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Originally posted by Thorfinn:
Yorick, are you telling me that it is wrong to skip tracks I don't like? Do I have to listen to every song on an album, even those my subjective taste dislikes?
Lots of people DO consider several of the tracks filler, and that lowers the value of the CD to those people. You can call it a labor of love or whatever you like, but every song your customers skip is one more reason not to buy your next album.
Actually, I'm inclined to agree with whomever it was who earlier said that the industry really needs to get with the times. It needs to figure out a way to market songs more directly on the net. Full CDs, if you think they will sell, but more probably something on the order of a buck or two for each song. For a couple bucks, it really is not worth it to search for a pirate copy, and most people will feel guilty for having stolen food from the table of the owner of the rights to the music, anyway.
And that should provide valuable feedback for the artists, telling them what types of songs the fans like, and which they don't like. Not that the artists can't keep making the songs for art's sake, but they should not expect the same crowd to buy them. Sure you can ignore your fanbase. Come to think of it, ignoring your fanbase is exactly the reason people cut their own party compilation disks now -- you guys are too stuck on making the kind of album you want, rather than the kind of music the buyers are willing to pay for.
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I dont disagree with what you are saying Thor. But in my view, music is an art and should have nothing to do with money, period. If you make a living at it, your lucky. It should not influence your art. If I was to have my songs being passed around the internet, I would be happy people we're interested in what I have to play. Relying on the people for your income is downright not art. Never has, and will never be. People who are art collectors, music collectors, whatever, are interested in the money, before the art. They depend on the fans opinion to sell and make money. True art in my eyes (or ears) has nothing to do with money. So what if people are making money of it, it does not effect the art in me that created it in the first place.
Now, with that said. If you are somebody like Yorick, you depend on sales so you can progress as a musician and make more albums, and hopefully make a living at it. In this regard alone I agree with his frustration. But to use the art as a defence is contradictive. Your art is your art, no matter who listens to it, legally or not. I have mostly stayed out of this debate, becouse I dont think you guys are going to get anywhere. Just my two cents here.
