But downloading music is still not quite the same as the radio. Sure, in both cases the artist isn't getting paid. But if the only free source of music were the radio, you'd listen and then probably purchase the music you like, because if you don't, you have to settle for listening to the music you like when the radio plays it (which more than likely won't be as often as you like). However, when you can download anything you want for free, will you then purchase their music? Perhaps (at least most people here claim they do, but I suspect most are, if not outright lying, bending the truth), but let's face it: music downloading almost certainly decreases sales of music. The radio more than likely boosts it (or in this day and age, boosts the downloading of music ). The two are not comparable. (That may be wrong, but it's my hypothesis.)

Yeah, I think artists get a small fee when the station buys the right to play their music. But obviously an artist lives off selling records and touring.

But you don't have to settle for when the radio plays your music - you can tape it! Obviously tapes have become less popular though, but so has radio (at least for most music styles)...hence, it being succeeded by the p2p program.

But downloading music does not decrease the sale of music, depending on who you talk to.

Has popular music sales decreased? Yes? Could that be because they are ****? Yes.

Good music is still selling as much as ever, IIRC - still not as much as rap and pop, but the same as it always has.