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Originally Posted by chrisso  Please, please don't keep repeating the same line about touring bands.
Downloading effects more people than young bands who want to tour constantly.
This has come up in nearly all the threads, and more people than me have pointed out the inaccuracy of claims that bands make more money on t-shirts, record companies routinely rip them off, and downloading only hurts major label bands who can tour whenever they want. etc, etc....
I mean why should Brian Eno suddenly put together a band, print some t-shirts and head out on the road for a year?
Aren't we always saying the older bands are rock dinosaurs and shouldn't be doing the Enormo-domes anymore?
You can't force anyone who's ever had a one hit wonder or put out an album to tour just to keep the wolf from the door.
There simply is much more to the music industry than bands playing live. |
Well, first of all, I'm not "repeating" anything, because I haven't read every post in every thread.
But, I'm out of here anyway. This thread isn't about pragmatism or how the music industry can survive this transition, it's a bunch of soapboxing.
Big name acts aren't going to suffer as much as the little, unknown guys, that's kind of what I was addressing.
Good luck trying to stop people from downloading music for free. The only thing I can suggest to all these bands who are gonna lose millions is save some of your cash, don't spend it all on Ferraris and blow.