Comments on: Band Praises P2P for Helping Artists “Discover Music”

By: D.AN

D.AN — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:01:30 +0000

“How does the distribution medium of p2p benefit your music?”

You need to figure that out on your own.

“as cheap as bandwidth is”

Now that’s an ignorant statement.

“But the existence of your music on filesharing networks does nothing to promote it”

DrewWilson has said otherwise. Repeating this claim is pointless unless you have actually proved it.

“… all the normal things …”

What do you mean by normal?

“P2P does not promote anyone’s music – it is a distribution medium.”

This statement is another reason why no one is bothering to elaborate for you. Your arrogance is not justified if you do not understand how P2P can be used to promote music.

By: D.AN

D.AN — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:48:03 +0000

Dallasburns: “I actually buy most of my music on itunes or my local independent record shop and occasionally share the (now) old-fashioned way by burning CD’s.”

malgre: “You could just as easily distributed your music via http or ftp.”

I’m looking at the word “distributed”, malgre, let alone “http or ftp”.

“As for the rest, shoot yourself in the foot if you want. Have fun with that.”

You writing statements such as this is why you’re an imbecile.

By: D.AN

D.AN — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:39:17 +0000

your*

By: D.AN

D.AN — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:38:28 +0000

Good thing you wrote “Thanks!” as the last word of you post. Now I don’t need to read your idiotic rant-wall.

By: mal greenborg

mal greenborg — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:37:32 +0000

You could just as easily distributed your music via http or ftp. P2P does not promote music, it is a distributution medium.

As for the rest, shoot yourself in the foot if you want. Have fun with that.

By: mal greenborg

mal greenborg — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:34:16 +0000

I said exactly. How does the distribution medium of p2p benefit your music? Seeding a torrent doesn’t promote your music, it just provides access. It certainly is cheaper distribution – as cheap as bandwidth is, it’s cheaper. But the existence of your music on filesharing networks does nothing to promote it – you do that by pointing to it, telling people about it, playing out, ads, web presence, etc. all the normal things, promotion mediums. P2P does not promote anyone’s music – it is a distribution medium.

By: Dallasburns

Dallasburns — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:30:53 +0000

Furthermore, Mal Greenborg, I actually buy most of my music on itunes or my local independent record shop and occasionally share the (now) old-fashioned way by burning CD’s. I am not supporting file sharing as a file sharer is what I’m saying, Mal Greenborg, but as an artist.

By: Dallasburns

Dallasburns — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:26:23 +0000

Thank you Drew Wilson! I wasn’t going to pull out that card, but I’ll also let it be known then that p2p has gotten my music heard and played on air in various countries around the world where I had no distribution otherwise. Also, Mal Greenborg, as far as your retarded comment, “all file sharing has done is pull the rug out from under people and wreck the music industry,” what people I ask? Britney, U2? Cry me a fucking river! The music industry has always treated music as a product to profit off of for it’s own gain, not to help artists become discovered or support themselves. You sir are deluded.

By: DrewWilson

DrewWilson — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:21:39 +0000

“How exactly do you see file sharing helping a band ‘get heard’? Because it doesn’t.”

The fact that my music has an audience completely debunks that perception. I wouldn’t have people appreciating my music if it weren’t for p2p let alone nearly a quarter of a million.

By: mal greenborg

mal greenborg — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:45:39 +0000

Yeah, you just remove money from the equation altogether. What right do you have to tell an artist that his work should be free? What do you do for a living? I think you should do that for free. That’s telling someone they should be a slave – that you want their work for free. Personally, I think slavery is wrong.

Handing someone a tape or a cd is way different than ’sharing’. Nobody finds out about anyhting from sharing – it’s the end point. It’s where you go after you already know about something and want a free copy. Sending someone a link to a myspace page is kind of like giving someone a tape – if they like it., they can go download the whole record without paying for it. And you know full well that once you have the record, you’re not going to buy the thing. Just admit it.

Mix tapes had an immediate effect on art. It’s been ten years and all file sharing has done is to pull the rug out from under people and wreck the music business. And more imprtantly, it’s wrecking the interent. It uses up all the bandwidth that we all pay for, and just think about it, how long can you steal in the public square before there’s cops and cameras everywhere? Thanks!