Soon Music Probably Won’t Be Free. Here's Why
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
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Many thanks, JH.
I've pirated online for decades & have no plans on stopping
Same goes for me. I purchase from those who deserve it, and those aren't greedy corporations.
I think "pirated music" has largely fallen out of fashion already. Artists are so desperate that they willingly settle for the fraction of the penny streaming platforms pay you, or the laughable ad revenue from UA-cam. We are in an age of legalised piracy. I haven't heard an artist complaining about illegal downloads in a decade... but they all complain about streaming platforms not paying!!
Yeah, streaming is now far bigger than torrenting definitely. But I guess my point is, if streaming stopped people would go back to torrents. Streaming only happened as a concession to torrenting, but if BOTH were stopped… no streaming AND no torrenting… then bands could get paid for their music again. Realistically however, I reckon we will realistically end up with an “all of the above” scenario, in which bands that can WILL charge for their work, and ones that can’t will use streaming. But hey, I could be wrong on all counts, only time will tell
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar I agree that BOTH must be stopped. Streaming is the biggest threat for me, as it persuaded people that if they are paying a subscription they are not stealing (honestly, if you're paying 10 quid a month for all the music in the world, you ARE kinda stealing!). Piracy I don't see as a big issue anymore, as most people use their mobile phone to listen to music and it's mostly Spotify or UA-cam now. What I think we need is a "music education" programme for the new generations. When we were young, we had radio shows, music magazines, entire TV channels that were designed for us and guided us through a path of discovery of the music we liked. Young people nowadays have to navigate a much more fragmented music industry on their own. There's no way young kids can get anything meaningful from endless computer-generated playlists on Spotify.
"Legalized piracy" is a coinage that could change the world friend. Top form.
This is an amazing videos James. I'm only 16 but absolutely love music. I adore Oasis, The Smiths, Queen, Arctic Monkeys, The Beatles, Rolling Stones and hundreds more i cant name right now.
However, I always have thought the idea of going out and having to buy your music is much more interesting than loading up spotify and listening to anything you like.
I play in a band with a few mates but I can't lie when I say it seems near impossible to get anywhere in the music industry due to the nature of streaming. Having seeing other small bands have VERY mild success is upsetting when in fact those bands have a small but furiously passionate audience that convinves you you're witnessing the greatest thing ever.
I've been subscribed for a while, but you never fail to amaze me James, brilliant video as always!
Sorry James, this is NOT going to happen. You seem to be operating on the assumption that the major labels are only tolerating streaming reluctantly, but that's not true at all. It saves them immense sums on overhead and drastically reduced how much of their earnings they had to turn over to artists, since nothing is being "purchased" and the old royalty structures are no longer in play. Label earnings are now nearly at the level of their late-90s peak. They also wield immense leverage over the streaming services since they own all the music, and could always simply set up their own competing services (or threaten to). So Spotify is haemorrhaging money, but the labels and their parent companies are bringing in billions. If anything, the labels have a strong incentive to END "purchasing" of recordings, because of the attendant contracts that would cause them to have to pay out much more to artists.
I generally love your content, James, and your spirit...but i find it amazing that a man who is almost exactly the same age as me, who is a working musician AND a professional producer of streaming "content", could he so oblivious as to the balance of power in those industries.
Music industry profits are at an all time high BECAUSE of streaming, they aren't doing anything to stop that. Lots of companies went to the wall 20 years ago but the big players who survived are now doing just fine, they don't need to change the model.
( 10:08 ) Surely it’s a good thing that all these decades of music are online as it’s now easier for people to hear these decades old songs without having to go out specially to buy it, especially if they don’t have the money given today’s issues.
Surprising you didn't meantion NAPSTER they were the first. Started June 1, 1999.
It's easier to get your music out there than ever. That also means there's significantly more competition than ever.
It would be great if there was money in the music industry again, it would be even better if none of the other crap happened though. Thought crimes and AI predicted crimes? At that point we really ought to burn it all down. As mentioned, the single angle optimism is great but letting AI loose as the Internet’s police force can only end in ways no one wants.
