Comments on: Musician: “P2P Important for Learning Different Genres”

By: Music Industry Says It’s Dying – Way Back in 1980

Music Industry Says It’s Dying – Way Back in 1980 — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:37:32 +0000

[...] has been around as long as humans have, but recorded music is, relatively, a very new invention,” observed freelance pianist David J.Hahn last August. “Mozart never sold a record. Beethoven never released [...]

By: Songwriters Guild and Its Myths of “Stolen” Music

Songwriters Guild and Its Myths of “Stolen” Music — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:57:22 +0000

[...] pianist David J.Hahn observed last year that musicians have been around long before the music industry and that no matter what [...]

By: D.AN

D.AN — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:31:21 +0000

“P2P is still *stealing*.”

If it’s so obvious to you, then try to take a shot at proving it; otherwise your claim is empty.

“There are numerous estates of musicians who have passed away …”

Then they wouldn’t give a damn about money, since they’re dead.

“… – and their families depend on the income from ROYALTIES.”

What is the family doing to earn their own money? Nothing?

“Screw P2P – you get access the same material at your PUBLIC LIBRARY!”

EPIC FAIL.

By: Shad [FR]

Shad [FR] — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:24:47 +0000

I used to (and still do) listen to a lot of metal. Thanks to Soulseek, eMule and Bittorrent I became a fan of MANY genres including but not limited to: Romantic Era Orchestral Music, Hardcore Rave Tech, Drum and Bass and Jazz! I don’t know where I would be without my hyped up music collection now. I am literally discovering new artists several times a week.

By: Another Day, Another Call to Expand Canada’s Fair Dealings

Another Day, Another Call to Expand Canada’s Fair Dealings — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:40:48 +0000

[...] has helped connect artists to their fans in ways that was unheard of before. In fact, one musician has already commented how file-sharing has become a very valuable learning tool for artists. Now, artists are able to go [...]

By: mountain_rage

mountain_rage — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:25:38 +0000

You know why, because they got a larger secret payola from the big four. Artist can’t even let stations play their music for free if they want, this was prohibited by law. The artist has to be paid no matter what. You want to know why this is, because the big 4 wanted to be paid, indie didn’t care they wanted exposure. If the law allowed the radio to play certain artist for free, only those artist would get air time and the big four would be butted out. So in order to protect their own interests they lobbied and had mandatory compensation passed. Had the market been allowed to work itself out, radio stations would not have to pay to promote artists, because they are doing a service for the record industry. Just another corrupt law passed by the corrupt big four.

By: norm1515

norm1515 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:18:58 +0000

Actually radio stations don’t play music for free. They pay royalties every time they play a song.

In some cases, radio stations actually get paid to pay music through a system called “independent promotion”, a loophole where record companies have revived the practice of payola. However, slowly but surely, radio stations have started to wise up. Clear channel no longer deals with indie promoters last I heard.

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:19:46 +0000

Not to mention the fact that not everybody has access to a library, or even has one for that matter.

Last time I checked local libraries stocked with music for checkout isn’t exactly a priority in China, Africa, the Middle East, etc..

By: norm1515

norm1515 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:08:50 +0000

An artist gets royalties because they took the time to write and perform the music. Why should their family be paid too? You shouldn’t be paid what you didn’t earn.

And if you think libraries have as much material as p2p, you really haven’t spent time looking. How many libraries do you know that carry Throbbing Gristle? Sun Ra released hundreds of albums, and my library has exactly two of them. Honestly, libraries skim the surface.

By: norm1515

norm1515 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:51:33 +0000

As a musician myself, I can attest to the power of p2p. If I hadn’t discovered napster back in the day, I wouldn’t have been able to expose myself to as many different styles of music as I did. There is just such a limited selection in your average record store. The diversity offered by p2p has made my own music richer. All the artists I’ve listened to over the Internet influence the music I write, and I enjoy blending disparate styles into new genre bending music.