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Originally Posted by Clayphish  When did the music industry ever invest while keeping the best interest of the artist in mind? Look, its all about making money.. period. The record companies know it and so does Trent. Its not some kind of "pat on the back", "you're my best friend" situation. The moment you don't generate revenues, you're dropped like dirt. |
Even at best, an artist gets what $1 out of a $15 CD sale, while the music industry and sales organizations gets $14. In affect they have had a cartel like OPEC. Its been a big system that makes tons of money for a bunch of untalented people off of various creative geniuses. I believe even the Beatles signed away the rights to their own songs when they were young. So Trent is not losing that much.
On the other hand, a consumer paying $15-20 for a CD that costs $1 is a ripoff too. If you have 1000 cd's thats $15,000 worth of investment. Both consumer and artist are ripped off. So of course, they are vindicative as hell that teenagers can download songs - because it affects their mansion payments.
So its time for some new thinking and new paradigms. Maybe existing music industry will morph or disappear, and Trent has got some plan - maybe to make it up on concerts, posters, etc.