As a 40 year old part time musician and music lover i have absolutely loved the transition to streaming, I have discovered so many artists I will now take to my grave
I guess there was something needed once radio stations were either the absolute classics or crisp packaging music.
Liam kicking the penguin made me spit out my drink
The penguin was on Team Noel 🐧
The record companies are already making huge profits.
Through their 360 recording deals.Taking a large share of Concert tickets and merchandise.
Great video James! I don't know whether your idea of AI policing the music industry will happen or not, but I've been watching your videos for years and this is one of the most thoughtful, relevant videos you've ever made. It would be nice for musicians to be be able to get signed and be paid well again. I'm 42 and have been in bands since I was 16, and it's almost impossible to get discovered these days because it feels like everyone is putting out music that they produce themselves. Like you say, when given too many options, people freak out and revert to their old choices instead. Congrats on being namechecked by The Boss the other day too. Happy New Year!
I wish stores would actually carry more physical music albums...here in the states you can't even find Liam Gallagher or Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds in the vinyl section at Wal-Mart, and both vinyl LPs and CDs are just too expensive, old used CDs are usually reasonably priced, I felt like finding Liam's Down By the River Thames for $18 on eBay was a bargain.
Record labels will never start paying musicians their fair share. Greed is what has always driven them.
Who needs a record label in the current year?
@@anotheryoutube4635 Did you watch the video?
Today’s music has been taken over by corporate feudal rent seekers. Im rebuying my physical vinyl and cd collection and dvds and blu rays. I won’t be getting my music from the internet.
“it will grow on me” that does not exist in todays society , you are right! wow!
A technology is only as smart as it's creator, and there will be another route.
well actually, the point of AI is that it will eventually be smarter than it's creator.
Another informative, articulate and insightful video - I've said this before but in a better age long ago, this bloke would have had his own BBC 2 programme, a sort of thinking man's celebrity. Oh well.
Great video James. Very educational - a real learning curve and nice perspective on your opinion of the future
I’ve never used any streaming devices such as Spotify. I may listen to songs on UA-cam but, same age group as yourself, I’m old school and tend to prefer the physical version. Yeah, I still buy CDs! Seems ironic this possible change could be on the way just as I’m considering joining up to a streaming service, having been told by so many how great is is
Artists need money for their work.
PS, loved your ‘Liam Gallagher kicking a penguin in the nuts’ AI picture! Ouch!!
Great work, cheers James
I'm 55 years old been into music since I was 11 I haven't got a problem paying for music
Certain bands I buy the physical format but also use a streaming service which I pay for
But when the music industry gets rich again l hope they start lowering tickets prices for gigs
I don't see a whole lot of relief coming down the pipe for shows. Touring is expensive right now and venues often charge hall fees for a band to sell merchandise at the venue. These hall fees can be in excess of 25% on occasion. What would bring down prices for shows (especially the larger, higher demand shows) would be better regulation on ticketing agencies and/or anti-trust laws being passed to encourage competition in the ticketing segment of the entertainment industry. Regulation would be a daunting, complicated task that would have to protect consumers while still ensuring that the ticketing agencies could make a decent profit.
@perplexedcatstudio3285 thanks for the explanation very informative
But I do remember when the music industry fell apart ticket prices went through the roof
I remember seeing u2 in one of the most amazing ground breaking tours Zooropa in the 90s for 28 English pounds
Last time I saw them was in Manchester 2018 and that was nearly 100 pounds a ticket
I'm going to Vegas to see u2 and the cheap seats are 140 dollars
I'm using u2 has a example because I can see where my moneys gone on the ticket with the stage show etc
But I've seen many other bands recently put a couple of screens up each side of the stage and charge very similar money
This is a very English expression (there's only so much money in the pot )
I've always maintained that pirating killed the music industry. You get what you pay for. If you make it near impossible for artists to earn a living, then they'll end up doing something else. There's virtue in paying for something, as it compensates the creator. So I think it would be very good for everyone if we started having to pay for music again. Having said that, the ever-increasing surveillance of the Internet is terrifying and a harbinger of encroaching totalitarianism. So this is very much a mixed bag.
Yeah I agree on both counts. The global potential for AI to utterly invade our privacy is un-nerving to say the least.
The idea of musicians being paid for their (often very expensive to make) work is a silver lining.
The video and outlook is indeed a mixed bag of potential positive and potential VERY negative
I am around Christian’s at the time it comes around. I just didn’t understand why it sort of was okay to steal music. Tom Clark was right on saying « It could potentially ruin bands trying to move along the way. » I remember I would think, something along c the lines of « Carl Barat and Alex Kapranos are not Disney charachters inside a stereo player.
The whole point of the music industry is to steal money from creators and consumers. Also the endpoint of this will be that Alexa issues you with a copyright strike for humming a tune in your own kitchen.
Good video. I would pay more to have a music service where you could flick through and look at LP artwork
I’m 3 years older so I understand your view - I still find it amazing that you can play what you want. I used to have thousands of CDs and CD changer in car etc. think the future is roughly along the lines you set out here. Thanks James
This optimistic take on the future of our AI overlords is laughable
I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords
@@danielwarren3138 Eat Z Bugs
Unfortunately, the twin objectives are totalitarian control and depopulation. Slavery for those who survive.
Nice nostalgic view, but I'm not sure how in touch it is with how music is now consumed, I really don't believe people are now sharing as much as we did with tapes, spend any time with current teenagers and you'll see they don't place any monetary value on music, you'd have to convince a generation that they should pay for something that they've always had unlimited access to.
When have the major labels ever paid their artists fairly? All AI will do is improve the corporation's bottom lines, it won't do anything to benefits artists.
Speak for yourself James, I love the infinite access to music on the likes of Spotify.
Where do you get your artwork images? They're super interesting.
They are generated by AI of course!
The small money earned for artist on streaming sites is the reason going to a gig is so much now
This also happens when something is just about to fail completely, and music quality is going that direction !
I dunno about it being bad. If you have an eclectic taste it's great. I have thousands of playlists for a variety of different moods and vibes. To have it taken away would be a huge shock to the system.
Also this free music has been around for an entire generation, removing it wouldn't be so simple, there would be catastrophic riots off the back of it.
Yeah I can see how for people who grew up with it, it would be a huge problem. If it happens however I’d imagine it would be slow and incremental rather than some massive overnight shift. And of course, I could be completely wrong about all of this! Only time will tell…
Interesting thought. I would agree that having an infinite choice is actually worse. I also used to buy albums back in the day and would love looking at the album artwork and liner notes etc. I knew every cymbal hit and guitar note on every album i owned. Music has become devalued these days because its free. There aren't any big music movements anymore. People have too many distractions like phones and social media etc. This generation also has a real lack of great songwriters. As a craft its hard to master and requires serious dedication. Most people just want to be "influencers" now and get free shit for making duck faces😂
how do you know this generation lacks great songwriters? isn't it much more likely that the good songwriters out there just aren't getting any exposure because streaming favours untalented trust-fund kids who are already rich and can afford to game the payola system that has been foisted upon us all?
@@TapeCollageForEloise Possibly yes. But at the same time, if a band had a batch of songs as good as say a morning glory or a Joshua tree etc (just picking random successful albums), would they remain in obscurity for very long? I mean with how easy it is to share stuff online these days, they would blow up pretty quick. Even middle of the road pop bands had better written tunes a few years back. This sounds a bit like old man yells at cloud ha. But I'd love to hear some new really great songwriters. I'm just not sure they are out there right now.
@@bugeyedmudafuka2 Honestly as someone whose just recently released an album (not that I'd consider myself a particularly good songwriter) I don't think the idea that it's "easy to share" stuff is accurate at all. it's easy to put stuff out there but actually convincing anyone to listen to it or getting the algorithm to pick it up is a completely different matter. Social media isn't what it once was. You link to your music from a site like twitter or Instagram and your post is going straight to the bottom of the algorithm unless you already have a big fanbase who will boost it. With the cost of living it's also harder than ever for working class people to have the free time/money/support needed to make any kind of an impact. Music fandom is more fragmented than ever and we no longer have anything like the John Peel show, or even music magazines to open peoples minds to new music and help establish specific music scenes.
Can't say I'm the biggest fan of Oasis or U2 though and my own stuff is definitely not targeted at a mainstream audience. But just finding any kind of an audience in such a landslide of material, when everyone with more money can afford to pay for bot listeners on spotify to falsely boost their profile, it just feels like fighting a losing battle. Now spotify are planning to actually make smaller artists PAY to have their music up there. Poor people have been forced out of any kind of mainstream music industry that still exists. People just mindlessly consume whatever the algorithm shoves down their throats and don't seem to have the same drive to seek out less well known artists that music fans used to possess.
Ill send you stuff @@bugeyedmudafuka2
The internet being totally monitored terrifying but I doubt it will happen and I think it would be nearly impossible to make zoomers return to buying music. If the internet was under total lockdown the big three record companies would likely go full greed and make their own streaming services just for their own content with various deals for independent label's artists.... An utterly horrible idea imo
All Internet traffic is closely monitored and has been for many years now. Decades, even. It's just not monitored by "the corporations, maaaaan" or any of that nonsense. It's the police.
If I own a copy of "Spice" by The Spice Girls and you own a copy of "Spice" by The Spice Girls, it's perfectly legal for me to send you the MP3 or Flac files on the internet. So if the internet police attempt to punish people for this, they could get sued. Torrenting a movie is not actually illegal if you bough a physical copy and have it on your shelf.
I agree with you. I’m 52, and I lived the transition from the pricey cassette tapes or vinyls to even pricier cd’s. Back then you really had to think you liked that record to shell out the money to buy it, and if nothing else hit you other than that heavily promoted song by you local radio, you would keep spinning that disc around until you’d find something more to like. And after the millionth spin, you would still put that record on the shelf, far end to the right, along with the all the others you cherished.
“It all began with The Perfect Order…”
That was brill james! Bit short tho and i totally agree what you said about the goombay dance band?
Here here 🍺
Another amazing video my friend. Top marks brother, speaking the truth as standard ✊
Being new to this channel, I love the artwork. Whomever it is, much praise from me! I never thought I'd see the day Donald Fagan, at 75, would be touring at all - anywhere - Walter or not, just to pay the bills. Steely Dan NEVER toured until much, much later when they needed the money. Now, Don goes it alone and adds in some old friends who need the cash as well (not the Eagles, though). Covid killed a lot of those dates, but still, they tour all summer and fall. Point being, those who made whopping sums in the 70's and 80's on royalties, cannot live on the pittance paid to them in today's music biz. I say, bring back Rock Stars! I know thete are so many great bands out there that just can't get signed or get any play. Hell, even Payola sounds attractive. Bring the music back. Real musicians, once again. As a musician myself, I cry and crave for the old days, but if they ever do bring the music back, I hope the record labels are more fair to the bands - the people who actually write and perform the music. Were I a young musician right now, I'f be thinking about that. Never sign your music away; well, maybe if you're 80, but not just starting out. There has got to be a well-needed, but more balanced change. It cannot continue as it is. I think this video is correct. Wait for it.. it's coming. And thankfully, Hollywood and the dominance of it's reach and control, are cracking as well. Bring back great movies again, too. No more men in tights! Enough!
Let's hope the appreciation curve returns Jimbo . . .
Where do we send money for your release, James?
It is, of course, free to stream online
However if you would like a physical copy you can purchase one here - hargreavesrecords.bigcartel.com/
Cheers 👍👍
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar 😂
I have recently started to buy songs or bands music that i really like on iTunes I also recently started buying vinyl again. On top of my Apple Music subscription etc
At first I thought this was a load of bollocks but now after thinking about things it could happen...
I'm waiting for the days when the lads don't say in interviews, "yeah there's no money in this anymore" and, "got to go on tour to pay for the kids" back to, "IVE GOT A FUCKING BLACK AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD NEENER NEENER!"
Imagine a world where people pay for their goods and services..
God forbid people get to earn a living from their craft ..
I can see the streaming services help emerging bands sell to their audience ala Bandcamp but I seriously doubt we'll value music in the way we did forty years ago or more because there is so much competing for our much reduced disposable income. I hope you are right but right now some influencer on Tik Tok and youtube is more valued than pop and rock bands.
Too right, people should pay for music again. I was always happy to pay for records and CDs pre internet, and I’d be even happier for artists to get paid a fair royalty rate again for their music.
I wasn't aware music was free. Certainly shouldn't be.
Pirate bay was the best - well for the time anyway.
Hardly used it for music though, mostly to watch Lost three days before it was on Channel 4.
Interesting video by the way. 👍
I believe the 'Man' is on it right now. Damn I'm gonna get busted for future thought crimes - Remember the movie?
James, it all ends in 2029 anyway, I've seen that documentary with Arnie in, AI are gonna win, unless of course John Connor can save us...
I agree that too much choice became a bad thing; music joined the throwaway culture. However, that's how it's always been. Something becomes a hit and there's a rush to cash in on the trend, bleeding it for every penny that can be squeezed. "Investment in new artists" generally means "Get some spotty kid(s) to sing and cavort to a throwaway tune while paying them peanuts, and shovel the cash into your own bank account". This happened from the start, but perhaps became industrialised with Stock Aitken Waterman in the 80s and continued with Boy/Girl bands in the 90s and beyond. (I mean..."Girl Power". Yeah, right!!! 5 bimbos - a blond, a brunette, a ginger (who wasn't even a real bloody ginger), an ethnic minority and...I can't remember what the last one was supposed to be - put together by a group of MEN and marketed to young girls). The question is......WHO are the real pirates? The record companies who "maximised revenue" whilst too often delivering substandard crap, or the long-suffering consumers who decided to simply share everything for free???
AI will never get rid of file-sharing. It's not simply a question of keeping an eye on what's being downloaded - record companies have been doing that for years, and prosecuting when possible. But there are easy ways of hiding your activities (incl. downloads) on the internet. Trivially easy. And even *IF* AI is able to analyse encrypted traffic, there are many, many hackers and crackers who will find a new way around; perhaps using AI themselves to defeat AI. A new business model is needed, not a new way to plug the holes in the old one. Any lamplighters waiting for gas to make a comeback, or typewriter factory owners, or Tory politicians (haha!!) might want to recognise that their time has passed and they've gone the way of the dinosaurs. Such is life.
I think it’s not that that kills music. After all, in the MySpace time there were bands making great music in their five or six slots. What really kills it is that when there’s exposure out in the wind to such a digree then the firework tactics and strategizing takes over. It’s important to maintain not having the audience in mind at the times and senses you should ignore it. That’s what the problem with comercialism in music is. I don’t even think it’s the money part so much as the kind of attention and bait for the money that the music is changed and adapted through.
people would go crazy
Our privacy is behind us
Not at least in most of the eastern european countries, where folks don't give an f about copyright materials.
I’ve already got all the music I will ever need and don’t really listen to new stuff 😂
where did you get the artwork from? picures are amazing!
Most likely AI😂
I use Canva, they’ve just added a command based image generator thing which is brilliant, and means I can get loads of original images now. Technology is getting impressively good
Looks great, and makes what you're saying come to life..I've been messing around with starryai on my phone....havent come up with anything thats actually good though!@@JamesHargreavesGuitar
Love your content, hate looking at AI art. All i see is a machine who stole millions of piece of art, vomiting it back out at you, in a sea of malformed faces and hands (eg 2:46 lobster hands --the longer you look the worse it gets). I know you're talking about AI so it fits, but please please don't make AI art a regular thing. Cheers! Again, love your stuff mate 💚
Naive to say the least, especially in terms of where the money 'might' go - record companies will not use the money to develop new artists, that died off years ago - companies will cite how they 'can't take the risk right now, it's out of step with current taste'', ie they don't think it will sell...The problem is that record companies are owned by massive corporations, who don't care if they sell records or tins of beans - hence everything is marked & sold in 'units' - where do you think Nirvana got the title 'Radio Friendly Unit Shifter' from...? Musicians will continue to be ripped off contractually...
i remember when the music companies came up with a fool proof protection ( cost them millions in the 90s ) and some kid with a $500 computer cracked it within a few days . If youtube etc squeeze to much people will bail , and move to other platforms , simple .
The online safety bill..
It wont be used to police illegal sales of music..itll be the chinese version
Or are people still in denial about 2020..
We can hope for the best though
Freedom is finished in the west. I’m off to South Asia
It will be while i can afford back up hard drives
I might get some criticism for my opinion, but i dont agree with you when you say all the music is a failed experiment. I discovered bands that dont really have a major promotional lift, but they are on streaming platforms. I discovered some local bands named SCAPEGRACE, The siennas. They are not signed and do well for themselves.
I'm all for musicians getting a fair piece of the pie, but i'm not going to lie, i'd much prefer it not to come as a consequence of such a grotesque and immoral invasion of privacy.
Yeah I agree with that definitely. I can’t see the west ever going as far as china… but there is probably going to be a lot less places to hide online in future, whether we like it or not. Can’t say I like it either, but AI seems an inevitable part of our futures right now, to me at least
You have it partially correct, as you stated AI is indeed the answer however it will be creating and performing the music.
The only downside is one will have to be able to listen to music played back at some 6 Ghz.
I think the streaming services have pretty much became legal piracy I can’t imagine persuading people to pay for music outside of live concerts
All well and good but is this censorship under a new name. I have been the subject of a content strike for music I performed which is in the public domain. There are now so many legal options. It all comes down to fair usage.
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An interesting take on ai with the music industry
1 word, VPN.
maybe now bands like marseille pastel and shambolics will get some proper fame
Actually it's the death of music because no one can afford the prices of the major music labels.
Spotify etc need to pay more to musicians , give n take makes the world go round. Having cake n eatimg it atm. kicking any cost to other than subscription music fans atm will turn loads off an lead to peope finding other avenues to get their music fix.
Man this would be a double edge sword one upside my own music will stay free it may get a listen or two more although the political content will land me on the naughty list 🤔
The other option is terminator
It's not the fault of endless choice, it's an extrapolation of our unwillingness to change, if you can listen to any band endlessly at the exclusion of the persuit of new , you are the problem
I say get spending on CD players and cd’s or be left behind.
No chance. First, UA-cam has replaced radio, and it's trivially easy to rip the soundtrack of a youtube video to a high quality MP3. Will bands not promote their music? Second, if AI is used to block torrents, which I agree is feasible, it can do nothing to stop point to point sharing that's encrypted. AI has the same limits on breaking encryption that anyone has. Assuming a new technology comes along that can break our current cryptographic cyphers, we will have bigger problems than music sharing as they are what currently protects online banking.
I very much disagree with your positive take on this. For over a decade now we have all been complaining that "radio is rubbish, there's no genuine music in the charts", a return to the old way will only increase this. Record companies have learnt their lesson and are not going to take chances on bands when AI and fake manufactured musicians who will say whatever they want can exist. Our current way may be difficult but it is ultimately better for music and the individual listeners. Sure the general public may waste the entire music catalogues they've had but that's on them, they are not the people anyway that makes bands cool. The music industry becoming rich again will just put the control back into the hands of the few.
Radio 6 is really good last week I listened to Tom waits and iggy pop doing a show together. Bands like Florence and the machine were on the 6 playlist long before the likes of radio1 was playing their music. Right now English teacher are the band of the moment. 6 music plays loads of new bands. So totally disagree that radio is rubbish people's tastes are rubbish.
is the thumbnail AI art?
You are forgetting that the AI tech that the big companies have is also in the hands of the public. And the public is always one step ahead of these slow companies. So we will probably have an open source, free music pirating AI that consistently outsmarts these big companies pathetic attempts at censorship.
You nailed it , i remember when the music companies came up with a fool proof protection ( cost them millions ) and some kid with a $500 computer cracked within a few days .
Yarrrrr
See if your still saying how good AI is when it tracks your every movement, every transaction, number of trips abroad, number of times you leave your home area (15min cities)....remember it when being told you will own nothing and be happy
It's true about sticking to wist you know. I hardly ever search for new music because nearly all new music I've listened to is quite frankly rubbish.
The business model of the music industry is now in reverse, there is now no filter on bad music. The old model worked, it could be slow but 99% of the best bands were eventually signed and got on totp. Streaming is a disaster because there is no filter. The only solution is to go back to the troubadour days, get out and play your music on the streets.
It'll just jump ship to the Dark Web...
Won’t happen. To much money invested in streaming. Look at dj equipment. All streams now. Same as movies.
Ha ha, I'm guessing that people in the comments don't know half the story with the plans with AI & big tech...Digital slave springs to mind, and when the 'computer says no' then you're knackered, you'll be a non citizen
Im all for the artist getting money for what they have created, but now the cat is out of the bag artist need to find a way of working with the tools of today. More and more artist are bypassing the record labels and marketing themselves. including myself and ive notice you market yourself to.
There may be elements of this that may happen, but a mass migration back to physical copies isn’t going to happen, nor should it. The carbon footprint of making and shipping CDs, vinyl etc will never gain support. Also, most people haven’t got tech to play physical copies, and with people having less disposable income, I can’t see people shifting back. What I do see is streaming services getting more expensive as the pirating gets blocked. This won’t benefit new artists as people will still have access to the history of music.
Streaming has a massive carbon footprint, data centres are oil guzzlers on a far bigger scale than manufacturing in the old days.
You cant replace the demand, a new cd album could cost £16 in the 90s. Kids aint queuing up for music. Sorry, you ain't going to be totps anytime soon.
Yea you dont need to prirate music anymore but lets not kid ourselfs we're paying for it through advertising It's not free . I have premium 12.99 a month becuase I dont want adverts, ad block no longer works well on many streaming sites . You just got paid from me through youtube for watching this video . where's the free exactly ? This government surveillance of everything + CBDC is going to turn us into slaves like we've never seen . Hoping your going to get paid for the music you make is the biggest cope . If the songs are good enough they will make huge money it's tht simple.
Wrong!
The Coyboys and criminals just accrue enough wealth that they all of a sudden b come respectable.
Rockerfeller.
Joseph Kennedy.
Arnold Rothstein
Nearly every successful gangsta rap artist.
Naive buddy
Disagree.
I think it’s a good thing that some bands have been able to upload their work onto YT with an add placed at the starts, whenever someone listens to their song(s) they get something for what they did. While when they were running their band they did so with the success of the fans they had, and few in number and unheard of under commercial music stuff and slugging it off in small and Jurassic park in real life like gigs in small venues. Which they made great none the less. Like the Parisians, they were and are my favourite band together with the Strokes and the Ramones, I started my band after seeing them at a supporting act for AS Dragon in 2005. All their 2010 album is sold out of new copies on amazone and only available now second hand. I started giggling againe after their 2004 EP dropped ontonYT this year, after a ten year hiatus. And in the end, they got some payment for their music.
And if you don’t mind.
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If you are too lazy or cheap to buy LPs or CDs then you don't deserve music in your life.